Questions tagged [apns]
An acronym for Apple's Push Notification Service which delivers notifications to Mac OS and iOS devices.
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How are Apple devices maintaining persistent connections with Apple servers for things such as APN, FindMy network, etc
Apple devices such as iPhones and Macs are able to receive near real-time notifications from the APN system, as well as frequently checking in with the FindMy network, and more. I am wondering how ...
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My Group FaceTime calls don’t ring on the receiving end
My Group FaceTime calls don’t ring on the receiving end. However, if I call recipients one at a time, their end rings and they pick up. It doesn’t matter who I call (my parents, sister, or in-laws) or ...
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apsd/mDNSResponder spamming thousands of DNS queries per second on macOS Big Sur
I upgraded a machine to macOS Big Sur two days ago, and after a day or so my PiHole DNS server randomly stopped working, which upon inspection was caused by gigabytes of logs for DNS queries made by ...
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Debug and Reset push notifications in iOS
For a couple of days now, my iPhone does not receive push messages any more (I am not talking about notifications ... I am talking about push messages that are also used to initiate WahsApp Web/...
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De-Register for Push Notifications
I granted permission for a site to send me push notifications on my desktop, and now I would like to revoke that permissions.
While I can change the delivery permissions in Safari to decline push ...
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Tried pushing two build none of it showing in either in testflight or activity tab
Is there any policy change by Apple Connect while pushing to testflight. I tried pushing two build none of it showing in either in testflight or activity tab. Any help here ?
I normally build app with ...
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iOS new mail does not appear in inbox
I am using iOS mail with an IMAP push enabled inbox.
Notifications for new emails appear instantly but sometimes the new email does not appear in the inbox (it seems that it needs to be downloaded ...
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iPhone XS Max running 13.5.1 notification issue
I realize this is not really the kind of question for a SE site and I do apologize but I've looked elsewhere and can't seem to find anything so I'm desperate.
Tapping on a notification for a received ...
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Are there any properties in an app configuration (plists and such) that could cause push notifications not to show in the notification center? [duplicate]
I am posting this again with more clarity.
User reporting that Push Notification doesn't always show in the notification center
I have an app. My client is reporting that push notifications from ...
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Is it necessary to open each app at least once after restoring from an iCloud Backup before Push Notifications will be generated?
Last week, I upgraded from iOS 12 to iOS 13 on my iPhone XS - all was fine. Due to upgrading to an 11 Pro, I then made an iCloud Backup on my XS, and then restored to the just-created backup on my new ...
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I disabled Apple Push Notification Service but it's still attempting to connect to Apple servers
I disabled the service as per the instructions on this page:
How to disable Apple Push Notification Service (apsd) on OS X 10.8?
Yet this service is still running at startup!
How do I disable it ...
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How long do Apple retain notifications to be pushed to iOS devices until they expire?
If an app attempts to send a notification to an iOS device that is either powered off or has no network connectivity push notifications need to be kept in queue.
For how long does Apple retain ...
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Immediate email push notifications account + app combos?
Which accounts (e.g. @gmail.com, @outlook.com, @icloud.com, etc.) paired with which apps (e.g. Mail, Gmail, Outlook, etc.) will give me immediate push notifications for any email received?
I'm ...
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How to use lock screen events as a trigger for a script?
My Magic Mouse 2 died today and I thought it would be cool if I could use the locking of the screen as a trigger to send a push notification to my iPhone to remind me to plug my mouse in to charge.
I ...
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Making a push notification alert more aggressive
Is it possible to change how a push notification behaves when it's received on an iOS device and/or Apple Watch?
I ask because I have a diabetes tracking app for my step-daughter that only sends ...
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iOS app using polling to retrieve newest data
Currently we have an iOS app in development which uses polling based method to retrieve latest data from the REST API only if the app is launched by the user. It will keep polling the server ...
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How to prevent iPad from keeping pushing iOS 11 to me?
My iPad Air 2 keeps downloading iOS 11 in the background and then tries to push me into upgrading. I don't want that. I have declined it numerous times, and recovered the storage space it takes up ...
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Safari (macOS) does not play sound for web push notification
I enabled notifications for slack.com in Safari to get push notifications for new messages. However, I don't get any sound with those notifications. The just appear in the top right corner of the ...
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Why can I see two Push settings in iPhone?
I know more or less how Push works, but why is there a Push on top (in Settings → Accounts & Passwords → Fetch New Data) then other options for iCloud, Outlook, Gmail etc?.
Is any of these ...
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Disable 'allow permission to send push notification' in Safari 11.1
Even though the option of "Allow websites to ask permission to send push notifications" is unchecked, I get alert in websites asking for permissions. How do disable this completely?
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Is there a way to receive push notifications translated from a foreign language?
I have multiple apps which I get notifications from but they are all in Hebrew. I was wondering if there is a way to let the notification go through a process in which something like Google Translate ...
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How to allow an AppleScript terminal push as raw code instead of executable?
Locally in the terminal after creating a file named foobar.scpt I go to cd the location of the repo locally and I run git add .
I then commit the file using git commit -m "Adding foobar.scpt"
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Macbook Pro Push Notification for Hotmail
I received a notification from Apple stating that push notifications for Hotmail is getting revoked on April 8th.
Can someone help me reactivating this notification?
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What type of provisioning profile is required for TestFlight external testing?
I've been trying to get Ionic push notifications to work on my TestFlight app for beta-testing for weeks now and I still have not managed to implement them successfully. When I build for release via ...
