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Avoiding Shortcut Intent Timeout When Uploading or Downloading Large Files
Hey everyone, I have an issue I'm running into – maybe someone has the expertise to help! I've created an app that adds Intents to the Shortcuts app, to interact with S3-compatible object storage. Everything works fine, until you decide to upload/download a large file, that your internet connection cannot handle in the ~30-second intent timeout. I've explored uploading files with a background task which seems to work somehow, but the bigger issue would be downloading larger files, as other parts of the subsequent shortcut may rely on it. To the question: Is there some way of increasing the timeout for a shortcuts intent, or a way to "trick" shortcuts into letting my custom intents download/upload files without timing out? Thanks so much!
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Jun ’25
App Shortcuts - No Flexible Matching Assets
My app uses App Intents to create App Shortcuts. When I build and run my app in Xcode, the App Shortcuts Preview tool (under Product menu) shows the following message: No Flexible Matching Assets This target is for a platform which is not supported by Flexible Matching or does not have Flexible Matching enabled. All of my project's targets are iPhone only with a minimum deployment of 18.0. In the build settings for this project, Enable App Shortcuts Flexible Matching is set to Yes. (build settings reference) Any guidance on how to troubleshoot this? Thank you!
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Jun ’25
Macbook M5 Development Kernel Panic
Hi, I'm posting a boot crash here. Environment Hardware: Macbook M5 Pro OS Version: macOS 26.3.1 (25D2128) and matching version of KDK from official apple download page Kernel Version: Darwin Kernel Version 25.3.0 Reproducibility: Consistent Here is my panic log --- I truncated one field "SOCDNandContainer" as the original log is too long to post, hitting the size limit. I followed a blog post to boot the development kernel as the ReadMe file from KDK only contains instructions for Intel Macs. https://jaitechwriteups.blogspot.com/2025/10/boot-custom-macos-kernel-on-macos-apple.html I've tried a few 26.2 KDKs before 26.3.1 public launch, and they all showed same errors (26.1 and 26.0 KDKs don't have any development kernel for T8142 chip). Also, I own two fresh M5 Pro, and it is consistent across the machines. The highlight is panic(cpu 8 caller 0xfffffe0050e18010): [Exclaves] $JgOSLogServerComponent.RedactedLogServer.init(logServerNotific:OSLogServerComponent\/OSLogServerComponent_Swift.swift:815: Fatal error: invalid rawValue for TightbeamComponents.RedactedLogSer at PC ... Is this a genuine bug or am I following a wrong guide to boot the development kernel? I don't think the blog is wrong because I'm able to boot the "release" kernel included in the KDK on the same M5 Pro, and the "development" kernel on M4 Mac Mini, using the same routine. Just to be clear, I'm not compiling XNU myself, but am using the ones included in the kit.
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oascript stop working for sending notification
I have a script that stop working since Tahoe migration. The script need to send a notification on the my mac. The issue is this line: osascript -e 'display notification "The task has been completed" with title "✅ My script"' It doesn't fail (return 0), nothing in outputs, but doesn't show anything. I check all my notification settings, but all seems to be right, I tested the configuration of iterm & script editor. And the global ettongs of the notifications:
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Nov ’25
Weatherkit - visibility units and height
reposting this in case it got missed the first time around here https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/775900 We had a question that came up when we comparing data from WeatherKit to other sources - WeatherKit visibility was well beyond the boundaries we had historically, even from Darksky. That raises two questions: is visibility actually in meters like the docs say? is this visibility at ground level, 500ft, or some other height? We were seeing visibility numbers of up to 40 miles (after converting the number the API sent to miles), where all of our other sources are usually within 10 miles
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Apr ’25
Apple Watch refuses to keep BLE connection while not in foreground
I have a standalone Apple Watch app that uses Bluetooth with the bluetooth-central background mode. It seems that in watchOS 26.2, once the system terminates the BLE connection after background allowance is exceeded, the app never regains background BLE capability, even after the user returns to the foreground and interacts with it. This contradicts the documentation and the WWDC22 “Get timely alerts from Bluetooth devices on watchOS” session, which state that background BLE connectivity should be restored when the user brings the app back to the foreground. Does anyone have any insight into this behavior?
