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TCC profile change for Local Network Access
Hello, is there any plan to add a new service type for Privacy Preferences Policy Control profile to allow apps deployed via MDM on Organization owned devices to access local network without prompting end user on Sequoia ? This would be very welcome, especially in education world where students are good at finding on how to block the tools they are supposed to use. I created FB14540495 for reference. Thanks !
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Jul ’24
Your payments from Apple are on hold - 2024
I received an email today stating that my payment is on hold due to irregular activity. I haven't violated any rules, and I've noticed others have received similar messages. I immediately contacted support by phone, and the representative confirmed my account is in good standing. She asked me to forward the email for further investigation. Email received: "We noticed some irregular activity associated with your vendor number XXXXXXXX and have paused your earnings payments while we investigate. Once our review is complete, we'll determine if we can resume your payments." Questions: Has anyone else encountered this issue? If so, what steps did you take to resolve it, and how long did it take for payments to resume? Wishing everyone a great day, and thanks in advance!
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Jul ’24
Problems when Preparing Apple TV via Apple Configurator 2
Model: Apple TV 4K (3rd generation) Wi-Fi & Ethernet 128GB I am an Apple Systems Admin for a school district. A contractor working on new buildings/upgrades for us purchased Apple TVs outside of our Apple account. When attempting to add these Apple TVs to Apple School Manager and enroll them into our MDM (via Apple Configurator 2 version 2.17), i'm running into a few problems. When inputting the Pair Code: -Says “Pairing Failed (-402653161)”--this error code only takes me to Apple Forums that end up answerless -But device still shows up under Paired Devices and in Configurator On Step 3 of 4 when “Preparing Apple TV—Activating TVOS” -An unexpected error has occurred with “Apple TV”. The device is not connected. [ConfigurationUtilityKit.error – 0x25B (603)]--this error code also only points me to Apple Forums for Configurator problems regarding iPads -only option is “Stop” -Appears that Configurator is still working in the background Click Stop (as it is my only option), then Apple TV then disappears from Configurator. Devices appear to be wiping OS/reinstalling OS and then going back to factory default settings. They are not being added to our ASM account. Any ideas?
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Aug ’24
Duplicate softwareupdate.enforcement.specific not allowed?
I am attempting to apply the softwareupdate.enforcement.specific declaration on a device. The first time it is processed it is applied successfully. I then generate a new set of declarations for the device and send a sync command to the device with the new server token. The management.status-subscriptions declaration and the activation.simple declaration are both applied successfully, even though the contain the same content and server token, but a different identifier than the original declarations. For some reason, the softwareupdate.enforcement.specific declaration fails to be applied and the reason is reported as [kSUCoreErrorDDMInvalidDeclarationFailure] New declaration is a duplicate The original softwareupdate.enforcement.specific identifier is not included in the new declaration-items response, only the new identifier. I would expect the device to remove the existing declaration and apply the new one, even if it is a duplicate of a declaration no longer specified for the device. Has anyone else run across this issue?
