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deduplicated_symbol error
HI, I have a Swift UI app in the mac appstore in the upcoming release we have made lots of changes and it is working fine in debug mode but in production with testflight or direct distribution we are getting the following crash while working in the app. this is happening in the rendering phase. Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread 0 libswiftCore.dylib 0x19546f270 swift_unknownObjectRetain + 44 1 libswiftCore.dylib 0x1954bb09c swift_cvw_initWithCopyImpl(swift::OpaqueValue*, swift::OpaqueValue*, swift::TargetMetadata<swift::InProcess> const*) + 280 2 libswiftCore.dylib 0x1958f685c initializeWithCopy for ClosedRange<>.Index + 212 3 VirtualProg 0x104d73958 <deduplicated_symbol> + 56 How can i debug to find out what is causing the issue and fix it?. thanks in advance
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Apr ’26
Xcode Command Line Tools update not wanted, but persists
I am running Tahoe 26.4.1 on a MacBook Air, M4, 2025. In System Settings, I have an item heading of Software Update Available. Clicking on that brings up "Command Line Tools for Xcode 26.4". The only available choices are to Update Now or Cancel. In the past, I was developing a game, but have quit working on that, and deleted Xcode and Command Line Tools. Wanting the "Command Line Tools ..." line to disappear from System Settings, I called Apple Support, and at their request have followed the steps in "https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/installing-the-command-line-tools" to delete this entry in System Settings, namely the 2 sudo's in that article under the section "Uninstall the command line tools". This did not cause the "Command Line Tools for Xcode 26.4" line in System Settings to disappear (as I was told by Apple support that it would, because I would be deleting the receipt). In Terminal, I did indeed receive a response of "No receipt for 'com.apple.dt.commandlinetools' found at '/'.". I have called developer support, but the individual I spoke with had no useful guidance on how to finish this issue, except to post to the Forum. I would appreciate any guidance on how to delete the "Command Line Tools ..." entry from System Settings.
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Apr ’26
iOS App Icon Stuck on Default Capacitor 'Blue X' Placeholder
Summary After replacing every PNG in AppIcon.appiconset with the correct branded heart icon, the installed iOS app on a real iPhone (built and deployed via Xcode, not TestFlight web clip) still displays the default Capacitor 'blue X' placeholder icon on the home screen. The icon files in the repo are confirmed to be the new artwork, but iOS shows the old placeholder. Environment App: ImpulseAlly (Capacitor wrapper around hosted TanStack Start web app) Bundle ID: com.impulseally.app Capacitor iOS, deployment target iOS 15.0 Xcode 17E202, iOS SDK 26.4 (per derived-data log) Install method: Xcode → Run on physical device (not Safari 'Add to Home Screen', not TestFlight) Web shell URL: https://impulseally.com (server.url in capacitor.config.ts) What the user sees On the iPhone home screen, the app icon is the default Capacitor placeholder — a stylized blue 'X' / Capacitor logo on a white background. The expected icon is a sage-green rounded square with a white heart. Please ask for more information if I have not provided what you need. I have a file that I can share with everything I've tried.
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Apr ’26
Distributing In House Apps via my OWN website
Good morning. I have an APPLE DEVELOPER ACCOUNT. I am inquiring about Distributing In House Apps using my own website. All the links so far do not help. They all seem to be relevant to the Apple Store and not In House apps. I have my apps ready for evaluation. I understand you need to evaluate them. I want to apply for a certificate that will allow me to put the apps on my OWN website and have users download these and install to their Apple devices. So far I have been testing using own devices but every build I create does NOT create a manifest file. They do work but obviously I need a manifest for the website. I assume a relevant certificate would provide that. Can you please let me know of any and all information that applies on how to apply for an In House Distribution Certificate and how and where I should upload my apps for evaluation. Thank you so much. John
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Apr ’26
Icon Composer preview and App Store icon look different
Hello, I made my app icon with Icon Composer and added the .icon file directly to my Xcode project. I noticed that the icon preview in Icon Composer looks one way, while the icon shown on the App Store looks different. Details: I am using the .icon file directly in the project I am not using an exported PNG for the app icon I did not add a separate background image The background was set with fill in Icon Composer The preview in Icon Composer looks as expected The App Store version has a different appearance I would like to ask whether this difference may come from: App Store processing caching or a recommended Icon Composer setup for background fill If anyone has seen something similar, I would appreciate any guidance. I can also share screenshots of the Icon Composer preview and the App Store result.
