profile doesn’t match Application Identifier

[DaveA]

New to Mac/iPhone dev. (In case you wonder, Android is MUCH MUCH simpler!)

I've tried all this 3 pages of thread. I deleted/cleaned/reinstalled etc.

I 'inherited' this MacBook Pro from another developer but set up my own account. I updated the OS and Xcode etc. Targeting an iPod 3.1.3 (for the moment). Unity3D.

The closest I could get to anything working stops at 'A valid signing identity matching this profile could not be found in your keychain'. Well, yes, I could find it, don't know why Xcode can't.

Is it time to wipe this machine and start fresh? I had heard Mac was intuitive and bulletproof, I'm quite disappointed....

There must be something quite basic I've missed. What I need is an 'idiot's guide' that says what exact button to push on every one of these moving parts. And with up-to-date versions, as the UI seems to change a bit between revs. Any such, anywhere?

[atomCoder]

I would recommend when you're messing with the project target settings, that you select BUILD>EDIT ACTIVE TARGET instead of EDIT PROJECT SETTINGS.

The active target is the one that was causing me to throw identity errors.

[curmidge]

Originally Posted by Pepper

Hi there,
I have a similar problem. Building my app in XCode 3.1.3 I get the following error: "Sign error: The identity 'iPhone Developer: xxx' doesn't match any valid certificate/private key pair in the default keychain". It doesn't matter if I build for 2.2.1 or 3.0.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Karin

I was having the same problem, and then noticed in my Keychain that the keys were located in my "login" keychain, while my ideveloper certificate was located in my "System" keychain under Certificates.

I moved the Developer certificate by dragging it from the "System" certificate to the "login" keychain. I then went into the "login" keychain and found the delightful little arrow with a link to the ideveloper certificate.

I was then able to load my app to my device successfully.

Hope this helps someone!