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Missing Sources in Apple OSS Distributions
I noticed that there are numerous missing source repositories. For instance: https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/IOHIDFamily/blob/07b14847cb5b4e0f826a3970961624969e443a6e/IOHIDFamily.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj#L4274 Many files referenced in the xcodeproj are listed but do not actually exist in the repositories.
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Feb ’25
Create Ios app using Xojo
I have created and Ios app using xojo, and run using the Xcode simulator. I want to test it on my phone and don't seed to put it on the app store as it is for personal use. I've seen pages that indicate a free apple developer option is available for a limited time but can't for the live of me get my app to actually run on my phone. I've tried both apple configurator and xcode to add my app with no luck
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May ’25
Associating file extension with my application
My application uses a text file with an extension of .dssfilelist. On Linux I would register the Mime type and associate it with the application in the .desktop file. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info"> <mime-type type="text/dssfilelist"> <comment>DeepSkyStacker file-list file</comment> <glob pattern="*.dssfilelist" /> </mime-type> </mime-info> I believe that I need to add stuff to the Info.plist for my application, but I also understand that CFBundleTypeExtensions is deprecated. So please could you show me what I now need to add to the Info.plist file so that these files will be registered as "text/dssfilelist" type and associated with my application and to associate a .icns file with it?
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May ’25
The signature of cannot be validated and may have been compromised
I'm currently developing a Unity game for iPad and have run into a critical issue that's completely blocking me from building the project. The project uses the Mapbox SDK for Unity. Everything was working fine during today test build on the iPad. I made minor changes - just four scripts, then attempted another build. However, Xcode began showing the following error: The signature of “MapboxCommon.xcframework” cannot be validated and may have been compromised. Validation Error: The signing certificate has been revoked (CSSMERR_TP_CERT_REVOKED) This error now occurs consistently. I've tried building on a different MacBook and with a different Apple account, but the result is the same. I haven't made any changes to the Mapbox framework, nor have I updated it recently. I'm trying to determine the root cause: Is this something I've done on my end? Or is it an issue with the Mapbox framework or their signing certificate? Is there a temporary workaround that would allow me to proceed with development builds while I investigate a proper fix? Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Jul ’25
Host-Only Networking and Port Forwarding Support in macOS Virtualization Framework
I’ve developed a virtual machine manager application using the macOS Virtualization framework. The application currently supports both NAT and bridged networking configurations. I’m now looking to implement host-only networking, where the guest VM can communicate with the host but not with external networks. Is this networking mode supported by the Virtualization framework, and if so, what is the recommended approach to set it up? Additionally, I would like to implement port forwarding from the host to the guest (e.g., redirecting traffic from a specific port on the host to a port on the guest). Is there a way to configure port forwarding using the built-in APIs of the Virtualization framework, or would this require a custom networking solution? Any guidance or best practices for implementing these features within the constraints of the framework would be greatly appreciated.
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May ’25
Information about legacy (new app)
Hello I developed an app for my cousin (I wrote all the code myself), but she’ll be the one managing it once it’s published. She’ll take care of the content, updates, and anything admin-related. Right now, the app uses my Firebase account and my Apple Developer account (App Store Connect), which I set up at the start of the project. I’m wondering: • Am I at risk legally or financially if the accounts stay under my name, even though I won’t be involved in the app after release? • Is it possible to migrate the project to her email, meaning transfer Firebase and the Apple Developer account to her own account, so that everything is properly under her control? Thanks in advance for any insights or experiences
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Jul ’25
Errors after importing plugins on other machines via source control
We are trying to setup Apple Unity Plugins, in out project we have a handful of developers who contribute to the project via git. When building and importing plugins via tarball (as instructed in the Github repo) the package clearly points to local path, so once pushed all members encounter the error: An error occurred while resolving packages: Project has invalid dependencies: com.apple.unityplugin.accessibility: Tarball package [com.apple.unityplugin.accessibility] cannot be found at path ..... When trying to actually move content to the package folder (same way as any other unity plugins is setup) and add it as "embedded", it works fine on local machine, but team members will get a few of errors: [Apple Unity Plug-ins] No Apple native plug-in libraries found. DLLNotFoundException: AppleCoreNativeMac assembly ... No Apple Native plug-in libraries found. Moreover AppleCoreNativeMac.bundle is flag as not verified and deleted by macOS. What is the right way to setup unity plugins in a project used by multiple members via sourcetree ?
