Code I have used for years on Macs now crashes after updating OS: SSL_CTX *sslctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_client_method()); Reading the posts about TLS changes, I change it to this: SSL_CTX *sslctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_client_method()); In fact any method I give results in crash.. Is this a known issue? Is there something I now need to call before calling SSL_CTX_new()?

Hi everybody! With latest updates on Ventura around 13.9.X, Sonoma 14.5 and upper, and most probably Sequoia, we notice a change on how to retrieve BSSID. We know Airport is discontinue, but also other commands are impacted by new security policies. Now, to make any command work in the proper way we need to ask for Location Permission. But here is where we are finding some issues to make it compatible with the new requirements. We have a web desktop app (Built with Electronjs) that use an mach-o executable (built on C++). This executable runs IOREG to retrieve the BSSID. One of the tries we did is to request the Location Permission on the parent/GUI app, but by doing this, IOREG was not able to retrieve the BSSID. Then, we try to look for a way to make a little test only with our executable. But in the attempt to, we do not found a way to trigger the location permission request, either manually or by a command. Is there a way to prompt the user from a terminal executable or the right way is to prompt from the GUI? Do we need to stop using Mach-o executable in c++ and move to a native mach-o executable in swift to be able to prompt from it (This executable runs in the machine frequently, several times per minute)? We are open to change the command if need it.

Requirements: Suppose a carrier provides multiple networks and an iPhone can switch to the best network based on signal strength. Questions: In iOS, suppose we need to switch IMSI based on the best network available then is it possible to achieve that. We do have apple carrier entitlements as well. Can we achieve with Applet? if Yes so please describe it like how can we create applet and how applet works to switch IMSI profile.

Hi all, I would like to know if it is possible to activate a content filter through the command line interface (CLI). Based on my research, it seems that Apple does not allow this for security design reasons. If it’s indeed not permitted, is there a way to use a GUI-based app as a workaround, where the GUI would only serve the purpose of activating the content filter? After the filter is activated, I’d like to hide the GUI app and run the content filter in the background. Is this approach feasible, and what would be the best way to achieve it? Thanks in advance for your help!

Starting from macOS 15 (macOS Sequoia), a new pop-up is triggered: “Local Network Privacy.” We have some questions regarding this new pop-up on MacOS: Running the following simple code: cups_dest_t *dests; int num_dests = cupsGetDests(&dests); triggers the “Local Network Privacy” pop-up. Question: Is this intended behavior? Even if the user presses the “Deny” button, printers can still be iterated, and it is possible to set options for the printer. Is this intended behavior? If so, which actions related to the CUPS library will be denied when the user presses the “Deny” button? Question: Should this pop-up appear for daemons/launchd processes? We found similar questions on some forums, but the answers are unclear. It seems that the pop-up should not appear for launch daemons. We tested the mentioned code with CUPS, and the pop-up was triggered. Is this a bug? If so, will it be resolved before the new macOS version is released? Question: There is somewhere documented all the scenarios in which this pop-up may appear is challenging? Regarding automatically allowing or disallowing the pop-up: We found the following response: “There is no way to automatically allow or disallow the local network privacy prompt. If it shows up in your app, you will need to analyze your code to better understand how the prompt is being triggered. If the prompt is triggered by a library you do not control, you will need to either remove the library or inquire further with the library vendor.” Question: How can we ensure that a launchd daemon will work as expected if the user presses the “Deny” button? Is there any way to detect if the user pressed “Deny”?

Hello, I have a Qt c++ executable that accesses a server backend on my local network. After building the executable, I can run it either from within the Qt Creator IDE, OR I can run it from the command line. When I launch from within the Qt Creator IDE, the same executable cannot talk to the backend server on my local network. However, the same executable when launched from the command line works fine. This started only with macOS Sequoia and the new "Local Network" permission. How can I get my IDE launched executable to work? Otherwise I cannot continue my app development.

