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Asked: 2026-06-07T00:06:01+00:00

I’m trying to get my application, which does not appear in the Dock, to

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I’m trying to get my application, which does not appear in the Dock, to have an option to launch at login. This is tricky, and involves creating a second, helper application which you add as a startup item. This helper app is only responsible for launching the main app and then exiting.

I’ve followed the instructions here and here and it works like a charm – the problem is, of course, code signing. I have two targets; the helper app target is copied to the Contents/Library/LoginItems subdirectory of the main bundle at compile time. Each bundle has its own bundle identifier and own deployment provisioning profile, but when I validate my archive for the app store, I get the following error:

Invalid provisioning profile. The provisioning profile included in the bundle BUNDLE NAME [BUNDLE NAME.app] is invalid. For more information, visit the Mac OS Developer Portal.

If I remove the helper bundle from my main target, there’s no problem. It looks like the presence of another provisioning profile is setting off the error.

How can I include two signed bundles and pass the validation?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I was finally able to resolve this problem by using codesign on a coworker’s computer (there must have been something wrong with my Keychain) and deleting the embedded.provisionprofile file from the helper app by adding the following run script:

    if [ -f "${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR}/${PRODUCT_NAME}.app/Contents/embedded.provisionprofile" ];
then
    rm "${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR}/${PRODUCT_NAME}.app/Contents/embedded.provisionprofile"
    echo "Removed embedded provisioning profile."
else
    echo "No profile found"
fi
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