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Dec ’25
Multiple upload happening for createItem in File Provider extension
I'm new to swift and iOS development. I'm trying to create a file provider extension for my app. I have able to use createItem, modifyItem, fetchContents functions. But when I try to add a GarageBand file or a big size mp3 file(18 Mb) I can see multiple upload is happening. I checked the FruitBasket project where they are doing chunked upload when file size is more than 100 Mb. How do I fix this to only one upload? I'm getting suggestions like I have to do debounce upload but that seems not a proper solutions.
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Dec ’25
How to inject parameter dependency at runtime in iOS App Intent
I am trying to create an App Intent that lets a user select a day in the itinerary of a trip. The trip has to be chosen before the days available can be displayed. When the PlanActivityIntentDemo intent is ran from the shortcuts app, the trip selected is not injected into the appropriate TripItineraryDayQueryDemo Entity Query. Is there a way to get the selected trip to be injected at run time from shortcuts app. Here's some code for illustration: // Entity Definition: import AppIntents struct ShortcutsItineraryDayEntityDemo: Identifiable, Hashable, AppEntity { typealias DefaultQuery = TripItineraryDayQueryDemo static var typeDisplayRepresentation: TypeDisplayRepresentation = "Trip Itinerary Day" var displayRepresentation: DisplayRepresentation { "Trip Day" } var id: String static var defaultQuery: DefaultQuery { TripItineraryDayQueryDemo() } init() { self.id = UUID().uuidString } } struct TripItineraryDayQueryDemo: EntityQuery { // This only works in shortcut editor but not at runtime. Why? How can I fix this issue? @IntentParameterDependency<PlanActivityIntentDemo>(\.$tripEntity) var tripEntity @IntentParameterDependency<PlanActivityIntentDemo>(\.$title) var intentTitle func entities(for identifiers: [ShortcutsItineraryDayEntityDemo.ID]) async throws -> [ShortcutsItineraryDayEntityDemo] { print("entities being called with identifiers: \(identifiers)") // This method is called when the app needs to fetch entities based on identifiers. let tripsStore = TripsStore() guard let trip = tripEntity?.tripEntity.trip, let itineraryId = trip.firstItineraryId else { print("No trip or itinerary ID can be found for the selected trip.") return [] } return [] // return empty for this demo } func suggestedEntities() async throws -> [ShortcutsItineraryDayEntityDemo] { print("suggested itinerary days being called") let tripsStore = TripsStore() guard let trip = tripEntity?.tripEntity.trip, let itineraryId = trip.firstItineraryId else { print("No trip or itinerary ID found for the selected trip.") return [] } return [] } } struct PlanActivityIntentDemo: AppIntent { static var title: LocalizedStringResource { "Plan New Activity" } // The selected trip fails to get injected when intent is run from shortcut app @Parameter(title: "Trip", description: "The trip to plan an activity for", requestValueDialog: "Which trip would you like to plan an activity for?") var tripEntity: ShortcutsTripEntity @Parameter(title: "Activity Title", description: "The title of the activity", requestValueDialog: "What do you want to do or see?") var title: String @Parameter(title: "Activity Day", description: "Activity Day") var activityDay: ShortcutsItineraryDayEntity func perform() async throws -> some ProvidesDialog { // This is a demo intent, so we won't actually perform any actions. .result(dialog: "Activity '\(title)' planned") } }
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Jun ’25
NSURL +resourceValuesForKeys:fromBookmarkData: value always "file:///" for NSURLVolumeURLKey
I try saving the value of NSURLVolumeURLKey when creating a bookmark. When resolving the bookmark later I pass the bookmark data to +resourceValuesForKeys:fromBookmarkData: but always pull out "file:///" which is wrong. In contrast the value for NSURLVolumeURLForRemountingKey is properly saved and restored using the same method.
