{"id":38511,"date":"2023-02-17T16:25:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T21:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=38511"},"modified":"2023-02-17T23:39:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T04:39:11","slug":"ios-betas-tied-to-apple-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/17\/ios-betas-tied-to-apple-id\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS Betas Tied to Apple ID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2023\/02\/16\/apple-registered-developers-install-ios-betas\/\">Filipe Esp&oacute;sito<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2023\/02\/16\/ios-16-4-beta-opt-in-settings-app\/\">MacRumors<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2023\/02\/16\/apple-registered-developers-install-ios-betas\/\">\n<p>Whereas previously installing an iOS beta required a special profile, that process will now be tied to the developer&rsquo;s Apple ID.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Your iPhone or iPad must be signed in with the same Apple ID you used to enroll in the Apple Developer Program in order to see this option in Settings.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is touted as making it easier for developers to install betas, since they can just go to the new <strong>Beta Updates<\/strong> menu in <strong>Software Update<\/strong>, without having to install a configuration profile. However, it seems like this will cause problems since many people use a separate Apple ID only for development, with their apps and iCloud data owned by a different Apple ID.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/31\/privacy-for-apple-employees\/\">Privacy for Apple Employees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Update (2023-02-17): <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConfusedVorlon\/status\/1626718959327416320\">Rob Jonson<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConfusedVorlon\/status\/1626718959327416320\">\n<p>This is nuts.\nOf course my company Apple ID (which purchases the developer program) isn't the same as my personal id...<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@globex\/109882392124093578\">Kurt<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@globex\/109882392124093578\">\n<p>This reminds me of when Apple started requiring 2FA for developer Apple ID accounts. It was initially clunky to add a second iCloud developer account on your personal account&rsquo;s iPhone (for the 2FA codes), but then it got easier and better. Hopefully they will come around on this.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Or maybe it will use that same system, which many developers have already set up. I had forgotten about that, and didn&rsquo;t see it in Settings anymore. It turns out that now, instead of adding the developer Apple ID under <strong>Settings &#x2023; Passwords &amp; Accounts<\/strong>, you are <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/support\/authentication\/\">supposed to go<\/a> to <strong>Settings &#x2023; Mail &#x2023; Accounts &#x2023; Add Accounts &#x2023; iCloud<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filipe Esp&oacute;sito (MacRumors): Whereas previously installing an iOS beta required a special profile, that process will now be tied to the developer&rsquo;s Apple ID. [&#8230;] &ldquo;Your iPhone or iPad must be signed in with the same Apple ID you used to enroll in the Apple Developer Program in order to see this option in Settings.&rdquo; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2023-02-17T21:25:09Z","apple_news_api_id":"ad1759f2-d471-451f-b7f5-87bcf5af2ae5","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2023-02-18T04:39:14Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ArRdZ8tRxRR-39Ye89a8q5Q","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[707,31,2185,2312,71,2087],"class_list":["post-38511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple-id","tag-ios","tag-ios-16","tag-ios-beta","tag-programming","tag-software-update"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38511"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38515,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38511\/revisions\/38515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}