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Apr ’26
Disable automatic Liquid-Glass app icon generation
Hi. On my iOS app, both the app store and the device are making changes to my app icon to make it look more Liquid-Glass. See attached image showing my original icon, and then how it appears on the app store and on devices. There is an added bevel/3d effect. I'd like to not have this happen. Did anybody figure out how to turn this off? So that the icon appears as submitted. I've played around with Icon Composer a bit but haven't managed to turn this off there. And would prefer to just submit the png's. Thank you!
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Apr ’26
Apple Watch co-sysdiagnose not generated in Family Setup / managed account scenario
Hi everyone, I’m currently researching Apple Watch pairing behavior and diagnostic logging across different setup modes. I can reliably trigger a co-sysdiagnose on an Apple Watch when it is paired in a normal standalone / standard configuration. In that case, the expected co-sysdiagnose archive appears on the paired iPhone. However, in a Family Setup / managed account scenario, behavior is different: The watch provides the expected haptic feedback after the sysdiagnose button combination But no co-sysdiagnose archive appears on the paired iPhone afterward The same hardware behaves differently depending on pairing/account configuration My question is: Is co-sysdiagnose collection, transport, or availability intentionally different for Family Setup / managed Apple Watch devices? For example: Are logs stored elsewhere? Is transfer to the organizer iPhone restricted? Is co-sysdiagnose unsupported in Family Setup mode? Are additional conditions required, such as Wi-Fi, charging state, unlocked devices, or a longer delay? I may be missing something obvious, but I have not found documentation describing this difference. If this is expected behavior, I’d really appreciate a pointer to the relevant documentation. Thanks a lot!
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Apr ’26
Include the release date and sw_vers in macos release notes
This is not exactly a feedback about the forums but I couldn't find a better location to ask this question. The macos release notes are hosted at developer.apple.com. For example, the macos 26.4 release note is here https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-26_4-release-notes. Would it be possible to include the release date in those release notes? Right now, it's hard to locate that information. It would also be useful to even include the sw_vers of that particular release in those release notes. For example: ProductName: macOS ProductVersion: 26.4 BuildVersion: 25E246 Having the sw_vers and the release date in the first few lines of the release note would be handy. The reason I went looking for the release date was because the corresponding sources for macos 26.4 hasn't yet been listed at https://opensource.apple.com/releases/. It usually takes a few days for that to happen, so I wanted to see how long it has been since 26.4 was released.
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Apr ’26
LLMs/AGENTS for legacy codebases
Hello there everyone. I've got numerous support projects using old school development. Things from Objective-C to RxSwift and UIKit. I've tried the LLM/Agents and they just destroy the codebase over time, so I have given up. The final straw was trying to get it to fix a POSTCODE validation issue which was using some novel ways to provide validation in place using RxSwift. Has anyone had any luck with these LLMs on Legacy codebases? Would love to hear tips.
