douglas_goodall
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Q: Why is the Apple Mac Developer portal down, and for how long?

I cannot access the Mac Developer resources this morning.

 

With a company as advannced as Apple, I would expect them to be able to roll out web updates

seamlessly.

 

I don't like being out in the cold.

 

I want to download the Mavericks Beta.

Posted on Jul 18, 2013 9:15 AM

by douglas_goodall,Solvedanswer
douglas_goodall douglas_goodall
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A:

At one time, companies with operating systerms apprecaited their developers. Then came this one company. They looked at the developers and saw more customers. All the developer materials got SKU's, and instead of the developers being the respected and appreciated partners whose efforts helped sell the companies' operfating systems, they just became another revenue center. The developer materials eventually became so expensive that it was hard for new developers to come on board. The company created a publishing house just to sell the technical books developers had to have, and the avergage book was at least fifty dollars.

 

This entire time there was another company that gave the developer tools away for free and provided libral developer documentation also for free. Developing software to run on this companies' operating system and hardware  became something that felt good, there still existed a bond between the company and it's partners, the developers believed they were an important part of the companies business.

 

Eight years ago, or maybe nine, I gave up on the first company and bought my first MacBook and iMac. Since that time I have been convinced that the second company had a vision I could agree with, and I knew in my heart I was making a good decision to switch(tm).

 

At the point where the nunmber of Apple developers passed one million, I believe the bean counters who have eventually taken control of the company, may have lost touch with that tenuous but precious emotional connection between the company and it's developers. They may have begun just to see them as a different class of customers. Recently Apple even charged for an XCode update.

 

I need to believe in my work. I need to feel good about where I put the results of my labors, and I need to feel good about who makes money off my efforts as well. I hope Apple continues to be a company worthy of our loyalty and efforts. We the developers could have wandered off and written for Android, but we are still here for some reason. I hope that reason remains, and strengthens our resolve to continue supporting what we see as the best platform available for our enjoyment of personal computing, as developers and users.

 

Message was edited by: douglas_goodall, fixed small typo

Posted on Jul 20, 2013 12:52 PM

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  • by Natiomal_Security_Risk,

    Natiomal_Security_Risk Natiomal_Security_Risk Jul 26, 2013 6:21 PM in response to douglas_goodall
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    Jul 26, 2013 6:21 PM in response to douglas_goodall

    Apple you better get your crap fixed or I am calling back the Koreans.

  • by K T,

    K T K T Jul 26, 2013 6:45 PM in response to etresoft
    Level 7 (23,844 points)
    Publishing
    Jul 26, 2013 6:45 PM in response to etresoft

    Then why have an enforced login/logout at all?

  • by Chester20,

    Chester20 Chester20 Jul 26, 2013 7:30 PM in response to douglas_goodall
    Level 1 (10 points)
    Jul 26, 2013 7:30 PM in response to douglas_goodall

    Hey guys. It says in the Apple status page that the certificates and profiles are back online...

     

    Can any of you access it right now??? (10:28 PM EDT, July 26, 2013)

     

    Because when I press the Ios certificates, The page tells me I have to agree to a new updates licenses agreement first... And then when I press that it's back to the maintenance page again.

     

    Are any of you having the same problem?

     

    I think after all this wait, it is unethical for apple to say their certificates are back online when it really isn't.

     

    I would appreciate your comments on this.

  • by etresoft,

    etresoft etresoft Jul 26, 2013 7:31 PM in response to K T
    Level 7 (29,350 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jul 26, 2013 7:31 PM in response to K T

    K T wrote:

     

    Then why have an enforced login/logout at all?

    All I know are the hassles of having multiple Apple IDs. Maybe the new developer site will improve things, but I doubt it.

  • by slicg,

    slicg slicg Jul 26, 2013 7:32 PM in response to Chester20
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    Jul 26, 2013 7:32 PM in response to Chester20

    Certificates worked for me. I grabbed two new distribution certificates and submitted two apps to ITC tonight.

  • by K T,

    K T K T Jul 26, 2013 7:35 PM in response to etresoft
    Level 7 (23,844 points)
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    Jul 26, 2013 7:35 PM in response to etresoft

    We can only hope...

     

    Thanks.

  • by Chester20,

    Chester20 Chester20 Jul 26, 2013 7:35 PM in response to slicg
    Level 1 (10 points)
    Jul 26, 2013 7:35 PM in response to slicg

    Really? Wow. So you weren't prompted to agree on a new license agreement first?

     

    This is really weird. Am I being singled out? I should be able to access that too.

     

    Did they places the distribution certificates on a new url? Could you kindly provide me the same url which allowed you to get your distribution certificates?

     

    I'm really desperate hehe. I need those certificates so badly.

