I read online that there is no way to extract the call log from an iPhone. I want to develop an app to help people remember to call their mom, and if they did, the "nagging" would disappear automatically. I'm looking for any workaround to know when a user called someone, without having them log it manually.
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Hello I am trying to release an application using EXPO ROUTER + EXPO RN WEB.
I am trying to implement Apple Login using Firebase.
I have already put necessary info in both App Store Connect and Firebas console.
Now I am so confused what I have to do next.
What are some resource I could use or tips you could possibly give me when making apple login available using firebase.
Pleas all helps are welcomed and needed
Issue: Plain Executables Do Not Appear Under “Screen & System Audio Recording” on macOS 26.1 (Tahoe)
Summary
I am investigating a change in macOS 26.1 (Tahoe) where plain (non-bundled) executables that request screen recording access no longer appear under:
System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen & System Audio Recording
This behavior differs from macOS Sequoia, where these executables did appear in the list and could be managed through the UI. Tahoe still prompts for permission and still allows the executable to capture the screen once permission is granted, but the executable never shows up in the UI list. This breaks user expectations and removes UI-based permission management.
To confirm the behavior, I created a small reproduction project with both:
a plain executable, and
an identical executable packaged inside an .app bundle.
Only the bundled version appears in System Settings.
Observed Behaviour
1. Plain Executable (from my reproduction project)
When running a plain executable that captures the screen:
macOS displays the normal screen-recording permission prompt.
Before granting permission: screenshots show only the desktop background.
After granting permission: screenshots capture the full display.
The executable does not appear under “Screen & System Audio Recording”.
Even when permission is granted manually (e.g., dragging the executable into the pane), the executable still does not appear, which prevents the user from modifying or revoking the permission through the UI.
If the executable is launched from inside another app (e.g., VS Code, Terminal), the parent app appears in the list instead, not the executable itself.
2. Bundled App Version (from the reproduction project)
I packaged the same code into a simple .app bundle (ScreenCaptureApp.app).
When running the app:
The same permission prompt appears.
Pre-permission screenshots show the desktop background.
Post-permission screenshots capture the full display.
The app does appear under “Screen & System Audio Recording”.
This bundle uses the same underlying executable — the only difference is packaging.
Hypothesis
macOS 26.1 (Tahoe) appears to require app bundles for an item to be shown in the Screen Recording privacy UI.
Plain executables:
still request and receive permission,
still function correctly after permission is granted,
but do not appear in the System Settings list.
This may be an intentional change, undocumented behavior, or a regression.
Reproduction Project
The reproduction project includes:
screen_capture.go A simple Go program that captures screenshots in a loop.
screen_capture_executable Plain executable built from the Go source.
ScreenCaptureApp.app/ App bundle containing the same executable.
build.sh Builds both the plain executable and the app bundle.
Permission reset and TCC testing scripts.
The project demonstrates the behavior consistently.
Steps to Reproduce
Plain Executable
Build:
./build.sh
Reset screen capture permissions:
sudo tccutil reset ScreenCapture
Run:
./screen_capture_executable
Before granting: screenshots show desktop only.
Grant permission when prompted.
After granting: full screenshots.
Executable does not appear in “Screen & System Audio Recording”.
Bundled App
Build (if not already built):
./build.sh
Reset permissions (optional):
sudo tccutil reset ScreenCapture
Run:
open ScreenCaptureApp.app
Before granting: screenshots show desktop.
After granting: full screenshots.
App bundle appears in the System Settings list.
Additional Check
I also tested launching the plain executable as a child process of another executable, similar to how some software architectures work.
Result:
Permission prompt appears
Permission can be granted
Executable still does not appear in the UI, even though TCC tracks it internally → consistent with the plain-executable behaviour.
This reinforces that only app bundles are listed.
Questions for Apple
Is the removal of plain executables from “Screen & System Audio Recording” an intentional change in macOS Tahoe?
If so, does Apple now require all screen-recording capable binaries to be packaged as .app bundles for the UI to display them?
Is there a supported method for making a plain executable (launched by a parent process) appear in the list?
If this is not intentional, what is the recommended path for reporting this as a regression?
Files
Unfortunately, I have discovered the zip file that contains my reproduction project can't be directly uploaded here.
Here is a Google Drive link instead: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sXsr3Q0g6_UzlOIL54P5wbS7yBkpMJ7A/view?usp=sharing
Thank you for taking the time to review this. Any insight into whether this change is intentional or a regression would be very helpful.
Hi,
I'm trying to implement web-browser SignIn with Apple with my new app.
I'm trying to "Associate your website to your app" like described in this doc: https://developer.apple.com/help/account/capabilities/configure-sign-in-with-apple-for-the-web
So I created a Service ID for this specific login. I want this login page to display my app icon and name when presented to users.
My issue:
When I associate my new app the the service, the link is somehow not working.
The login page show the "service" login (with a generic apple logo and the Service ID's name) instead of the actual App name.
I'v been able to link my new service to older apps succesfully !!! (the login page correctly shows the old apps icons and names)
Why is my new app not associated with the service ?