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Apr ’26
Settings app crashes when tapping "Manage" under Sandbox account without internet connection
Device: iPhone 13 OS Version: iOS 26.4, iOS 26.5 Summary: The Settings app crashes when accessing the Sandbox account management screen in Developer Settings while the device is offline. Steps to Reproduce: Enable Developer Mode on the device Disconnect from the internet (Wi-Fi and cellular off) Go to Settings → Developer Ensure a Sandbox account is signed in Tap on "Sandbox" Tap on "Manage" Expected Result: The system should either: Open the Sandbox management screen, or Show an error indicating no internet connection Actual Result: The Settings app crashes immediately after tapping "Manage". Reproducibility: Always (100%) when offline Additional Notes: Issue observed on iOS 26.4 and iOS 26.5 Does not occur on iOS 18 May also be present in other iOS 26.x versions Does not occur when the device has an active internet connection
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Apr ’26
Need MetricKit Implementation details for MacOS background Application, mainly for
Hi, We are trying to integrate Metric Kit into our MacOS Application. Our application is a background process. We are interested in getting CPU and Memory metrics for our process. MXMetricPayload is the one we are looking at. We tried to integrate metric Kit and left the background app for 24 hours, we did not get any callback. So, does metric kit work for background app in MacOS? Also does it for Network Extension?
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Mar ’26
The future of Rosetta
Hello, From what I have heard, macOS will soon phase out Rosetta. I was wondering if Rosetta will still be available to install separately (instead of being preinstalled). I don't use Rosetta to run applications, because all the applications I use are ARM. However, for my YouTube channel, I often use the -arch x86_64 flag with clang. I do this so I can show the result from objdump and teach x86_64 Assembly, while also running the program through Rosetta. This may be a very niche use case, however I was still curious. Thank you!
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Mar ’26
Weatherkit /api/v1/weather is incorrectly returning 302 redirects starting 2026-03-24 13:39:45 ET
Starting yesterday, the API is returning 302 Moved Temporarily" redirecting the API to Location: https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/ Is this happening for anyone else? This is incorrect, it should be giving an API JSON response as specified by: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/weatherkitrestapi/get-api-v1-weather-_language_-_latitude_-_longitude_
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Mar ’26
CarPlay Simulator (from Additional tools) stuck on "Connecting to phone" since March 4th
We're experiencing an issue where the CarPlay Simulator (from Apple Developer Additional Tools) stopped connecting to our iPhones as of March 4th, 2025. The simulator gets stuck indefinitely on "Connecting to phone" and never completes the pairing. Environment App: Oracle Field Service iOS app (with CarPlay support) Tool: CarPlay Simulator from Apple Developer Additional Tools (developer.apple.com/download/all/) Issue start date: Wednesday, March 4th, 2025 Tested on: Multiple Mac machines, multiple iPhones Multiple CarPlay Simulator versions tested What's happening The CarPlay Simulator launches but displays "Connecting to phone" indefinitely. It was working correctly prior to March 4th with no changes on our end. What still works CarPlay functions correctly when the same iPhone is connected to a real car, confirming the issue is specific to the simulator. Troubleshooting steps already attempted Reset permissions and re-added the simulator Forgot the simulator and re-paired it Changed the USB cable Tested on multiple Mac machines Tested on multiple iPhones Tried multiple versions of the CarPlay Simulator Confirmed no VPN is in use Confirmed with IT, no OS updates or enterprise restrictions were applied Questions Has anyone else experienced this since March 4th? Was there a change in CarPlay Simulator behavior or a requirement on the Apple side (certificate, entitlement, protocol) around that date? Is there a known workaround or fix?
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Mar ’26
pkgbuild on Tahoe fails to build packages if any directory name contains non-ascii characters
pkgbuild on Tahoe (26.3.1) fails to build packages if any directory name contains non-ascii characters. pkgbuild is able to build successfully with the same source data on previous versions on macOS, so this is a regression and prevents us from build able to build our products on macOS 26. Example that demonstrates the issue: mkdir -p MyAppData/Taishōgoto echo "Testing" >> MyAppData/Taishōgoto/Content.txt pkgbuild --identifier com.example.MyAppData --install-location '/Library/Application Support/MyAppData' --root MyAppData myappdata.pkg Error messages: parent directory ./Taishōgoto does not exist pkgbuild: error: Cannot write package to "myappdata.pkg". (The file “package.bom” couldn’t be saved in the folder “NSIRD_pkgbuild_52fPuN”.) I have submitted this via Feedback Assistant (FB22312299). I have not found a workaround. Tried copying pkgbuild from Sequoia but the problem persisted, probably because the buggy code is in PackageKit rather than the tool itself.
