To answer my own question it looks like the solution is to always use NSString stringByResolvingSymlinksInPath to resolve any symbolic links before trying to compare paths. My '_myRoot' contained a symbolic link because the path to the shared group folder returned by [[NSFileManager defaultManager] containerURLForSecurityApplicationGroupIdentifier: group_id] contains symbolic links.

As mentioned in this thread The typeIdentifier for the root container must be set but it must also be writable or the files app will not be able to copy files into your container even if sub folders are writable.

I have the same problem. Did you find the cause?

I have decided to get around this problem by going with the flow and changing my CFBundleVersion to a simple integer value.

I have figured out what my problem was here. The reason for the error from:security set-key-partition-list was that the certificate did not include a private key. As for how to use security to export a certificate: in my case the answer is don't. Use openssl to generate the .p12 certificate file: openssl pkcs12 -export -out afile.p12 -inkey privte.key -in certificate.pem

I am having trouble removing an app. The support seems to reply as an bad AI, they dont read my text in full and seem not to look at the screenshots i provide. I have an app that DOES NOT have in-app-purchases, but when i want to tremove the app, an error message shows that i need to remove the in-app-purchases first. Upon reviewing my in-app-purchases site, it clearly says that i have none. Support and help at its finest.