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Aug ’24
Blue app crash
Process: Bluebook [801] Path: /Applications/Bluebook.app/Contents/MacOS/Bluebook Identifier: org.collegeboard.bluebook Version: 1.13.1 (1077) App Item ID: 1645016851 App External ID: 867444785 Code Type: X86-64 (Native) Parent Process: ??? [1] Responsible: Bluebook [801] User ID: 501 Date/Time: 2024-08-05 02:29:59.241 +0500 OS Version: macOS 11.7.10 (20G1427) Report Version: 12 Anonymous UUID: C3EAD369-FD01-83EA-E8E5-9651AF86A6B6 Time Awake Since Boot: 1000 seconds System Integrity Protection: enabled Crashed Thread: 1 Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.utility-qos Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV) Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000 Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY Termination Signal: Segmentation fault: 11 Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb Terminating Process: exc handler [801] VM Regions Near 0: --> __TEXT 108d70000-108e5f000 [ 956K] r-x/r-x SM=COW /Applications/Bluebook.app/Contents/MacOS/Bluebook Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.user-interactive-qos 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff206689ce __ulock_wait + 10 1 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff204f2fd7 _dlock_wait + 44 2 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff204f2e67 _dispatch_thread_event_wait_slow + 40 3 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff205040d4 _dispatch_apply_invoke_and_wait + 264 4 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff20503b97 dispatch_apply_f + 787 5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff20899e5c __104-[CFPrefsSearchListSource synchronouslySendDaemonMessage:andAgentMessage:andDirectMessage:replyHandler:]_block_invoke.81 + 97 6 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff2074bfcf CFPREFERENCES_IS_WAITING_FOR_SYSTEM_AND_USER_CFPREFSDS + 74 7 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff2074be6f -[CFPrefsSearchListSource synchronouslySendDaemonMessage:andAgentMessage:andDirectMessage:replyHandler:] + 181 8 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff2074a915 -[CFPrefsSearchListSource alreadylocked_generationCountFromListOfSources:count:] + 220 9 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff2074a64f -[CFPrefsSearchListSource alreadylocked_getDictionary:] + 391 10 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff20787dfd -[CFPrefsSearchListSource addPreferencesObserver:] + 125 11 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff2074298a __108-[_CFXPreferences(SearchListAdditions) withSearchListForIdentifier:container:cloudConfigurationURL:perform:]_block_invoke + 361 12 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff2089a621 -[_CFXPreferences withSearchListForIdentifier:container:cloudConfigurationURL:perform:] + 372 13 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff20787cf5 -[_CFXPreferences registerUserDefaultsInstance:configurationURL:] + 142 14 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff20787c35 _CFPrefsRegisterUserDefaultsInstanceWithCloudConfigurationURL + 84 15 com.apple.Foundation 0x00007fff214db2f2 _NSKeyValueReplaceObservationInfoForObject + 125 16 com.apple.Foundation 0x00007fff214da481 -[NSObject(NSKeyValueObserverRegistration) _addObserver:forProperty:options:context:] + 471 17 com.apple.Foundation 0x00007fff214d981a -[NSObject(NSKeyValueObserverRegistration) addObserver:forKeyPath:options:context:] + 93 18 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c8f49bb -[WKWebInspectorPreferenceObserver init] + 147 19 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c8f491f +[WKWebInspectorPreferenceObserver sharedInstance] + 29 20 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c6c0e55 WebKit::WebProcessPool::WebProcessPool(API::ProcessPoolConfiguration&) + 2185 21 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c56ed8f -[WKProcessPool _initWithConfiguration:] + 91 22 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c56edcd -[WKProcessPool init] + 44 23 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c58621e -[WKWebViewConfiguration processPool] + 27 24 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c585dd9 -[WKWebViewConfiguration copyWithZone:] + 145 25 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c57b541 -[WKWebView initializeWithConfiguration:] + 86 26 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c57c936 -[WKWebView initWithFrame:configuration:] + 98 27 org.collegeboard.bluebook 0x0000000108d78be2 0x108d70000 + 35810 28 org.collegeboard.bluebook 0x0000000108d89a56 0x108d70000 + 105046 29 org.collegeboard.bluebook 0x0000000108d7250b 0x108d70000 + 9483 30 com.apple.SwiftUI 0x00007fff4282d3f5 FallbackDelegateBox.delegate.getter + 63 31 com.apple.SwiftUI 0x00007fff422b35e0 AppDelegate.init(appGraph:) + 196 32 com.apple.SwiftUI 0x00007fff427ee154 runApp(:) + 154 33 com.apple.SwiftUI 0x00007fff423d7d31 static App.main() + 61 34 org.collegeboard.bluebook 0x0000000108d74216 0x108d70000 + 16918 35 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff206b7f3d start + 1