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Does apple notify you when a certificate is going to expire?
Do apple notify the developer or email when a push notification is going to expired?
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iOS 10 Content and Service extension [closed]
What is the difference between Content and Service extension?
I just started learning iOS 10 this week and I wrote a simple app displaying rich push notifications.
I had to use Service and Content ...
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iOS App That Delivers Push Notifications for Twitter Hanshtags
Is there an iOS app (free or paid) that sends push notifications when a new post with a certain hashtag or keyword is tweeted?
I see Twitterrific can send a push notification when I get @mentioned or ...
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Install .mobileconfig OTA to device without using Profile Manager web interface
I have a Mac Mini running the current El Capitan public release and Server app. Server is running the Profile Manager module, and I have an iPhone 5S which is both in supervised mode and enrolled to ...
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Is there a way to log all incoming Push Notifications in OS X El Capitan (v 10.11.4)?
I need the ability to write all incoming Push Notifications (APNS) to a log file. Basically, I would like to end up with an ongoing record of all the Push Notifications that I receive. What is the ...
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How does an iOS device (iPad or iPhone) receive “push” notifications?
An iOS device (iPad or iPhone) receives notifications, even when the device is sleeping. Apple calls these “push notifications”.
How does the device receive these notifications? Are there any ...
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Getting only two email accounts to push to iPhone
I have six accounts. I've been to the iPhone push tab and have set the two I want to push to push and the rest to manual but they all push. I've rebooted the phone, tried to toggle off and on, and ...
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iOS apps that offer push notification interface (APN) via API
I'm looking for a standalone iOS app, that can display APN's on my iPhone screen, by sending a request to their API.
Some of these seem to have existed in the past: Notifo, Howl and Prowl. None of ...
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identity.apple.com/pushcert not loading
I'm trying to renew my Apple Push Notification Service certificate per the 30 day notification email I received. The email instructed me to visit http://identity.apple.com/pushcert to renew the ...
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OS X: When a notification is closed in one computer why it is still present in another computer?
Got two computers with the same OS X version, with the same account name and Apple ID, I will call these two equipments A and B.
When a notification pops-out from Calendar app in A the same goes for ...
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How did TechCrunch get in my notifications center?
I have begun to see notifications from TechCrunch when they publish articles.
My notifications center is full of the settings for extremely useful applications (Calendar, Evernote, Maps, Skype, ...
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Can view apn but cannot change it
I've been using my iphone 5C with operator Mobile Vikings (prepaid) without a problem in Belgium. I bought a europe roaming pack and was hoping to use this in Croatia.
But after arriving in Croatia, ...
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What is "http://init-p01st.push.apple.com"?
Ive seen this popup a few times in my internet tracking. So, what is Apple using this url for? What happens if I block it?
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Does disabling Background App Refresh disable Push notifications?
I just got my iPhone, and before I make any default changes, I just wanted to make sure it doesn't do that.
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Battery status shows background activity but background app refresh and location permissions are off
As an iOS developer, I am extremely curious about this case: Battery usage on my iPhone 6 (iOS 8.1) shows that the main reason of battery draining on my phone are Facebook and Twitter, both have a ...
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How to use Mac Mini as an APNS server for Push Notifications
I have looked for it everywhere, I can't find any clue where to start or how to do it.
I have an Apple Mac Mini with OSX Server that I would like to use as an APNS server to send push notifications ...
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Fetch new mail only while on Wifi (but not while on cellular data)
I'm using Mail on iOS 7. I have it set to fetch new mail manually (only when I request it to fetch new mail; do not fetch automatically).
It would be nice if I could set things up to work ...
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Apple Push Notification reliablity
I have one app supported on both Android and iOS. The app needs a background service which hits a remote server every minute. The job is simple for Android app but since background tasking is not ...
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ios push practicaly equals frequent requests to the servers? How iMessage push works?
I would like make sure, how push in iOS works. Is it just about frequent requests to the servers?
Second question is how iMessage works? It is free of cost, works over the Internet (using the data ...
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How do I know which App is sending Vibrate-only Notification?
I have an iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1.1, with around 200 Apps installed.
Recently my phone receives some notifications which does not appear in Notification Center, Lock Screen, or Badge Icons. It only ...
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Open Safari Push Notifications in Chrome
I got used to Safari Push Notifications, because they will show up even when Safari itself is closed.
In the last time, I changed to Chrome and now, when I click on a notification, Safari will always ...
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iPhone app install- automation
I am trying to automate the installing procedure of iPhone apps (i.e) installing apps for around 5000 phones. For this I am planning to deploy an MDM server in Windows Server 2008 containing Active ...
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iPhone Gmail app push notifications not working
Push notifications in Gmail app on my iPhone are not working properly anymore. I have the Primary only selected for my push notifications. For some reason I am getting notifications for the emails I ...
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Mac OS X Server Mail services and Push Notifications to iOS devices
I'm running OS X 10.9 with Server 3.0.1 on a Mac residing on a private subnet sitting behind a router whose WAN port is plugged into a cable modem, hence the ISP is a well known cable internet service ...
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How do I enable/disable push notifications for an app on iOS 7?
Apps will often ask to enable push notifications the first time they are run. However how do I change this setting after answering this? There doesn't seem to be a single thing in Settings about Push ...
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Are there any iPhone push apps that sound on silent?
Are there any iPhone push apps that will still sound when the phone is set to silent/vibrate?
I've tried Prowl but it gets silenced. I'd like to have a way to find my phone more easily when I can't ...
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