NSURLSessionConfiguration *configuration = [NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration]; configuration.URLCache = [[NSURLCache alloc] initWithMemoryCapacity:20 * 1024 * 1024 diskCapacity:100 * 1024 * 1024 diskPath:@"myCache"]; if (!configuration) { NSLog(@"Failed to create session configuration."); return; } NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sessionWithConfiguration:configuration]; if (!session) { NSLog(@"Failed to create session."); return; } NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://example.com"]; if (!url) { NSLog(@"Invalid URL."); return; } NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url]; if (!request) { NSLog(@"Failed to create request."); return; } NSURLSessionDataTask *dataTask = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) { if (error) { NSLog(@"Error: %@", error.localizedDescription); } else { NSLog(@"Data received: %@", data); } }]; if (!dataTask) { NSLog(@"Failed to create data task."); return; } dataTask.priority = NSURLSessionTaskPriorityDefault; [dataTask resume]; error message Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** -[NSFileManager createDirectoryAtURL:withIntermediateDirectories:attributes:error:]: URL is nil' *** First throw call stack: (0x1848bd08c 0x181bbf2e4 0x183585f48 0x185d2f2bc 0x185d2ec7c 0x10709271c 0x1070a3f04 0x185d2ea88 0x185d2db20 0x185d2d5f4 0x185d2d07c 0x185d274b0 0x185dd82c4 0x185dd8214 0x185dd730c 0x107090a30 0x10709271c 0x10709a5e8 0x10709b394 0x10709cb20 0x1070a85f0 0x1070a7c00 0x20bc27c7c 0x20bc24488) libc++abi: terminating due to uncaught exception of type NSException

Hi! I am new to Apple app development so please bear with me. I am trying to design an app that can mimic some of the functionality of iptables routing. The crux of it is I would like to redirect local traffic bound for a specific port to a different port and then redirect any outgoing traffic on that port back to the original port: outgoing packet bound for IP:1234 -> 127.0.0.1:2345 outgoing packet bound for IP:2345 -> IP:1234 I tried to implement this behavior with a packet tunnel but have not made any substantial progress. Is this the right approach? Here is my implementation: private func handleConnection(_ connection: NWConnection) { connection.receive(minimumIncompleteLength: 1, maximumLength: 65536) { [weak self] data, context, isComplete, error in if let data = data, !data.isEmpty { self?.processData(data, from: connection) } if let error = error { print("Connection error: \(error)") } if isComplete { connection.cancel() } else { self?.handleConnection(connection) // Continue to receive data } } connection.start(queue: .main) } private func processData(_ data: Data, from connection: NWConnection) { switch connection.endpoint { case .hostPort(let host, let port): let portNumber = port.rawValue let hostDescription = host.debugDescription print("Received data from host: \(hostDescription) on port: \(portNumber)") if portNumber == 1234 { // Rule 1: Redirect traffic from port 1234 to 127.0.0.1:2345 redirectTraffic(data, to: "127.0.0.1", port: 2345) print("Redirecting traffic from 1234 to 2345") } else if portNumber == 2345 { // Rule 2: Redirect traffic from port 2345 to the original IP address but port 1234 redirectTraffic(data, to: hostDescription, port: 1234) print("Redirecting traffic from 2345 back to 1234") } case .service(name: _, type: _, domain: _, interface: _): print("Received bonjour service") case .unix(path: _): print("Received unix domain path") case .url(_): print("Received url") case .opaque(_): print("Opaque?") @unknown default: fatalError("Unknown endpoint type") } }

How can I resolve the error（Code=65 "No route to host）. Xcode 16(SDK ios18): We invoke GCDAsyncUdpSocket to send UDP data to the broadcast address,then get Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=65 "No route to host" Xcode 16.1 beta 2(SDK ios18.1): We invoke GCDAsyncUdpSocket to send UDP data to the broadcast address,then it work fine. Xcode 15.4(SDK ios17.5): We invoke GCDAsyncUdpSocket to send UDP data to the broadcast address,then it work fine. Notes: Privacy - Local Network Usage Description and the multicast entitlement has been added. Bonjour services has been added _http._tcp、_http._udp Code: GCDAsyncUdpSocket *gcdUdpSearchSocket = [[GCDAsyncUdpSocket alloc] initWithDelegate:self delegateQueue:dispatch_get_main_queue()]; NSError *error = nil; if (![gcdUdpSearchSocket enableBroadcast:YES error:&error]){ NSLog(@"gcdUdpSearchSocket enableBroadcast Error binding: %@", error); return; } if (![gcdUdpSearchSocket bindToPort:UDP_PORT error:&error]) { NSLog(@"GCDUdp Error binding: %@", error); return; } if (![gcdUdpSearchSocket beginReceiving:&error]) { NSLog(@"GCDUdp Error receiving: %@", error); return; }

