ok take away my developer privileges. not really, just a slap on my hand. i didn’t realize the simulator devices that don’t show a version next to it are 18. so i am able to run my apps via the simulator on iOS 18.

its solved. i deleted the beta app again. restarted my mac. redownloaded the app for the 3rd time. the only thing i did different this time is after opening the zip file, i clicked to open the beta app right there in the downloads folder. the previous 2 times i had moved the app to my desktop. this time it worked, closing the licensing agreement after accepting and verifying.

thank you for your reply. i have submitted the feedback report with screenshots and a sys diagnostic report. the id # FB13874555 hope you can help - thanks!

yes i also had to agree on the web site to the changed terms.

thanks so much for sharing your code. very much appreciated.