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Mar ’26
Family Controls Entitlement NOT applied to App Extensions (and Support Form is broken)
Hello, I am facing a critical issue where the Family Controls (Distribution) entitlement is not being applied to my app extensions, despite the main app ID being approved. Main App ID: com.hayashikento.focuspact (Approved on March 13) Extension ID 1: com.hayashikento.focuspact.ShieldActionExtension (Pending/Not visible) Extension ID 2: com.hayashikento.focuspact.ShieldConfigurationExtension (Pending/Not visible) I have submitted requests multiple times, but the entitlement does not appear in the "Capability Requests" for these extensions in the Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles portal. Furthermore, I am unable to contact Developer Support because the "Contact Us" form on the developer website consistently shows a "Request error" or freezes on the submission page. Since I am completely blocked from TestFlight distribution, could someone from Apple please look into my account (Team ID: UHG4J7F7NH) and manually sync these entitlements? Thank you for your help.
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Mar ’26
Feedback Assistant Unresponsive
Hello, I was told from Developer engineers to post an Xcode issue on Feedback Assistant. It has been 6 weeks and I have yet to receive a single reply or acknowledgement on my feedback post. I would just like to at least get some sort of acknowledgement from Feedback Assistant that my post is being tracked or if a resolution is in work please. Here's the post: https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/feedback/21824703
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Mar ’26
deduplicated_symbol error
HI, I have a Swift UI app in the mac appstore in the upcoming release we have made lots of changes and it is working fine in debug mode but in production with testflight or direct distribution we are getting the following crash while working in the app. this is happening in the rendering phase. Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread 0 libswiftCore.dylib 0x19546f270 swift_unknownObjectRetain + 44 1 libswiftCore.dylib 0x1954bb09c swift_cvw_initWithCopyImpl(swift::OpaqueValue*, swift::OpaqueValue*, swift::TargetMetadata<swift::InProcess> const*) + 280 2 libswiftCore.dylib 0x1958f685c initializeWithCopy for ClosedRange<>.Index + 212 3 VirtualProg 0x104d73958 <deduplicated_symbol> + 56 How can i debug to find out what is causing the issue and fix it?. thanks in advance
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Apr ’26
Xcode Command Line Tools update not wanted, but persists
I am running Tahoe 26.4.1 on a MacBook Air, M4, 2025. In System Settings, I have an item heading of Software Update Available. Clicking on that brings up "Command Line Tools for Xcode 26.4". The only available choices are to Update Now or Cancel. In the past, I was developing a game, but have quit working on that, and deleted Xcode and Command Line Tools. Wanting the "Command Line Tools ..." line to disappear from System Settings, I called Apple Support, and at their request have followed the steps in "https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/installing-the-command-line-tools" to delete this entry in System Settings, namely the 2 sudo's in that article under the section "Uninstall the command line tools". This did not cause the "Command Line Tools for Xcode 26.4" line in System Settings to disappear (as I was told by Apple support that it would, because I would be deleting the receipt). In Terminal, I did indeed receive a response of "No receipt for 'com.apple.dt.commandlinetools' found at '/'.". I have called developer support, but the individual I spoke with had no useful guidance on how to finish this issue, except to post to the Forum. I would appreciate any guidance on how to delete the "Command Line Tools ..." entry from System Settings.