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Dec ’25
API to copy files like the Finder does with progress information
I regularly receive emails from my customers asking why my app, which copies files from a source folder to a destination folder, gives an error during the copy operation, usually when some kind of NAS is involved. I then ask if copying the same file works in the Finder and they usually say yes. Then it’s up to me to contact the NAS vendor and ask why their NAS doesn’t work correctly with the copyfile function which my app uses to copy files, and provide them with a sample Xcode project that reproduces the issue. It would be so much easier for me, and probably other developers as well, if my customers could test their NAS with the Finder, then if it doesn’t work, contact their NAS vendor and solve the issue, or if it works, rest assured that file copies will work for any other app that uses the same API as the Finder. I could spend my time doing much more productive and interesting work rather than checking why every other NAS doesn’t work with my app which, after all, uses the most basic file copy mechanism available on macOS. Is there any chance that in the future (hopefully sooner than later) there will be an API to copy files like the Finder with progress information, or is there a reason why this won't ever be possible? I created FB20929181.
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Nov ’25
FSKit removeItem Not Being Called
Environment macOS Version: 26.1 Xcode Version: 16.2 Description I'm developing a custom file system using FSKit and have encountered an issue where the removeItem(_:named:fromDirectory:) method in my FSVolume.Operations implementation is not being invoked when attempting to delete files or directories through Finder or the command line. Implementation My volume implements the required FSVolume.Operations protocol with the following removeItem implementation: func removeItem( _ item: FSItem, named name: FSFileName, fromDirectory directory: FSItem ) async throws { logger.info("remove: \(name)") if let item = item as? MyFSItem, let directory = directory as? MyFSItem { directory.removeItem(item) } else { throw fs_errorForPOSIXError(POSIXError.EIO.rawValue) } } Steps to Reproduce Mount the custom FSKit-based file system using: mount -F -t MyFS /dev/diskX /tmp/mountpoint Create files using Finder or terminal (works correctly - createItem is called) Attempt to delete a file using any of the following methods: Terminal command: rm -rf /path/to/mounted/file option + cmd + delete to remove the file in Finder Expected Behavior The removeItem(_:named:fromDirectory:) method should be called, logging "remove: [filename]" and removing the item from the directory's children collection. Actual Behavior The removeItem method is never invoked. No logs appear from this method in Console.app. The deletion operation either fails silently or returns an error, but the callback never occurs. Additional Context Working operations: Other operations work correctly including: createItem - files and directories can be created lookupItem - items can be looked up successfully enumerateDirectory - directory listing works read and write - file I/O operations work correctly Volume state: The volume is properly mounted and accessible Files can be created, read, and written successfully Volume capabilities configured: var supportedVolumeCapabilities: FSVolume.SupportedCapabilities { let capabilities = FSVolume.SupportedCapabilities() capabilities.supportsHardLinks = true capabilities.supportsSymbolicLinks = true capabilities.supportsPersistentObjectIDs = true capabilities.doesNotSupportVolumeSizes = true capabilities.supportsHiddenFiles = true capabilities.supports64BitObjectIDs = true capabilities.caseFormat = .insensitiveCasePreserving return capabilities } Questions Are there specific volume capabilities or entitlements required for removeItem to be invoked? Is there a specific way deletion operations need to be enabled in FSKit? Could this be related to how file permissions or attributes are set during createItem? Are there any known issues with deletion operations in the current FSKit implementation? Do I need to implement additional protocols or set specific flags to support item deletion? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Has anyone successfully implemented deletion operations in FSKit? Thank you!