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Aug ’24
blue book app crash
what is the solution? Process: Bluebook [801] Path: /Applications/Bluebook.app/Contents/MacOS/Bluebook Identifier: org.collegeboard.bluebook Version: 1.13.1 (1077) App Item ID: 1645016851 App External ID: 867444785 Code Type: X86-64 (Native) Parent Process: ??? [1] Responsible: Bluebook [801] User ID: 501 Date/Time: 2024-08-05 02:29:59.241 +0500 OS Version: macOS 11.7.10 (20G1427) Report Version: 12 Anonymous UUID: C3EAD369-FD01-83EA-E8E5-9651AF86A6B6 Time Awake Since Boot: 1000 seconds System Integrity Protection: enabled Crashed Thread: 1 Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.utility-qos Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV) Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000 Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY Termination Signal: Segmentation fault: 11 Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb Terminating Process: exc handler [801] VM Regions Near 0: --> __TEXT 108d70000-108e5f000 [ 956K] r-x/r-x SM=COW /Applications/Bluebook.app/Contents/MacOS/Bluebook Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.user-interactive-qos 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff206689ce __ulock_wait + 10 1 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff204f2fd7 _dlock_wait + 44 2 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff204f2e67 _dispatch_thread_event_wait_slow + 40 3 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff205040d4 _dispatch_apply_invoke_and_wait + 264 4 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff20503b97 dispatch_apply_f + 787 5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff20899e5c __104-[CFPrefsSearchListSource synchronouslySendDaemonMessage:andAgentMessage:andDirectMessage:replyHandler:]_block_invoke.81 + 97 6 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff2074bfcf CFPREFERENCES_IS_WAITING_FOR_SYSTEM_AND_USER_CFPREFSDS + 74 7 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff2074be6f -[CFPrefsSearchListSource synchronouslySendDaemonMessage:andAgentMessage:andDirectMessage:replyHandler:] + 181 8 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff2074a915 -[CFPrefsSearchListSource alreadylocked_generationCountFromListOfSources:count:] + 220 9 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff2074a64f -[CFPrefsSearchListSource alreadylocked_getDictionary:] + 391 10 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff20787dfd -[CFPrefsSearchListSource addPreferencesObserver:] + 125 11 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff2074298a __108-[_CFXPreferences(SearchListAdditions) withSearchListForIdentifier:container:cloudConfigurationURL:perform:]_block_invoke + 361 12 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff2089a621 -[_CFXPreferences withSearchListForIdentifier:container:cloudConfigurationURL:perform:] + 372 13 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff20787cf5 -[_CFXPreferences registerUserDefaultsInstance:configurationURL:] + 142 14 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff20787c35 _CFPrefsRegisterUserDefaultsInstanceWithCloudConfigurationURL + 84 15 com.apple.Foundation 0x00007fff214db2f2 _NSKeyValueReplaceObservationInfoForObject + 125 16 com.apple.Foundation 0x00007fff214da481 -[NSObject(NSKeyValueObserverRegistration) _addObserver:forProperty:options:context:] + 471 17 com.apple.Foundation 0x00007fff214d981a -[NSObject(NSKeyValueObserverRegistration) addObserver:forKeyPath:options:context:] + 93 18 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c8f49bb -[WKWebInspectorPreferenceObserver init] + 147 19 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c8f491f +[WKWebInspectorPreferenceObserver sharedInstance] + 29 20 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c6c0e55 WebKit::WebProcessPool::WebProcessPool(API::ProcessPoolConfiguration&) + 2185 21 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c56ed8f -[WKProcessPool _initWithConfiguration:] + 91 22 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c56edcd -[WKProcessPool init] + 44 23 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c58621e -[WKWebViewConfiguration processPool] + 27 24 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c585dd9 -[WKWebViewConfiguration copyWithZone:] + 145 25 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c57b541 -[WKWebView initializeWithConfiguration:] + 86 26 com.apple.WebKit 0x00007fff3c57c936 -[WKWebView initWithFrame:configuration:] + 98 27 org.collegeboard.bluebook 0x0000000108d78be2 0x108d70000 + 35810 28 org.collegeboard.bluebook 0x0000000108d89a56 0x108d70000 + 105046 29 org.collegeboard.bluebook 0x0000000108d7250b 0x108d70000 + 9483 30 com.apple.SwiftUI 0x00007fff4282d3f5 FallbackDelegateBox.delegate.getter + 63 31 com.apple.SwiftUI 0x00007fff422b35e0 AppDelegate.init(appGraph:) + 196 32 com.apple.SwiftUI 0x00007fff427ee154 runApp(:) + 154 33 com.apple.SwiftUI 0x00007fff423d7d31 static App.main() + 61 34 org.collegeboard.bluebook 0x0000000108d74216 0x108d70000 + 16918 35 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff206b7f3d start + 1
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Aug ’24
Can I work on Apple Intelligence AI Models without a Mac
Hello Everyone, I want to get into the Apple Intelligence space where I work on LLM and other AI models that can run on the edge. I am en route to get a MAC for this work. but till then can do any development with another non-apple laptop. I want to contribute to the work and is there any way that I can do it till then? I have a NVIDIA compatible laptop for other dev purposes with Windows.
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Aug ’24
Can I use maps screenshots with clickable markers in my app?
I would like to inquire if I can use screenshots from maps for specific areas in my application. I plan to add various markers to the screenshots, which can be clicked to identify different types of areas, such as restaurants and bars. Do I need a separate permission for this, and if so, where can I obtain it? Is it possible to implement this, and what copyright considerations do I need to take into account for my business idea?
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Aug ’24
Is it possible to configure different Check-in API endpoint for MDM and DDM?
The Check-in API is now used for declarative device management in addition to MDM authentication and token updates. We would like to set a different endpoint for DDM requests only than for MDM authentication So is it possible to configure different Check-in API endpoint for MDM and DDM? For example, we would like to split the endpoints as follows Endpoints for MDM authentication and token update yourmdmhost.example.com/checkin Endpoint for DDM yourmdmhost.example.com/ddm-chcekin Check-in API Documentation https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/check-in
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Aug ’24
Wallpaper fails to be set on an iPhone via the cfgutil command
Hi. I'm trying to use the following command to set a wallpaper on an iPhone : /usr/local/bin/cfgutil -K "/Users/ladmin/Downloads/privateKey.der" -C "/Users/ladmin/Downloads/publicCert.der" --ecid 0xE64120151001E set-wallpaper -s home "/Users/ladmin/Downloads/mickey-iPhone-12-Pro-12-wallpaper.png" The answer is always : --- Summary --- Operation "set-wallpaper" failed on 1 devices. cfgutil: error: An internal error occurred. Unknown service request error. (Domain: ConfigurationUtilityKit.error Code: 100) The same type of command works with an iPad. Apple Configurator 2 can set the wallpaper on the iPhone. Is there something different to do with cfgutil when setting a wallpaper on an iPhone ? Thanks for your insights ! Franck
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Aug ’24
escrowKeyUnlock return MDMServiceException: No entry found for device
I use then interface https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/device_assignment/activation_lock_a_device/creating_and_using_bypass_codes#3734453 to remove Activation Lock。 request url:https://deviceservices-external.apple.com/deviceservicesworkers/escrowKeyUnlock?serial=***&productType=***&imei=***&meid=*** then body is escrowKey、orgName、guid and use APNs certificate when establishing the SSL connection but return me:<ns:escrowKeyDeviceServicesResponse version="1" xmlns:ns="http://www.apple.com/cds/mdmescrowKeyDeviceServices/xml"></ns:escrowKeyDeviceServicesResponse>
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Aug ’24
Seeking help for MDM activation lock issue