I am missing something here ? is there an additionnal step that I need to take in order to link the service to my newest app ?
Thanks !
Hi. I enter a password using the security command at the command line. It appears in the keychain access app, but not in the passwords app. I don't understand why.
rickhedin@Ricks-MacBook-Pro zalando % security add-generic-password -U -s "birds" -a "cats" -w "dogs"
rickhedin@Ricks-MacBook-Pro zalando %
rickhedin@Ricks-MacBook-Pro zalando % security find-generic-password -s "birds" -wa "cats"
dogs
rickhedin@Ricks-MacBook-Pro zalando %
I'm told the two apps are two views of the same data, so I guess some filter must be being applied?
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
Goal
I want to reply to feedback from customers who signed up using a private.relay account.
Problem
I am getting this error when sending an email:
Reporting-MTA: dns; mailfout.stl.internal
X-Postfix-Queue-ID: B87481D0015B
X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; hello@mydomain.com
Arrival-Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 03:37:29 -0500 (EST)
Final-Recipient: rfc822; xxxx@privaterelay.appleid.com
Original-Recipient: rfc822;xxxx@privaterelay.appleid.com
Action: failed
Status: 5.1.1
Remote-MTA: dns; smtp3.privaterelay.appleid.com
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 5.1.1 <hello@mydomain.com>: unauthorized sender
What have I done?
I have configured mydomain.com in the Email Configuration Service inside of apple, as well as the email hello@mydomain.com.
Using https://www.mail-tester.com/, I could confirm that the
- [SPF] Your server 202.12.124.158 is authorized to use hello@mydomain.com
- Your DKIM signature is valid
- Your message passed the DMARC test
My hunch
This app was transferred and the previous owner did not have the email configuration set up.
The emails I am writing messages to signed up at that time.
Questions:
If I rescue the old account and set up the email configuration, would it work?
Is there any other tip I could try to apply?
If a user triggers account revoke on their Apple ID—but does not perform an in-app account deletion—will Apple send a server-to-server notification to inform us of this revoke event?
Additionally, in this scenario, if the user later wants to restore access to their existing game account data (for example, by re-binding Sign in with Apple or switching to another login method), are developers expected to restore all previously linked game data, or should the revoke event be treated as a permanent loss of authorization?
Hello everyone!
We are from Russia, and we no longer have an official Apple store. All phones are imported through parallel imports.
Yesterday, my wife logged out of her Apple ID and logged in to someone else's account, and as a result, her phone was in lost and locked mode. We have a sales receipt confirming the purchase, but it is from a Russian store.
Can you please tell me if there is a way to unlock the phone or if it is already a brick?
Scammers are asking for money to unlock the phone.
Thank you in advance for your reply!
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
Sign in with Apple
Our background monitoring application uses a Unix executable that requests Screen Recording permission via CGRequestScreenCaptureAccess(). This worked correctly in macOS Tahoe 26.0.1, but broke in 26.1.
Issue:
After calling CGRequestScreenCaptureAccess() in macOS Tahoe 26.1:
System dialog appears and opens System Settings
Our executable does NOT appear in the Screen Recording list
Manually adding via "+" button grants permission internally, but the executable still doesn't show in the UI
Users cannot verify or revoke permissions
Background:
Unix executable runs as a background process (not from Terminal)
Uses Accessibility APIs to retrieve window titles
Same issue occurs with Full Disk Access permissions
Environment:
macOS Tahoe 26.1 (worked in 26.0.1)
Background process (not launched from Terminal)
Questions:
Is this a bug or intentional design change in 26.1?
What's the recommended approach for background executables to properly register with TCC?
Are there specific requirements (Info.plist, etc.) needed?
This significantly impacts user experience as they cannot manage permissions through the UI.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Hi, we are having Sign in with Apple issues. For a large % of new users on our app which select this option, the first name and last name values are not being passed to us. This is the case in both scenarios - where the user shares their email address or hides it, and happens on iPhone when the user selects the default iCloud account. We're unclear why this is occurring.
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
Sign in with Apple
Why can’t sandboxed mac app store apps have full disk access available in the system settings for full disk access?
I discovered mac app store apps in release mode cannot access the ai auggie command line program and other command line programs like opengrep on your system. Debug builds fine.
I came up with a workaround: Since I have an ssh client built in for connecting to remote servers, why not connect to ssh on the same local machine… Ask the user for their username and password in a popup.
To do this, you have to enable remote login on your mac in system settings -> sharing.
In addition you must grant full disk access to cli ssh in system settings: add /usr/libexec/sshd-keygen-wrapper
It all works, but I don’t see the cli program in mac settings. To remove the cli program you must run a command line program to remove all full disk access support from all apps. No way to just undo ssh.
So my question is, even though I got CodeFrog all working for a mac app store release, should I not do it because it’s insecure or too complicated with the system settings? Should I instead sell the app off the store like Panic Nova?
Need some advice. I have not implemented in app purchases yet. Should I just have a reality check and sell the app off the store, or try for app store approval?