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Nov ’25
Custom AppEntity nested dictionary
I am creating an AppIntent to be used with Shortcuts and I would like to return a flexible dictionary of values with nested structures. As far as I understand the custom AppEntity only uses the displayRepresentation to store a title and subtitle which are LocalizedStringResource. types. Although I can convert my dictionary into a string I found no way in shortcuts to be able to retrieve the original structure of it and inspect individual elements like in subsequent actions. Is there a way to do this? Thank you in advance Nick Karanatsios
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Dec ’25
Core Bluetooth Advertising in Background
Hello guys, I have been trying to advertise in the background but I can’t seem to make it work. In my case, I want if a device is acting as a peripheral and the app goes to the background it still can be discoverable and be able to write/read to/from it by the central. I have added the background mode “Acts as a Bluetooth accessory”. When will willRestoreState be called? What should I do in willRestoreState? Will it always be discoverable or have some limitations? Should I stop advertising at any point? How should I clean up after the view is dismissed? Must the peripheral manager be initialized in the AppDelegate? and if so, will it always be advertising even if I don't want it to? What are the battery concerns? Also, I have encountered an issue that my iPhone device can discover an Android device but not the opposite. What could be the problem of this? Thank you. Best regards
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Dec ’25
BLE Notification & Write Latency/Batching on iOS (vs Android) – CoreBluetooth Real-Time Question
I am using a Raspberry Pi 5 (BLE 5.0) to read sensor data and send it via D-Bus and BlueZ to a Flutter application (flutter_blue_plus) for both iOS and Android. The goal is to display these real-time sensor updates directly on the device. On Android, the data transmission is immediate and the real-time visualization is extremely smooth and fast. However, on iOS, both BLE write and notification commands appear with noticeable latency—not only in real-time displays, but also when comparing ordinary notification feedback between the Raspberry Pi terminal and the iOS app. It seems that iOS buffers several BLE packets internally and then dispatches them in batches, which always introduces an additional delay. Additional setup details: I sample and transmit data every 25ms, sending binary packets of 20 bytes (length shouldn’t be a limiting factor). On the iOS side I am using an iPhone 15 Pro with iOS 18.6.2 (BLE 5.3). The Raspberry Pi (using btmon for logging) confirms after connection setup that the connection interval is fixed at 30ms (and cannot be changed). I have tried sending BLE packets every 30ms so that exactly one packet arrives per interval, but this made no difference—the latency and batch delivery remain. Interestingly, faster transmission rates (e.g. sending every 10ms) make the real-time display look smoother on iOS, but the guaranteed overall system latency does not improve. Also these methods used: write-without-response, using app in release modus (no debugging) Is there anyone familiar with this problem or a potential solution? Or is iOS simply not optimized for true real-time BLE data streaming and visualization? Any pointers, technical insights or workarounds would be greatly appreciated.
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Nov ’25
Deliver/bundle entire Shortcut automations with an app
Is there any way of creating complete Shortcuts automations and bundling them with my app? Specifically, I would like the user to be able to Take a photo and open it with my app Or take a screenshot and open it with my app Of course I could offer a Share extension, but going through the Share menu and selecting my app there is time consuming for the user. I would like the user to be able to configure his or her action button such that it takes a new picture and opens it with my app right away. I can, of course, offer the respective App Shortcuts and let the user combine them into a pipeline with the Take Screenshot or Take Photo system actions. However, only power users would do this. Hence, I would like to bundle this complete pipeline with my app, such that the user just has to assign his/her Action Button to this pipeline if he/she wants to use this feature. How to go about this? I was thinking of exporting the shortcut into a file, bundling it with the app as a resource, and offering it via a Share action for the user to install it, or by sharing it on iCloud and adding the iCloud link to the UI of my app. What is the recommended approach?
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Dec ’25
Shortcuts: How to add “-pressed” to a file name in a shortcut
Hi there, Does anyone know how to modify this Image compressor Shortcut https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e13d8013598f4f33830386a956a163dd so that the image it creates has the original file name + “-pressed”? Eg “Image_123” becomes “Image_123-pressed” I know of the action ‘Rename file’ but can’t make it work. Any help much appreciated:)
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How can I get the Testflight invitation code
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Avoiding Shortcut Intent Timeout When Uploading or Downloading Large Files
Hey everyone, I have an issue I'm running into – maybe someone has the expertise to help! I've created an app that adds Intents to the Shortcuts app, to interact with S3-compatible object storage. Everything works fine, until you decide to upload/download a large file, that your internet connection cannot handle in the ~30-second intent timeout. I've explored uploading files with a background task which seems to work somehow, but the bigger issue would be downloading larger files, as other parts of the subsequent shortcut may rely on it. To the question: Is there some way of increasing the timeout for a shortcuts intent, or a way to "trick" shortcuts into letting my custom intents download/upload files without timing out? Thanks so much!
