LOGGING IN TO THE IOS PROVISIONING PORTAL

Once you have signed up for the iOS Developer Program, you can log in to the iOS Dev Center website located at http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action. Figure A-4 shows the page displayed after you have logged in to the iOS Dev Center.

On the right side of the page is a section named iOS Developer Program. The first item listed under this section is iOS Provisioning Portal. This portal contains all the details about preparing your Mac and devices for testing and deployment. Click the iOS Provisioning Portal item to display the window shown in Figure A-5.

The pane on the left contains several links to pages where you can submit various information required to prepare your Mac and devices for testing. The center pane contains the welcome message and a Launch Assistant button. If you are using this page for the first time, the Launch Assistant provides an easy-to-follow series of guided instructions for testing your applications on your devices. However, to help you better understand the details of the process, the following sections describe each step by walking through the various links displayed on the left side of the page.

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FIGURE A-5

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