In macOS Sequoia, there are up to 3 locations where an end user can enable or disable a Network Extension. In order of appearance in the System Settings.app application: Network > Filters General > Login Items & Extensions (1) General > Login Items & Extensions > Network Extensions a) it's quite difficult for an end user (and even a developer) to understand why there are 3 different locations and whether we are dealing with the same unique item or not. e.g. why would an end user have a clue about the difference between a Network Extension and a (Packet | Content) Filter? b) it's not possible for an end user to figure out what the consequences of disabling an item in one of these 3 locations is going to be, because, in each case, the consequences appear to be different, undocumented or not detailed clearly in the UI. (2) [Q] Is there a clear, complete and detailed documentation for Network Extensions UX controls in macOS Sequoia? For either end users or developers? I could't find one when searching inside www.apple.com or developer.apple.com. (1) not sure why a Network Extension also appears here as it's not a launchd daemon controlled by a 3rd party launchd plist. And not sure to understand why it's there since there's now the Network Extensions panel. (2) it does not help that the output of the systemextensionsctl command line tool, in most cases, reports that the extension is still activated and enabled.

I tried building some app logic around NetworkMonitor.isConnected in my watch app (I want to trigger an update when the user opens the app and isConnected == true, otherwise observe NetworkMonitor.isConnected until it changes to true), and I found out that on a real device, NetworkMonitor.isConnected is always false. This does not seem to be documented anywhere. Am I right in assuming NetworkMonitor is not to be trusted on the watch? watchOS version is 18. I found an old post where eskimo argues that NWPathMonitor is not useful on the watch (which is also not documented), is it the same for NetworkMonitor? https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/127080

My App is a rather small menu-bar status-item app with 2 informational windows. It does NOT make use of ANY of the APIs mentioned here: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/663874 that are bound to need "Local Network" hence trigger TCC dialog. Yet - on first run of the app, the dialog pops. App is Obj-C, and the only APIs used are Notification-Center (for scheduling local notifications to the user), XPC connections and calls to other (our) apps for gathering that information, plus normal AppKit windowing (Controls, Text-fields, etc.) nothing else. Obviously SOMETHING I do causes the thing - and I know for sure this app DOES NOT NEED access to the local network - only I do not know how to identify the specific API I need to avoid using (or change the way I'm using) Are there any specific system logs to watch for? Is there any official set of APIs that will trigger the dialog? Provided that I cannot avoid this - could this permission be granted via MDM profile payload? Our product comes with

I am trying to connect to localhost:8081 from simulator, but it is unable to connect with following logs: info 12:07:49.167248+0530 com.apple.WebKit.Networking nw_resolver_host_resolve_callback [C8.1] flags=0x40000003 ifindex=0 error=NoSuchRecord(-65554) hostname=localhost. addr=IN6ADDR_ANY ttl=60 info 12:07:49.167310+0530 com.apple.WebKit.Networking nw_resolver_host_resolve_callback [C8.1] flags=0x40000002 ifindex=0 error=NoSuchRecord(-65554) hostname=localhost. addr=INADDR_ANY ttl=108002 Macos 14.6.1 iOS simulator version 17.5 Som observations localhost:8081 does not load on simulator but 0.0.0.0:8081 loads fine, also 127.0.0.0:8081 loads fine on simulator. My laptop is a managed device with network filter Switching network sometimes fixes the issue. Restarting laptop sometimes fixes the issue. localhost:8081 opens find on laptop, but not on simulator. Contents of my laptop's /etc/hosts: ## # Host Database # # localhost is used to configure the loopback interface # when the system is booting. Do not change this entry. ## 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost ::1 localhost