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Jun ’25
TestFlight problem
"Bu beta şu anda yeni testçileri kabul etmiyor" Lütfen bu hatayı düzeltin
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Jun ’25
App Shortcuts - No Flexible Matching Assets
My app uses App Intents to create App Shortcuts. When I build and run my app in Xcode, the App Shortcuts Preview tool (under Product menu) shows the following message: No Flexible Matching Assets This target is for a platform which is not supported by Flexible Matching or does not have Flexible Matching enabled. All of my project's targets are iPhone only with a minimum deployment of 18.0. In the build settings for this project, Enable App Shortcuts Flexible Matching is set to Yes. (build settings reference) Any guidance on how to troubleshoot this? Thank you!
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Jun ’25
Macbook M5 Development Kernel Panic
Hi, I'm posting a boot crash here. Environment Hardware: Macbook M5 Pro OS Version: macOS 26.3.1 (25D2128) and matching version of KDK from official apple download page Kernel Version: Darwin Kernel Version 25.3.0 Reproducibility: Consistent Here is my panic log --- I truncated one field "SOCDNandContainer" as the original log is too long to post, hitting the size limit. I followed a blog post to boot the development kernel as the ReadMe file from KDK only contains instructions for Intel Macs. https://jaitechwriteups.blogspot.com/2025/10/boot-custom-macos-kernel-on-macos-apple.html I've tried a few 26.2 KDKs before 26.3.1 public launch, and they all showed same errors (26.1 and 26.0 KDKs don't have any development kernel for T8142 chip). Also, I own two fresh M5 Pro, and it is consistent across the machines. The highlight is panic(cpu 8 caller 0xfffffe0050e18010): [Exclaves] $JgOSLogServerComponent.RedactedLogServer.init(logServerNotific:OSLogServerComponent\/OSLogServerComponent_Swift.swift:815: Fatal error: invalid rawValue for TightbeamComponents.RedactedLogSer at PC ... Is this a genuine bug or am I following a wrong guide to boot the development kernel? I don't think the blog is wrong because I'm able to boot the "release" kernel included in the KDK on the same M5 Pro, and the "development" kernel on M4 Mac Mini, using the same routine. Just to be clear, I'm not compiling XNU myself, but am using the ones included in the kit.
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oascript stop working for sending notification
I have a script that stop working since Tahoe migration. The script need to send a notification on the my mac. The issue is this line: osascript -e 'display notification "The task has been completed" with title "✅ My script"' It doesn't fail (return 0), nothing in outputs, but doesn't show anything. I check all my notification settings, but all seems to be right, I tested the configuration of iterm & script editor. And the global ettongs of the notifications:
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Nov ’25
Weatherkit - visibility units and height
reposting this in case it got missed the first time around here https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/775900 We had a question that came up when we comparing data from WeatherKit to other sources - WeatherKit visibility was well beyond the boundaries we had historically, even from Darksky. That raises two questions: is visibility actually in meters like the docs say? is this visibility at ground level, 500ft, or some other height? We were seeing visibility numbers of up to 40 miles (after converting the number the API sent to miles), where all of our other sources are usually within 10 miles
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Apr ’25
Apple Watch refuses to keep BLE connection while not in foreground
I have a standalone Apple Watch app that uses Bluetooth with the bluetooth-central background mode. It seems that in watchOS 26.2, once the system terminates the BLE connection after background allowance is exceeded, the app never regains background BLE capability, even after the user returns to the foreground and interacts with it. This contradicts the documentation and the WWDC22 “Get timely alerts from Bluetooth devices on watchOS” session, which state that background BLE connectivity should be restored when the user brings the app back to the foreground. Does anyone have any insight into this behavior?