We have encountered an issue while developing our own Apple MDM solution. The issue occurs in the activation lock scenario. We have implemented the activation and deactivation of the activation lock feature in accordance with the following documentation. 1:https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/activation_lock_a_device 2:https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/device_assignment/activation_lock_a_device/creating_and_using_bypass_codes#3734453 Activationlock Request URI : https://mdmenrollment.apple.com/device/activationlock Request Method : POST Request Headers : [Accept:"text/plain, application/json, application/*+json, /", X-ADM-Auth-Session:"1723449441118O1O649496FAD285FDC77565EC075E770547O90695212BB76419F8E43B2F68BE7A6C6O67033512O11Op1OA0EA85747E70D2D6941C4F6662166CAF22C2193COC298C61ECC7B9E9C14EB2A20305F7E41", X-Server-Protocol-Version:"3", Content-Type:"application/json", Content-Length:"133"] Request Body : {"device":"K2LP4HQXJ4","escrow_key":"QRV7D-JPPMQ-Z90N-1VN8-L1PN-45Q2","lost_message":"xxxxx"} Response : {"serial_number":"K2LP4HQXJ4","response_status":"SUCCESS"} escrowKeyUnlock Request URI : https://deviceservices-external.apple.com/deviceservicesworkers/escrowKeyUnlock?serial=K2LP4HQXJ4&imei=357174298879232&meid=35717429887923&productType=iPhone14,2 Request Method : POST Request Headers : [Accept:"text/plain, application/json, application/*+json, /", Content-Type:"application/x-www-form-urlencoded", Content-Length:"189"] Request Body : orgName=xxxxx&guid=xxxxx&escrowKey=QRV7D-JPPMQ-Z90N-1VN8-L1PN-45Q2 Response : 404 <ns:escrowKeyDeviceServicesResponse version="1" xmlns:ns="http://www.apple.com/cds/mdmescrowKeyDeviceServices/xml"></ns:escrowKeyDeviceServicesResponse> Who can help me check if there are any errors in the way I'm calling these two APIs, and how to correct them?
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Aug ’24
Using Testflight with a managed Apple ID
Hi all, We've been given the opportunity to beta test an app at my school and we have been asked to download the Test Flight app to enable it to run. Unfortunately it's not possible to use Test Flight with a managed Apple ID. All our staff and pupils' iPads are signed in with a managed Apple ID. It's a shame to pass up this opportunity, but I can't see any way around it... does anyone have any alternatives (apart from creating and using a non-managed Apple ID, which isn't feasible). Thanks in advance, Jacob
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Aug ’24
Learning Management System (LMS) Framework for Swift App
Is there any good framework that can be used in educational app as Learning Management System (LMS). Should be full fledge for creating courseware for E Learning App. Should be compatible with all Apple Platforms. Any help or link will be greatly appreciated. As I didn't found anything that mentions designed for Xcode. All LMS belong to Web based apps.
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Aug ’24
Need clarity on "restrict-software-update-require-admin-to-install" setting
In MDM Software Update settings(https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/softwareupdate), there is a key "restrict-software-update-require-admin-to-install" which apparently controls if the standard users are allowed to install apps and software updates. But so far, even if this is set to true, a standard user is able to download apps from Appstore. We noticed that when we publish a pkg to be installed via MDM, then that does not get installed if the above setting is set to true. Please provide clarity on what this setting controls.
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Aug ’24
ManagedAppDistribution problem with getting the apps
Hello, We are trying to use the Managed App Distribution framework with our mdm following the documentation here : https://developer.apple.com/documentation/managedappdistribution But on the first load we don't get anything, the app keep getting stuck inside the following code without sending an error or getting the managed apps for try await result in ManagedAppLibrary.currentDistributor.availableApps { content = try result.get().map(Content.managedApp) } If we update the list of available managed apps in our mdm, the function execute and so we have all the apps displayed as expected, but if we close and re-open the app it'll again not display anything until we update the managed apps list. How can we fetched our managed apps at anytime and not only when the list is updated ? Why this method seems to be waiting for an update instead of just fetching the available managed apps when we call it ?
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Aug ’24