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Mar ’25
Windows 11 Support in macOS Virtualization Framework
Hello, According to the official documentation, the macOS Virtualization Framework currently supports only macOS and Linux guest operating systems. I would like to know if there is any way—officially or through a supported workaround—to run Windows 11 as a guest using this framework. Additionally, is there any indication or roadmap suggesting that support for Windows guests might be introduced in a future release, such as in macOS 16? Any insights or official clarification would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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May ’25
A few questions about allowed-os-versions and os-version in Distribution Definition files
In the archived documentation for Distribution Definition files (https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/DeveloperTools/Reference/DistributionDefinitionRef/Chapters/Distribution_XML_Ref.html), the allowed-os-versions and os-version element are partially documented. I have a few questions about these elements: allowed-os-versions The documentation states: Availability: Available in OS X v10.6.6 and later. Has this element always worked correctly in the past? I'm asking because it does not seem to work correctly on OS X v10.14 for the min attribute of a sub os-version element. os-version The documentation states: This element is designed for you to use a specific OS version number for the min attribute, and a major OS version number for the before attribute. The expectation is that you will know an exact minimum version but not an exact major version. This keeps you from having to guess the last minor revision before the next major revision, as you would have to do if the before attribute were inclusive. This is quite confusing because the documentation never explicitly says what a specific or major OS version number is. Is specific major.minor.patch or major.minor? What is major? major or major.minor? As the documentation was created at a time where the OS version scheme was: 10.minor.patch (and minor was actually the major) and we are now in an era where the OS version is major.minor.path, this is even more confusing. I would also be curious to know what the major version is officially supposed to be for macOS Tahoe in this case. 16 or 26? Generally speaking, this documentation is missing examples for a lot of the elements. Also why is there a tag for InstallerJS and not one for Installation in the Developer Forums?
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Sep ’25
Gnu Fortran and Mac OS Sequoia
I observed the following problem: A scientific code to perform Reverse Monte Carlo simulations (‘rmcxas’) compiled with the most up to date version of gcc/gfortran and Xcode including command line tools on Mac OS Sequoia 15.4 on a Macbook air with M4 processor generates the following problem upon starting it in a terminal: dyld[10154]: dyld cache '(null)' not loaded: syscall to map cache into shared region failed dyld[10154]: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib Referenced from: <0144F82E-003C-37A9-A544-9AE6336E549B> /Users/markuswinterer/bin/rmcxas Reason: tried: '/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib' (no such file, no dyld cache), '/usr/local/lib/libSystem.B.dylib' (no such file) zsh: abort rmcxas This occurs only about every 5th time the code is started. Help would be highly appreciated.