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Dec ’25
Multiple upload happening for createItem in File Provider extension
I'm new to swift and iOS development. I'm trying to create a file provider extension for my app. I have able to use createItem, modifyItem, fetchContents functions. But when I try to add a GarageBand file or a big size mp3 file(18 Mb) I can see multiple upload is happening. I checked the FruitBasket project where they are doing chunked upload when file size is more than 100 Mb. How do I fix this to only one upload? I'm getting suggestions like I have to do debounce upload but that seems not a proper solutions.
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Dec ’25
How to inject parameter dependency at runtime in iOS App Intent
I am trying to create an App Intent that lets a user select a day in the itinerary of a trip. The trip has to be chosen before the days available can be displayed. When the PlanActivityIntentDemo intent is ran from the shortcuts app, the trip selected is not injected into the appropriate TripItineraryDayQueryDemo Entity Query. Is there a way to get the selected trip to be injected at run time from shortcuts app. Here's some code for illustration: // Entity Definition: import AppIntents struct ShortcutsItineraryDayEntityDemo: Identifiable, Hashable, AppEntity { typealias DefaultQuery = TripItineraryDayQueryDemo static var typeDisplayRepresentation: TypeDisplayRepresentation = "Trip Itinerary Day" var displayRepresentation: DisplayRepresentation { "Trip Day" } var id: String static var defaultQuery: DefaultQuery { TripItineraryDayQueryDemo() } init() { self.id = UUID().uuidString } } struct TripItineraryDayQueryDemo: EntityQuery { // This only works in shortcut editor but not at runtime. Why? How can I fix this issue? @IntentParameterDependency<PlanActivityIntentDemo>(\.$tripEntity) var tripEntity @IntentParameterDependency<PlanActivityIntentDemo>(\.$title) var intentTitle func entities(for identifiers: [ShortcutsItineraryDayEntityDemo.ID]) async throws -> [ShortcutsItineraryDayEntityDemo] { print("entities being called with identifiers: \(identifiers)") // This method is called when the app needs to fetch entities based on identifiers. let tripsStore = TripsStore() guard let trip = tripEntity?.tripEntity.trip, let itineraryId = trip.firstItineraryId else { print("No trip or itinerary ID can be found for the selected trip.") return [] } return [] // return empty for this demo } func suggestedEntities() async throws -> [ShortcutsItineraryDayEntityDemo] { print("suggested itinerary days being called") let tripsStore = TripsStore() guard let trip = tripEntity?.tripEntity.trip, let itineraryId = trip.firstItineraryId else { print("No trip or itinerary ID found for the selected trip.") return [] } return [] } } struct PlanActivityIntentDemo: AppIntent { static var title: LocalizedStringResource { "Plan New Activity" } // The selected trip fails to get injected when intent is run from shortcut app @Parameter(title: "Trip", description: "The trip to plan an activity for", requestValueDialog: "Which trip would you like to plan an activity for?") var tripEntity: ShortcutsTripEntity @Parameter(title: "Activity Title", description: "The title of the activity", requestValueDialog: "What do you want to do or see?") var title: String @Parameter(title: "Activity Day", description: "Activity Day") var activityDay: ShortcutsItineraryDayEntity func perform() async throws -> some ProvidesDialog { // This is a demo intent, so we won't actually perform any actions. .result(dialog: "Activity '\(title)' planned") } }
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Jun ’25
NSURL +resourceValuesForKeys:fromBookmarkData: value always "file:///" for NSURLVolumeURLKey
I try saving the value of NSURLVolumeURLKey when creating a bookmark. When resolving the bookmark later I pass the bookmark data to +resourceValuesForKeys:fromBookmarkData: but always pull out "file:///" which is wrong. In contrast the value for NSURLVolumeURLForRemountingKey is properly saved and restored using the same method.