After update to IOS18, my app crashed. following is the exception got from xcode: Trapped uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** -[NSFileManager createDirectoryAtURL:withIntermediateDirectories:attributes:error:]: URL is nil' ( 0 CoreFoundation 0x0000000194a79098 47427277-EE15-3C17-AD68-6886B0380B5E + 540824 1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x0000000191d7b2e4 objc_exception_throw + 88 2 Foundation 0x0000000193741f48 12E17A7A-B65F-35EE-82D7-CBC31004E223 + 1154888 3 CFNetwork 0x0000000195eeb2bc FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 164540 4 CFNetwork 0x0000000195eeac7c FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 162940 5 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000010342a71c _dispatch_client_callout + 20 6 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000010343bf04 _dispatch_lane_barrier_sync_invoke_and_complete + 176 7 CFNetwork 0x0000000195eeaa88 FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 162440 8 CFNetwork 0x0000000195ee9b20 FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 158496 9 CFNetwork 0x0000000195ee95f4 FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 157172 10 CFNetwork 0x0000000195ee907c FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 155772 11 CFNetwork 0x0000000195ee34b0 FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 132272 12 CFNetwork 0x0000000195f942c4 FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 856772 13 CFNetwork 0x0000000195f94214 FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 856596 14 CFNetwork 0x0000000195f9330c FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 852748 15 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103428a30 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 32 16 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000010342a71c _dispatch_client_callout + 20 17 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001034325e8 _dispatch_lane_serial_drain + 828 18 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103433394 _dispatch_lane_invoke + 460 19 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103434b20 _dispatch_workloop_invoke + 2264 20 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001034405f0 _dispatch_root_queue_drain_deferred_wlh + 328 21 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000010343fc00 _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread + 580 22 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000021bddfc7c _pthread_wqthread + 288 23 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000021bddc488 start_wqthread + 8 ) This app works fine until ios 18 appear. Could you help me? thanks

When transferring files in a Multipeer Session, using the Progress instances (returned by either sendResource in the sender or the delegate method session(didStartReceiving:) on the receiver) in a SwiftUI ProgressView will eventually cause a crash (EXC_BAD_ACCESS in swift_retain on com.apple.MCSession.syncQueue) I have created a small sample project that demonstrates the problem. It can be found at: https://github.com/eidria/Multipeer-Progress-Demo.git. A screen shot of the stack trace from a crash (crash.jpg) is in the “Images” folder. STEPS TO REPRODUCE Run the sample on two different hosts connected to the same network (project contains both iOS & macOS targets, bug manifests in any combination). When the second instance comes up, they will automatically find and connect to each other. When the “Send Files” button is enabled, clicking it will cause the sender to repeatedly send the file “Image.HEIC” from the “Images” folder to the receiver, which deletes it upon receipt of a successful transfer (i.e. delegate call back is called with a nil error). Subsequent transfers are triggered when the sender receives notice that the prior send completed successfully. Eventually, after some (usually small) number of files have been transferred, either the sender or receiver will crash in the middle of a transfer, with EXC_BAD_ACCESS in swift_retain on com.apple.MCSession.syncQueue. Commenting out the ProgressView in the file FileTransferView.swift will allow the apps to run in perpetuity.

My app often fails to access the network (other apps on the device can access the network normally), and restarting the app is also ineffective. I need to open and close the flight mode to restore the app's network I used to suspect the background refresh was the cause, but removing the background refresh still occasionally causes this problem.

Users are reporting that 3rd-party software that leverages Apple's Network Extensions (such as LuLu and Windows Defender) are causing networking issues after upgrading to macOS 15. However as such products were working seamlessly on macOS 14.* and nothing in the code of these products changed between then and now, this would point to bug in macOS. Users have mentioned the following work arounds: Disabling the internal (macOS) firewall Upgrading to macOS 15.1 beta More info about the issues and these "workarounds" here and here.. Looking for any guidance / insight / technical details from Apple, as users are (understandably) blaming these tools and their developers 😭 Of course if there are updated APIs or some other changes in macOS 15 that developers should consider / conform to, to ensure compatibility that'd be great to know too!

Hello, I make a matter device with extended color light functions. I add the mode select cluster in device to set work mode of device. I can not find the work mode in Apple Home application, only the light related functions show in UI. I tested my device with chip-tool, and read out the mode from device. B.R. Ray

Hi, just got upgraded this morning and now I can't use my local Tomcat install as server for my apps. I can access it in safari using localhost, but not using my computers IP. I start it from terminal. I looked everywhere in settings, and searched online of course, but have been unable to find an answer. Anyone knows how I can fit it? Input appreciated.

Hi, I'm working on a sample app to enable two-way data transfer between Mac, iOS, and Android devices. The devices will be in close proximity to each other. To implement this, I used Google's Nearby API, which supports cross-platform communication. The approach has worked well for Mac and iOS devices, even across different networks. However, while Mac and Android devices communicate successfully when on the same network, they fail to discover each other when on different networks. Mac :left_right_arrow: iOS-----Works fine in all scenarios. Mac :left_right_arrow: Android-------Works only when both devices are on the same network, but fails to discover each other on different networks. Is there any alternative approach to achieve reliable cross-platform communication, or any technical documentation that could help with this? Thanks in advance!