Add a New Device to Your Apple Developer Portal

This article teaches you how to register an iPhone, iPod, or iPad for use with your Apple Developer account. In order to do so, you must have a paid Apple Developer membership.

Steps

Obtaining the Device's UDID

  1. Open iTunes. It's a white icon with a multicolored musical note on its front. If a window pops up that tells you to update iTunes, click Download Update and wait for iTunes to update.
    • You'll need to restart your computer after iTunes finishes updating.
  2. Connect your device to your computer. Do so by plugging the USB side of your iCharger into your computer's USB port, then plugging the charger end into your iPhone, iPod, or iPad.
  3. Click the "Device" icon. It's an iPhone-shaped icon beneath the "Account" tab in the upper-left side of the iTunes window.
  4. Click your device's serial number. It's in the box at the top of the iTunes window.[1]
  5. Copy the UDID number. You'll need it in order to register your device with your developer profile. Once you have the UDID copied, you're ready to proceed.
    • Even though you can't highlight the UDID number, pressing either Ctrl+C (PC) or ⌘ Command+C (Mac) will copy the UDID number.[2]

Adding the Device

  1. Go to the Apple Developer website. If you don't have an Apple account, you'll need to create one before you can create a provisioning profile.
  2. Enter your Apple ID email address and password. These are the credentials you use to log into your iCloud account or the App Store.
  3. Click Sign In. As long as your email address and password correlate to each other, you'll be logged into your Developer account.
  4. Click Account. It's in the top-right side of the page.
  5. Click Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles. You'll see this option in the middle of the page.
  6. Click All beneath the "Devices" heading. This option will be on the left side of the screen.[3]
  7. Click +. It's near the top-right corner of the page, directly to the right of the "Add Devices" heading.
  8. Click the circle left of "Register Device". This option is near the middle of the page.
  9. Enter your device's name. This can technically be anything, but you should choose a name that will accurately reflect the device you're adding (e.g., "[Your Name] iPhone [Model Number] 2017").
  10. Enter the device's UDID. You'll do so in the field directly below the "Name" field.
  11. Scroll down and click Continue. It's at the bottom of the page.
  12. Scroll down and click Register. As long as your device's information is correct, doing so will add it to your account.
    • The page on which you click Register contains valuable information about what registering your device entails.

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ https://www.innerfence.com/howto/find-iphone-unique-device-identifier-udid
  2. ↑ http://www.iclarified.com/52179/how-to-find-your-iphones-udid
  3. ↑ https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/AppDistributionGuide/MaintainingProfiles/MaintainingProfiles.html
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