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Dec ’25
API to copy files like the Finder does with progress information
I regularly receive emails from my customers asking why my app, which copies files from a source folder to a destination folder, gives an error during the copy operation, usually when some kind of NAS is involved. I then ask if copying the same file works in the Finder and they usually say yes. Then it’s up to me to contact the NAS vendor and ask why their NAS doesn’t work correctly with the copyfile function which my app uses to copy files, and provide them with a sample Xcode project that reproduces the issue. It would be so much easier for me, and probably other developers as well, if my customers could test their NAS with the Finder, then if it doesn’t work, contact their NAS vendor and solve the issue, or if it works, rest assured that file copies will work for any other app that uses the same API as the Finder. I could spend my time doing much more productive and interesting work rather than checking why every other NAS doesn’t work with my app which, after all, uses the most basic file copy mechanism available on macOS. Is there any chance that in the future (hopefully sooner than later) there will be an API to copy files like the Finder with progress information, or is there a reason why this won't ever be possible? I created FB20929181.
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Nov ’25
FSKit removeItem Not Being Called
Environment macOS Version: 26.1 Xcode Version: 16.2 Description I'm developing a custom file system using FSKit and have encountered an issue where the removeItem(_:named:fromDirectory:) method in my FSVolume.Operations implementation is not being invoked when attempting to delete files or directories through Finder or the command line. Implementation My volume implements the required FSVolume.Operations protocol with the following removeItem implementation: func removeItem( _ item: FSItem, named name: FSFileName, fromDirectory directory: FSItem ) async throws { logger.info("remove: \(name)") if let item = item as? MyFSItem, let directory = directory as? MyFSItem { directory.removeItem(item) } else { throw fs_errorForPOSIXError(POSIXError.EIO.rawValue) } } Steps to Reproduce Mount the custom FSKit-based file system using: mount -F -t MyFS /dev/diskX /tmp/mountpoint Create files using Finder or terminal (works correctly - createItem is called) Attempt to delete a file using any of the following methods: Terminal command: rm -rf /path/to/mounted/file option + cmd + delete to remove the file in Finder Expected Behavior The removeItem(_:named:fromDirectory:) method should be called, logging "remove: [filename]" and removing the item from the directory's children collection. Actual Behavior The removeItem method is never invoked. No logs appear from this method in Console.app. The deletion operation either fails silently or returns an error, but the callback never occurs. Additional Context Working operations: Other operations work correctly including: createItem - files and directories can be created lookupItem - items can be looked up successfully enumerateDirectory - directory listing works read and write - file I/O operations work correctly Volume state: The volume is properly mounted and accessible Files can be created, read, and written successfully Volume capabilities configured: var supportedVolumeCapabilities: FSVolume.SupportedCapabilities { let capabilities = FSVolume.SupportedCapabilities() capabilities.supportsHardLinks = true capabilities.supportsSymbolicLinks = true capabilities.supportsPersistentObjectIDs = true capabilities.doesNotSupportVolumeSizes = true capabilities.supportsHiddenFiles = true capabilities.supports64BitObjectIDs = true capabilities.caseFormat = .insensitiveCasePreserving return capabilities } Questions Are there specific volume capabilities or entitlements required for removeItem to be invoked? Is there a specific way deletion operations need to be enabled in FSKit? Could this be related to how file permissions or attributes are set during createItem? Are there any known issues with deletion operations in the current FSKit implementation? Do I need to implement additional protocols or set specific flags to support item deletion? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Has anyone successfully implemented deletion operations in FSKit? Thank you!