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Apr ’26
iOS App Icon Stuck on Default Capacitor 'Blue X' Placeholder
Summary After replacing every PNG in AppIcon.appiconset with the correct branded heart icon, the installed iOS app on a real iPhone (built and deployed via Xcode, not TestFlight web clip) still displays the default Capacitor 'blue X' placeholder icon on the home screen. The icon files in the repo are confirmed to be the new artwork, but iOS shows the old placeholder. Environment App: ImpulseAlly (Capacitor wrapper around hosted TanStack Start web app) Bundle ID: com.impulseally.app Capacitor iOS, deployment target iOS 15.0 Xcode 17E202, iOS SDK 26.4 (per derived-data log) Install method: Xcode → Run on physical device (not Safari 'Add to Home Screen', not TestFlight) Web shell URL: https://impulseally.com (server.url in capacitor.config.ts) What the user sees On the iPhone home screen, the app icon is the default Capacitor placeholder — a stylized blue 'X' / Capacitor logo on a white background. The expected icon is a sage-green rounded square with a white heart. Please ask for more information if I have not provided what you need. I have a file that I can share with everything I've tried.
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Apr ’26
Distributing In House Apps via my OWN website
Good morning. I have an APPLE DEVELOPER ACCOUNT. I am inquiring about Distributing In House Apps using my own website. All the links so far do not help. They all seem to be relevant to the Apple Store and not In House apps. I have my apps ready for evaluation. I understand you need to evaluate them. I want to apply for a certificate that will allow me to put the apps on my OWN website and have users download these and install to their Apple devices. So far I have been testing using own devices but every build I create does NOT create a manifest file. They do work but obviously I need a manifest for the website. I assume a relevant certificate would provide that. Can you please let me know of any and all information that applies on how to apply for an In House Distribution Certificate and how and where I should upload my apps for evaluation. Thank you so much. John
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Apr ’26
Icon Composer preview and App Store icon look different
Hello, I made my app icon with Icon Composer and added the .icon file directly to my Xcode project. I noticed that the icon preview in Icon Composer looks one way, while the icon shown on the App Store looks different. Details: I am using the .icon file directly in the project I am not using an exported PNG for the app icon I did not add a separate background image The background was set with fill in Icon Composer The preview in Icon Composer looks as expected The App Store version has a different appearance I would like to ask whether this difference may come from: App Store processing caching or a recommended Icon Composer setup for background fill If anyone has seen something similar, I would appreciate any guidance. I can also share screenshots of the Icon Composer preview and the App Store result.
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Apr ’26
Disable automatic Liquid-Glass app icon generation
Hi. On my iOS app, both the app store and the device are making changes to my app icon to make it look more Liquid-Glass. See attached image showing my original icon, and then how it appears on the app store and on devices. There is an added bevel/3d effect. I'd like to not have this happen. Did anybody figure out how to turn this off? So that the icon appears as submitted. I've played around with Icon Composer a bit but haven't managed to turn this off there. And would prefer to just submit the png's. Thank you!
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Apr ’26
Apple Watch co-sysdiagnose not generated in Family Setup / managed account scenario
Hi everyone, I’m currently researching Apple Watch pairing behavior and diagnostic logging across different setup modes. I can reliably trigger a co-sysdiagnose on an Apple Watch when it is paired in a normal standalone / standard configuration. In that case, the expected co-sysdiagnose archive appears on the paired iPhone. However, in a Family Setup / managed account scenario, behavior is different: The watch provides the expected haptic feedback after the sysdiagnose button combination But no co-sysdiagnose archive appears on the paired iPhone afterward The same hardware behaves differently depending on pairing/account configuration My question is: Is co-sysdiagnose collection, transport, or availability intentionally different for Family Setup / managed Apple Watch devices? For example: Are logs stored elsewhere? Is transfer to the organizer iPhone restricted? Is co-sysdiagnose unsupported in Family Setup mode? Are additional conditions required, such as Wi-Fi, charging state, unlocked devices, or a longer delay? I may be missing something obvious, but I have not found documentation describing this difference. If this is expected behavior, I’d really appreciate a pointer to the relevant documentation. Thanks a lot!
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Apr ’26
Xcode 26 with simulator 16 ?
mac mini xcode 26.4, but the simulator version is 16. how can i update the simulator to version 26?
