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iOS Distribution Reference
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What Is an Ad Hoc Provisioning Profile?
Understand how an Ad Hoc provisioning profile connects an Apple team, app identity, distribution certificate, entitlements, expiry, and registered devices.→How iOS Code Signing Works
Build a practical mental model of private keys, certificates, provisioning profiles, entitlements, signatures, and device authorization.→Apple Developer Device Limits and Membership-Year Planning
Verify Apple's current 100-device-per-family limit, reset roles, disabling rules, processing states, and practical Ad Hoc capacity planning.→What Is an iPhone UDID?
Understand the physical-device identifier Apple uses for registered-device testing, when developers need it, and what happens after collection.→
Understand how an Ad Hoc provisioning profile connects an Apple team, app identity, distribution certificate, entitlements, expiry, and registered devices.→How iOS Code Signing Works
Build a practical mental model of private keys, certificates, provisioning profiles, entitlements, signatures, and device authorization.→Apple Developer Device Limits and Membership-Year Planning
Verify Apple's current 100-device-per-family limit, reset roles, disabling rules, processing states, and practical Ad Hoc capacity planning.→What Is an iPhone UDID?
Understand the physical-device identifier Apple uses for registered-device testing, when developers need it, and what happens after collection.→
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