Question

When attempting to save an account into an ACAccountStore, I sometimes receive this error. Later, if I attempt to access this account, I find that it’s actually been saved. So far, I’ve yet to find any information about this nondescript error. Does anyone know what it means?

Error Domain=com.apple.accounts Code=5 “The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.accounts error 5.)”

Answer 1

This question is a little dated, but I’m struggling in the same area. Here’s one thing that should help: I did find documentation on the error codes:

typedef enum ACErrorCode {
   ACErrorUnknown = 1,
   ACErrorAccountMissingRequiredProperty,
   ACErrorAccountAuthenticationFailed,
   ACErrorAccountTypeInvalid,
   ACErrorAccountAlreadyExists,
   ACErrorAccountNotFound,
   ACErrorPermissionDenied,
   ACErrorAccessInfoInvalid
} ACErrorCode;

I found this in the documentation under the Accounts.framework link.

Interpreting this gives error=5 being “Account already exists” and error=6 being “Account not found.” I’m hopeful this makes the errors a little less “nondescript.”