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Apr ’26
Include the release date and sw_vers in macos release notes
This is not exactly a feedback about the forums but I couldn't find a better location to ask this question. The macos release notes are hosted at developer.apple.com. For example, the macos 26.4 release note is here https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-26_4-release-notes. Would it be possible to include the release date in those release notes? Right now, it's hard to locate that information. It would also be useful to even include the sw_vers of that particular release in those release notes. For example: ProductName: macOS ProductVersion: 26.4 BuildVersion: 25E246 Having the sw_vers and the release date in the first few lines of the release note would be handy. The reason I went looking for the release date was because the corresponding sources for macos 26.4 hasn't yet been listed at https://opensource.apple.com/releases/. It usually takes a few days for that to happen, so I wanted to see how long it has been since 26.4 was released.
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Apr ’26
The size of the asset has increased more than three time in the assets.car file after signing the ios app
The assets in the Asset.xcasset lesser than the asset in the Assets.car file. Because of this the iPA file size increased three times as Assets.car file inside the iPA increased. Why do the asset file size increased enormously. How do we prevent this ? I used Version 26.2 (17C52).
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Apr ’26
LLMs/AGENTS for legacy codebases
Hello there everyone. I've got numerous support projects using old school development. Things from Objective-C to RxSwift and UIKit. I've tried the LLM/Agents and they just destroy the codebase over time, so I have given up. The final straw was trying to get it to fix a POSTCODE validation issue which was using some novel ways to provide validation in place using RxSwift. Has anyone had any luck with these LLMs on Legacy codebases? Would love to hear tips.
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Apr ’26
Settings app crashes when tapping "Manage" under Sandbox account without internet connection
Device: iPhone 13 OS Version: iOS 26.4, iOS 26.5 Summary: The Settings app crashes when accessing the Sandbox account management screen in Developer Settings while the device is offline. Steps to Reproduce: Enable Developer Mode on the device Disconnect from the internet (Wi-Fi and cellular off) Go to Settings → Developer Ensure a Sandbox account is signed in Tap on "Sandbox" Tap on "Manage" Expected Result: The system should either: Open the Sandbox management screen, or Show an error indicating no internet connection Actual Result: The Settings app crashes immediately after tapping "Manage". Reproducibility: Always (100%) when offline Additional Notes: Issue observed on iOS 26.4 and iOS 26.5 Does not occur on iOS 18 May also be present in other iOS 26.x versions Does not occur when the device has an active internet connection
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Apr ’26
Need MetricKit Implementation details for MacOS background Application, mainly for
Hi, We are trying to integrate Metric Kit into our MacOS Application. Our application is a background process. We are interested in getting CPU and Memory metrics for our process. MXMetricPayload is the one we are looking at. We tried to integrate metric Kit and left the background app for 24 hours, we did not get any callback. So, does metric kit work for background app in MacOS? Also does it for Network Extension?
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Mar ’26
The future of Rosetta
Hello, From what I have heard, macOS will soon phase out Rosetta. I was wondering if Rosetta will still be available to install separately (instead of being preinstalled). I don't use Rosetta to run applications, because all the applications I use are ARM. However, for my YouTube channel, I often use the -arch x86_64 flag with clang. I do this so I can show the result from objdump and teach x86_64 Assembly, while also running the program through Rosetta. This may be a very niche use case, however I was still curious. Thank you!
