Change to Individual Membership

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Hi. How can I change to an Individual Membership? Or when the time comes to notarize the app I will distribute from my website can I do that as an individual?

Answered by DTS Engineer in 895522022

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The goal is to not expose the team as related in any way to the app, that only myself as an individual would be exposed.

Ah, OK.

It’s definitely not possible for an Organization team to create a Developer ID signing identity that’s associated with an individual team member. Any Developer ID signing identity created by the Organization team is tied to the organisation as a whole.

Given that, I see two possibilities:

If you don’t need the existing Organization team in the long term, you could ask DevPrograms if there’s a way to transition from an Organization team to an Individual team. I know that the forward direction is possible, but I’m not sure whether it’s possible to go back.

If you want to see if this option is feasible, get in touch officially via Apple > Developer > Contact Us.
Create a new Individual team and use that for distributing this app.

IMPORTANT My suspicion is that the first option is not possible. Certainly, I’ve never seen any documentation about an official process for such a change. So, if you decide to pursue that option, be prepared for it not to pan out.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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Answer 1

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

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I suspect I’m missing something here. The notary service requires that you sign code with a valid Developer ID code signing identity [1]. It doesn’t care about the team type. It’ll accept code from both Individual and Organization teams.

Given that reality, what’s your actual goal here?

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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[1] Specifically, valid at the time that the code was signed.

Answer 2

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

8h

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It’s better to reply as a reply, rather than in the comments; see Quinn’s Top Ten DevForums Tips for this and other titbits.

The goal is to not expose the team as related in any way to the app, that only myself as an individual would be exposed.

Ah, OK.

It’s definitely not possible for an Organization team to create a Developer ID signing identity that’s associated with an individual team member. Any Developer ID signing identity created by the Organization team is tied to the organisation as a whole.

Given that, I see two possibilities:

If you don’t need the existing Organization team in the long term, you could ask DevPrograms if there’s a way to transition from an Organization team to an Individual team. I know that the forward direction is possible, but I’m not sure whether it’s possible to go back.

If you want to see if this option is feasible, get in touch officially via Apple > Developer > Contact Us.
Create a new Individual team and use that for distributing this app.

IMPORTANT My suspicion is that the first option is not possible. Certainly, I’ve never seen any documentation about an official process for such a change. So, if you decide to pursue that option, be prepared for it not to pan out.

Share and Enjoy
—
Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"