Bummer…
Maybe I’m ahead of my time, but perhaps Apple could review the source code for apps requesting full disk access and make sure there’s nothing fraudulent in them. Then, developer tools app store apps could be in the store with the user’s assurance that nothing is happening behind the scenes that is scary.
From: https://blog.greenrobot.com/2025/11/10/i-have-a-decision-to-make/
Related post:
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/806187
I submitted a code level tech support question for this. They directed me here.
We have a custom SecurityAgentPlugin that is triggered by multiple authorizationdb entries. Some customers report that the SecurityAgent process takes window focus even though no UI or windows are displayed.
Our plugin explicitly ignores the _securityAgent user and does not show any UI for that user. However, in macOS 26.1, it appears that the plugin still causes the SecurityAgent to take focus as soon as it is triggered.
Is this a change in macOS 26.1 or a bug? Can we do anything to prevent "focus stealing"?
I cannot find any reference to this within the Apple developer documents (or certainly searching for multiple possible keywords yields no results).
The only reference I can find is to documents written in support of its announcement in 2002: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=huqjyh7k.
Is there any further documentation on implementing or has the capability been deprecated?
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
Recently I am trying to implement apple oauth in expo web version, I created the service id and other related info, i have issue
@PostMapping("/callback")
public ResponseEntity handleAppleCallback(@RequestParam Map<String, String> body) {
String code = body.get("code");
String idToken = body.get("id_token");
if (code == null) {
return ResponseEntity.badRequest().build();
}
// Redirect to your Expo Web app with the code in query
String frontendUrl = "https://mobile-dot-dev-epicportal.uc.r.appspot.com/apple-callback?code=" + code;
return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.FOUND)
.header("Location", frontendUrl)
.build();
}
when i pass the code recived from apple to this route i am getting invalid_grant
i am not sure what is wrong here
Recently, we have adapted the passkey function on the Mac, but we always encounter the error message "Unable to verify the web credentials association of xxx with domain aaa. Please try again in a few seconds."
We can confirm that https://aaa/.well-known/apple-app-site-association has been configured and is accessible over the public network. Additionally, the entitlements in the app have also been set with webcredentials:aaa.
This feature has been experiencing inconsistent performance. When I restart my computer or reinstall the pkg, this feature may work or it may still not work. I believe this is a system issue.
Here is feed back ID: FB20876945
In the feedback, I provided the relevant logs.
If you have any suggestions or assistance, please contact me. I would be extremely grateful!
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
macOS
Objective-C
Authentication Services
Passkeys in iCloud Keychain
Hi,
I am developing a Platform SSO in order to have integrated with our IdP, which I am also adapting to provide the right endpoints for Platform SSO.
I have a few questions about the implementation:
does the client-request-id need to be present on all requests? Is it unique per request, or requests that are bound together like those requesting a nonce and those who will use that nonce should use the same client-request-id?
I am not sure how the loginManager.presentRegistrationViewController works. I'd like to get the user to authenticate to my IdP before device registration. So I am not sure if I should provide my own Webview or something similar or if this method should do something for me;
My idea is to request user authentication once, save the state when performing device registration, so that I avoid asking for user authentication twice when performing user registration. Is this the right way to do it?
How does platform SSO handles tokens? If one application of my IdP requests the authentication on a common OIDC/OAuth2 flow, should I perform some sort of token exchange?
How about SAML? Platform SSO seems to be token-centric, but how does one handle SAML flows? Is it by using WebView as well?
I no longer have an app on the store. I do have an apple books account on the same login but there's no need for me to have the appstore connect account or whatever you call it and keep getting notifications when I don't have an app, don't want an app, will never do another app.
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
Sign in with Apple
Hi everyone,
I have followed all the Apple procedures, read the forums, and looked at various experiences of other users who had my problem, but I haven’t found a solution.
On my site, I have added login with all the “big” providers, and Apple is the only one missing. I’ve tried everything, but when the user logs in and is authenticated, I get an error. In order, here’s what I receive:
Received Apple code: cfbf091dd6...
JWT generated correctly
HTTP Error (400): {"error":"invalid_client"}
I’ve read all sorts of things, including that you have to wait up to 48 hours for the Key to be enabled.
Any ideas? I’ve read that this is a common problem, but I haven’t found a valid solution.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.
Hi,
After enabling the new Enhanced Security capability in Xcode 26, I’m seeing install failures on devices running < iOS 26.
Deployment target: iOS 15.0
Capability: Enhanced Security (added via Signing & Capabilities tab)
Building to iOS 18 device error - Unable to Install ...Please ensure sure that your app is signed by a valid provisioning profile.
It works fine on iOS 26 devices.
I’d like to confirm Apple’s intent here:
Is this capability formally supported only on iOS 26 and later, and therefore incompatible with earlier OS versions?
Or should older systems ignore the entitlement, meaning this behavior might be a bug?
On macOS 26.1 (25B78) I can't give Full Disk Access to sshd-keygen-wrapper. Now my Jenkins jobs do not work because they do not have the permission to execute the necessary scripts. Until macOS 26.1 everything worked fine. I restarted the machine several times and tried to give access from Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Full Disk Access but it just does not work. I tried logging with ssh on the machine and executing a script but again nothing happened.