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May ’25
Crash reports downloaded by Xcode contain impossible call hierarchy
I was just having a look at some crash reports downloaded by Xcode, and I noticed the same wrong pattern I already mentioned here: the crash reports indicate that method A calls method B, which is impossible. In the first crash report below, method MainViewController.showSettings seems to be called by ConfirmMoveViewController.openSourceInFinder, which is impossible. ConfirmMoveViewController.openSourceInFinder is a context menu action in a modal window, and MainViewController.showSettings is in a completely different window and the two methods have no relation whatsoever. In the second crash report below, MainViewController.setSortMode is triggered by the press of a button (and nothing else) but seems to be called by OtherViewController.copy that can be triggered by a context menu (or keyboard shortcut). The two methods have no relation whatsoever. The rest of the stack trace confirm that it's indeed the button that was pressed. This seems to me like a quite serious bug in how macOS creates crash reports. 1.crash 2.crash
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Mar ’25
Speech Recognition Entitlement Not Appearing in App ID Capabilities
Hello, I recently enrolled in the Apple Developer Program and created an App ID with the bundle ID com.echo.eyes.voice. I am trying to enable Speech Recognition in the App ID capabilities list, but the option does not appear — even after waiting over a week since my membership was activated. I’ve already: Confirmed my Apple Developer account is active Checked the Identifiers section in the Developer portal Tried editing the App ID, but Speech Recognition is not listed Contacted both Developer Support and Developer Technical Support (Case #102594089120), but was told to post here for help My app uses Capacitor + the @capacitor-community/speech-recognition plugin. I need the com.apple.developer.speech-recognition entitlement to appear so I can use native voice input in iOS. I would really appreciate help from an Apple engineer or anyone who has faced this issue. Thank you, — Daniel Colyer
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Jun ’25
Flutter App not Building for iOS
Hey, Since I set up push notifications for my Flutter app following this tutorial https://documentation.onesignal.com/docs/flutter-sdk-setup, my Flutter app no ​​longer builds for iOS in the CD pipeline. I get the following error: [17:24:47]: ▸ ProcessException: Process exited abnormally with exit code -6: [17:24:47]: ▸ Command line invocation: [17:24:47]: ▸ /Applications/Xcode_15.4.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild -list [17:24:47]: ▸ User defaults from command line: [17:24:47]: ▸ IDEPackageSupportUseBuiltinSCM = YES [17:24:47]: ▸ 2025-03-10 17:24:46.855 xcodebuild[13337:34491] [MT] DVTAssertions: ASSERTION FAILURE in DevToolsCore/Xcode3Core/LegacyProjects/Frameworks/DevToolsCore/DevToolsCore/ProjectModel/DataModel/References/SynchronizedGroups/PBXFileSystemSynchronizedAbstractGroup.m:28 [17:24:47]: ▸ Details: Assertion failed: IDEFileSystemSynchronizedGroupsAreEnabled() [17:24:47]: ▸ Object: <PBXFileSystemSynchronizedRootGroup> [17:24:47]: ▸ Method: +allocWithZone: [17:24:47]: ▸ Thread: <_NSMainThread: 0x60000026c200>{number = 1, name = main} [17:24:47]: ▸ Hints: [17:24:47]: ▸ Backtrace: [17:24:47]: ▸ 0 -[DVTAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:fileName:lineNumber:assertionSignature:messageFormat:arguments:] (in DVTFoundation) [17:24:47]: ▸ 1 _DVTAssertionHandler (in DVTFoundation) [17:24:47]: ▸ 2 _DVTAssertionFailureHandler (in DVTFoundation) [17:24:47]: ▸ 3 _DVTAssertionWarningHandler (in DVTFoundation) My pipeline looks like this: name: iOS Build and Deploy to App Store with Custom Version on: workflow_dispatch: inputs: version: description: 'Version number' required: true default: '1.0.0' env: FLUTTER_CHANNEL: "stable" RUBY_VERSION: "3.2.2" jobs: build_ios: name: Build iOS runs-on: macos-latest timeout-minutes: 20 steps: - name: Checkout uses: actions/checkout@v4 - name: Set up Ruby uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1 with: ruby-version: ${{ env.RUBY_VERSION }} bundler-cache: true working-directory: 'daytistics/ios' - name: Clean up vendor working-directory: 'daytistics/ios' run: rm -rf vendor - name: Install Bundler Gems working-directory: 'daytistics/ios' run: bundle install - name: Run Flutter tasks and get pub packages uses: subosito/flutter-action@v2.16.0 with: