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Creating Apple Distribution Certificate

Step 1: Create Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

  1. Open Keychain Access (Spotlight → "Keychain Access")
  2. Menu: Keychain Access → Certificate Assistant → Request a Certificate From a Certificate Authority
  3. Fill in:
    • User Email Address: Your Apple ID email
    • Common Name: Your name or company name
    • CA Email Address: Leave blank
    • Choose: "Saved to disk"
  4. Save as CertificateSigningRequest.certSigningRequest

Step 2: Create Certificate in Apple Developer

  1. Go to https://developer.apple.com
  2. Sign in with your Apple ID
  3. Go to Certificates, IDs & Profiles
  4. Click Certificates → + (Create a new certificate)
  5. Select Apple Distribution (for App Store and Ad Hoc)
  6. Click Continue
  7. Upload your CSR file
  8. Download the certificate (will be named distribution.cer)

Step 3: Install & Export Certificate

  1. Double-click the downloaded distribution.cer to install in Keychain
  2. Open Keychain Access
  3. Go to "My Certificates" category
  4. Find "Apple Distribution: [Your Name]"
  5. Click the arrow to confirm it has a private key
  6. Right-click → Export "Apple Distribution: ..."
  7. Save as distribution.p12
  8. Set a strong password (you'll need this)

Step 4: Verify You Have Everything

After these steps, you should have:

  • ✅ distribution.p12 - Your certificate with private key
  • ✅ Password for the .p12 file
  • ✅ Github_CI_App_Store.mobileprovision - Already have this
  • ✅ AuthKey_A76CPV6UUL.p8 - Already configured

Then we can add them to GitHub!