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Nov ’25
Custom AppEntity nested dictionary
I am creating an AppIntent to be used with Shortcuts and I would like to return a flexible dictionary of values with nested structures. As far as I understand the custom AppEntity only uses the displayRepresentation to store a title and subtitle which are LocalizedStringResource. types. Although I can convert my dictionary into a string I found no way in shortcuts to be able to retrieve the original structure of it and inspect individual elements like in subsequent actions. Is there a way to do this? Thank you in advance Nick Karanatsios
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Dec ’25
Core Bluetooth Advertising in Background
Hello guys, I have been trying to advertise in the background but I can’t seem to make it work. In my case, I want if a device is acting as a peripheral and the app goes to the background it still can be discoverable and be able to write/read to/from it by the central. I have added the background mode “Acts as a Bluetooth accessory”. When will willRestoreState be called? What should I do in willRestoreState? Will it always be discoverable or have some limitations? Should I stop advertising at any point? How should I clean up after the view is dismissed? Must the peripheral manager be initialized in the AppDelegate? and if so, will it always be advertising even if I don't want it to? What are the battery concerns? Also, I have encountered an issue that my iPhone device can discover an Android device but not the opposite. What could be the problem of this? Thank you. Best regards
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Dec ’25
iOS26 iOS26 NFCTagReaderSession cannot read NFCTagTypeISO7816Compatible
iPhone12 , iOS26 NFCTagReaderSession cannot read NFCTagTypeISO7816Compatible anymore
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Nov ’25
BLE Notification & Write Latency/Batching on iOS (vs Android) – CoreBluetooth Real-Time Question
I am using a Raspberry Pi 5 (BLE 5.0) to read sensor data and send it via D-Bus and BlueZ to a Flutter application (flutter_blue_plus) for both iOS and Android. The goal is to display these real-time sensor updates directly on the device. On Android, the data transmission is immediate and the real-time visualization is extremely smooth and fast. However, on iOS, both BLE write and notification commands appear with noticeable latency—not only in real-time displays, but also when comparing ordinary notification feedback between the Raspberry Pi terminal and the iOS app. It seems that iOS buffers several BLE packets internally and then dispatches them in batches, which always introduces an additional delay. Additional setup details: I sample and transmit data every 25ms, sending binary packets of 20 bytes (length shouldn’t be a limiting factor). On the iOS side I am using an iPhone 15 Pro with iOS 18.6.2 (BLE 5.3). The Raspberry Pi (using btmon for logging) confirms after connection setup that the connection interval is fixed at 30ms (and cannot be changed). I have tried sending BLE packets every 30ms so that exactly one packet arrives per interval, but this made no difference—the latency and batch delivery remain. Interestingly, faster transmission rates (e.g. sending every 10ms) make the real-time display look smoother on iOS, but the guaranteed overall system latency does not improve. Also these methods used: write-without-response, using app in release modus (no debugging) Is there anyone familiar with this problem or a potential solution? Or is iOS simply not optimized for true real-time BLE data streaming and visualization? Any pointers, technical insights or workarounds would be greatly appreciated.
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Nov ’25
Deliver/bundle entire Shortcut automations with an app
Is there any way of creating complete Shortcuts automations and bundling them with my app? Specifically, I would like the user to be able to Take a photo and open it with my app Or take a screenshot and open it with my app Of course I could offer a Share extension, but going through the Share menu and selecting my app there is time consuming for the user. I would like the user to be able to configure his or her action button such that it takes a new picture and opens it with my app right away. I can, of course, offer the respective App Shortcuts and let the user combine them into a pipeline with the Take Screenshot or Take Photo system actions. However, only power users would do this. Hence, I would like to bundle this complete pipeline with my app, such that the user just has to assign his/her Action Button to this pipeline if he/she wants to use this feature. How to go about this? I was thinking of exporting the shortcut into a file, bundling it with the app as a resource, and offering it via a Share action for the user to install it, or by sharing it on iCloud and adding the iCloud link to the UI of my app. What is the recommended approach?
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Dec ’25
No KDK has been released for any version of macOS 14.8.x, each has different XNU version, still no explanation.
macOS 14.8.2 is released (xnu-10063.141.1.707.11~1), no KDK for it either, or any other 14.8.x (14.8, 14.8.1, 14.8.2) macOS. Last KDK for macOS 14.x was released in July, for 14.7.7. Is there any explanation from Apple why?
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Nov ’25
Shortcuts: How to add “-pressed” to a file name in a shortcut
Hi there, Does anyone know how to modify this Image compressor Shortcut https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e13d8013598f4f33830386a956a163dd so that the image it creates has the original file name + “-pressed”? Eg “Image_123” becomes “Image_123-pressed” I know of the action ‘Rename file’ but can’t make it work. Any help much appreciated:)
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Jan ’26