flutter-version-file: 'daytistics/pubspec.yaml' channel: ${{ env.FLUTTER_CHANNEL }} cache: true - name: Get Flutter Packages working-directory: ./daytistics run: flutter pub get - name: Install Bundler Gems working-directory: 'daytistics/ios' run: | bundle install bundle exec pod repo update # Add this line # Remove the "Reinstall CocoaPods" step entirely - name: Pod Install working-directory: 'daytistics/ios' run: bundle exec pod install - name: Clean Flutter build working-directory: ./daytistics run: flutter clean - name: Create .env file working-directory: ./daytistics run: touch .env - uses: maierj/fastlane-action@v3.1.0 with: lane: 'release_app_store' subdirectory: daytistics/ios options: '{ "version_number": "${{ github.event.inputs.version }}", "env_vars": ["SUPABASE_URL", "SUPABASE_ANON_KEY", "POSTHOG_API_KEY", "SUPABASE_AUTH_EXTERNAL_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID", "SENTRY_DSN"] }' env: ASC_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.ASC_KEY_ID }} ASC_ISSUER_ID: ${{ secrets.ASC_ISSUER_ID }} ASC_KEY_P8_BASE64: ${{ secrets.ASC_KEY_P8_BASE64 }} MATCH_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MATCH_PASSWORD }} MATCH_GIT_BASIC_AUTHORIZATION: ${{ secrets.MATCH_GIT_BASIC_AUTHORIZATION }} APP_BUNDLE_ID: ${{ secrets.APP_BUNDLE_ID }} GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} SUPABASE_URL: ${{ secrets.SUPABASE_URL }} SUPABASE_ANON_KEY: ${{ secrets.SUPABASE_ANON_KEY }} POSTHOG_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.POSTHOG_API_KEY }} SUPABASE_AUTH_EXTERNAL_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.SUPABASE_AUTH_EXTERNAL_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID }} SENTRY_DSN: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_DSN }} Everything works as expected in the simulator. However, I think that the problem isn't related to the pipeline. Instead I think it is related to the "Signing Capabilities" in X-Code: https://i.sstatic.net/E0tSetZP.png https://i.sstatic.net/oC1xG0A4.png Thanks for your help!
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Mar ’25
Trackpad Right-Click (Two-Finger Tap) Support in Linux Guests – macOS Virtualization Framework
Hello, I'm developing a macOS application that uses the Virtualization framework to run Linux virtual machines (specifically Ubuntu and Fedora) on Apple Silicon Macs. I've noticed that while the macOS host properly supports all trackpad gestures, the two-finger tap gesture for right-click does not work within the Linux guest. Only the primary click is recognized. This behavior is consistent across different Linux distributions and desktop environments (GNOME, KDE, etc.). I would like to confirm: Is the macOS Virtualization framework expected to support trackpad gestures such as two-finger tap for right-click within Linux guest VMs? If not currently supported, is there a known workaround to enable right-click functionality for the trackpad in Linux guests? (e.g., configuration changes in the VM, Linux kernel input modules, or framework-level adjustments.) Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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May ’25
Apple ID dissapears from Xcode and build is failing
I'm calling this command to export archive: xcodebuild -exportArchive -archivePath .build/XYZ.xcarchive -exportPath .build/XYZ.ipa -exportOptionsPlist Authenticator/ExportOptions.plist -quiet -allowProvisioningUpdates Here is my exportOptions file content &lt;!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"&gt; &lt;plist version="1.0"&gt; &lt;dict&gt; &lt;key&gt;method&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;app-store-connect&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;signingStyle&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;automatic&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;teamID&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;ABCD&lt;/string&gt; &lt;/dict&gt; &lt;/plist&gt; Most of the time this command fail with this error: error: exportArchive No Accounts error: exportArchive No signing certificate "iOS Distribution" found What we found is that our Apple ID just disappear from Xcode and we need to add it again manually. So there are two questions here: Why Apple ID account dissapears and how I can fix this? Is there an option to not use Apple ID account in Xcode and for example to use -authenticationKeyID flags of xcodebuild? Just to mention this happens only on our CI machine and not locally.
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Mar ’25