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Mar ’26
Weatherkit /api/v1/weather is incorrectly returning 302 redirects starting 2026-03-24 13:39:45 ET
Starting yesterday, the API is returning 302 Moved Temporarily" redirecting the API to Location: https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/ Is this happening for anyone else? This is incorrect, it should be giving an API JSON response as specified by: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/weatherkitrestapi/get-api-v1-weather-_language_-_latitude_-_longitude_
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Mar ’26
CarPlay Simulator (from Additional tools) stuck on "Connecting to phone" since March 4th
We're experiencing an issue where the CarPlay Simulator (from Apple Developer Additional Tools) stopped connecting to our iPhones as of March 4th, 2025. The simulator gets stuck indefinitely on "Connecting to phone" and never completes the pairing. Environment App: Oracle Field Service iOS app (with CarPlay support) Tool: CarPlay Simulator from Apple Developer Additional Tools (developer.apple.com/download/all/) Issue start date: Wednesday, March 4th, 2025 Tested on: Multiple Mac machines, multiple iPhones Multiple CarPlay Simulator versions tested What's happening The CarPlay Simulator launches but displays "Connecting to phone" indefinitely. It was working correctly prior to March 4th with no changes on our end. What still works CarPlay functions correctly when the same iPhone is connected to a real car, confirming the issue is specific to the simulator. Troubleshooting steps already attempted Reset permissions and re-added the simulator Forgot the simulator and re-paired it Changed the USB cable Tested on multiple Mac machines Tested on multiple iPhones Tried multiple versions of the CarPlay Simulator Confirmed no VPN is in use Confirmed with IT, no OS updates or enterprise restrictions were applied Questions Has anyone else experienced this since March 4th? Was there a change in CarPlay Simulator behavior or a requirement on the Apple side (certificate, entitlement, protocol) around that date? Is there a known workaround or fix?
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Mar ’26
pkgbuild on Tahoe fails to build packages if any directory name contains non-ascii characters
pkgbuild on Tahoe (26.3.1) fails to build packages if any directory name contains non-ascii characters. pkgbuild is able to build successfully with the same source data on previous versions on macOS, so this is a regression and prevents us from build able to build our products on macOS 26. Example that demonstrates the issue: mkdir -p MyAppData/Taishōgoto echo "Testing" >> MyAppData/Taishōgoto/Content.txt pkgbuild --identifier com.example.MyAppData --install-location '/Library/Application Support/MyAppData' --root MyAppData myappdata.pkg Error messages: parent directory ./Taishōgoto does not exist pkgbuild: error: Cannot write package to "myappdata.pkg". (The file “package.bom” couldn’t be saved in the folder “NSIRD_pkgbuild_52fPuN”.) I have submitted this via Feedback Assistant (FB22312299). I have not found a workaround. Tried copying pkgbuild from Sequoia but the problem persisted, probably because the buggy code is in PackageKit rather than the tool itself.
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Mar ’26
Family Controls Entitlement NOT applied to App Extensions (and Support Form is broken)
Hello, I am facing a critical issue where the Family Controls (Distribution) entitlement is not being applied to my app extensions, despite the main app ID being approved. Main App ID: com.hayashikento.focuspact (Approved on March 13) Extension ID 1: com.hayashikento.focuspact.ShieldActionExtension (Pending/Not visible) Extension ID 2: com.hayashikento.focuspact.ShieldConfigurationExtension (Pending/Not visible) I have submitted requests multiple times, but the entitlement does not appear in the "Capability Requests" for these extensions in the Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles portal. Furthermore, I am unable to contact Developer Support because the "Contact Us" form on the developer website consistently shows a "Request error" or freezes on the submission page. Since I am completely blocked from TestFlight distribution, could someone from Apple please look into my account (Team ID: UHG4J7F7NH) and manually sync these entitlements? Thank you for your help.
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Mar ’26
Feedback Assistant Unresponsive
Hello, I was told from Developer engineers to post an Xcode issue on Feedback Assistant. It has been 6 weeks and I have yet to receive a single reply or acknowledgement on my feedback post. I would just like to at least get some sort of acknowledgement from Feedback Assistant that my post is being tracked or if a resolution is in work please. Here's the post: https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/feedback/21824703
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Mar ’26
Notarization stuck in 'In Progress' for 24+ hours - submission 55877c61-6e7e-4cc7-80aa-709a76d3ddad
As it has already been reported elsewehere, I also face the problem of endless waiting time for my submissions to be notarized. This prevents me from shipping a new release. A waiting/processing time of multiple days is simply unacceptable. I kindly request to fix this.
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Mar ’26