  • by slicg,

    slicg slicg Jul 26, 2013 7:49 PM in response to Chester20
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    Jul 26, 2013 7:49 PM in response to Chester20

    I'm the agent and didn't see any mention of a new license agreement. I do have a small team and they did most of the actual work. All they did was click on the link in the status page and it took them straight to what they needed.

     

    I must say I'm happy with how it's gone tonight. I was half expecting a nightmare but nope all good so far. I even got a slight heads up on some of the dev site being functioning tonight by pressing the F5 key before any email update was sent out I probably had a 20 minute or so headstart ha ha

  • by Chester20,

    Chester20 Chester20 Jul 26, 2013 7:59 PM in response to slicg
    Level 1 (10 points)
    Jul 26, 2013 7:59 PM in response to slicg

    Thank you for your response slicg.

     

    I'm glad it worked smoothly for you. I followed your advice but it's maintenance page again for me.

     

    i have a theory of what is going on to me though, It would seem that apple updated their developer license agreement in the past month and I wasn't able to logon since a month ago because I was busy coding my app.

     

    The nightmare for me has not yet ended, though. As it would seem that even though the certificates are back online, I will not be able to access it until the "LEGAL" documents come back online too. Which is perhaps the last function they will restore.

     

    Which would bring my app for review at the back end of a very long line.

     

    *Sigh*

  • by slicg,

    slicg slicg Jul 26, 2013 8:05 PM in response to Chester20
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    Jul 26, 2013 8:05 PM in response to Chester20

    Now that you mention it I did indeed accept an updated agreement in June. That's probably your problem right now. I hope they're back up for you soon. Good luck

  • by K T,

    K T K T Jul 26, 2013 8:06 PM in response to Chester20
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    Jul 26, 2013 8:06 PM in response to Chester20

    While you wait for the Member Center to come back, remember it is just one place to check contracts.

     

    The other is via iTunes Connect/Contracts, Tax & Banking - be sure to check there also to see if anything is waiting to be requested and agreed.

     

    Good luck in any case.

  • by Chester20,

    Chester20 Chester20 Jul 26, 2013 8:11 PM in response to slicg
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    Jul 26, 2013 8:11 PM in response to slicg

    Ah so that's really my issue right now.

     

    Thanks for the info. I will have to dig deeper in my patience 'well'. I hope and pray to the coding gods that these legal document will come online today or tomorrow.

     

    I hope this fiasco with apple never happens again. It's too much for me.

     

    What is the name of your app? I would like to download it :-)

  • by slicg,

    slicg slicg Jul 26, 2013 8:34 PM in response to Chester20
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    Jul 26, 2013 8:34 PM in response to Chester20

    If I could send you a pm I'll tell you but we can't pm here. I don't want to put the name out on here, doing so kinda seems wrong.

     

    There was a paid version of it released in June which was pretty much a beta version that I only marketed to small specific groups. I mostly wanted feedback but also to see if people would pay for it which they did. Based on the group sizes and interests it did really well and earned genuine 5 star ratings. Tonight we submitted a major update to it based on the feedback received and a scaled back free version too.

     

    Fingers are crossed that it'll be the next big word game   Time will tell. I have another two original word games lined up behind this one too. Word games are my passion, and I'm the inventive type, so hopefully I've been able to marry them well...

     

    Can you not update your agreement in ITC? I don't remember if I needed to access the member center to do that.

  • by Chester20,

    Chester20 Chester20 Jul 26, 2013 9:32 PM in response to slicg
    Level 1 (10 points)
    Jul 26, 2013 9:32 PM in response to slicg

    Yes of course you can PM me the name of your game instead.

     

    I have a dummy email account which I don't really use and don't mind sharing.

     

    I'll check your app out when i get the name :-)

     

    There are many people that are into word games. I'm sure yours would do well.

     

    My app is an actual motion game. kinda like angry birds but with a different gameplay and less animation. But yeah i think it has a market it can exploit. Took me a long time and nearly $1,000 in music and clipart licenses to complete it.

     

    Will reply to you the would-be name of my app. As it is yet to be submitted to the app store for review.

     

    As for itunes connect, I followed one of the moderator's advice... but the link ITC game me threw me back in the developer center. Which threw me back in the maintenance page.

     

    Already working on my second game right now. Before the outtage I only had my first game, now I'm already in the middle of my second game. lol, maybe by the time my first game becomes available in the app store i woulda already submitted my second!

     

    Let's hope it doesn't take that long though.

     

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  • by igmackenzie,

    igmackenzie igmackenzie Jul 27, 2013 2:14 AM in response to mhtjc
    Level 4 (2,305 points)
    iTunes
    Jul 27, 2013 2:14 AM in response to mhtjc

    mhtjc wrote:

     

    Try here

    https://developer.apple.com/account/ios/identifiers/bundle/bundleList.action

     

    I can register a new bundle ID, but it is not showing in the drop down list when I add a new app

    Thanks, but I can't see anywhere on there to create a new Bundle ID, just App IDs.

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