Mac App Store App Review Guidelines for Sandboxed Utilities
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Also known as: Mac App Store App Review guidelines for a sandboxed menu-bar network/DNS monitoring utility that bundles Python (py2app) — rules, reviewer behaviour, rejection causes; verify against Apple's current App Review Guidelines (as of Oct 2026, macOS 27.x) at developer.apple.com
Children
- App Review Board appeal process (frontier)
- Apple trademark usage in app names (Mac, macOS) (frontier)
- CPython --with-app-store-compliance (frontier)
- Event-driven network change detection (SCDynamicStore/NWPathMonitor) (frontier)
- Guideline 2.1 Information Needed reply: review notes (frontier)
- Guideline 2.3 accurate metadata and 4.2 minimum functionality and hidden-feature strings (frontier)
- Guideline 2.4.2 power and resource efficiency for polling network monitors (frontier)
- Guideline 2.5 public APIs and bundled interpreter and private-API string scan (ITMS-90338) (frontier)
- Guideline 5.2 trademark and IP rules in app metadata (frontier)
- Mac App Store Guideline 2.4.5 sandbox self-contained bundle and no-root rules (frontier)
- Metadata-only resubmission (frontier)
- Notes for Review feature inventory for menu-bar utilities (frontier)
- Reading the ITMS-90338 symbol list with swift-demangle (frontier)
- Resolution Center reply mechanics (frontier)
- Review notes template for menu-bar app (frontier)
- SMAppService login item consent (frontier)
- Sandbox entitlements for network monitoring (frontier)
- Screenshot and preview rules for macOS (2.3.3, 2.3.4) (frontier)
- Third-party API terms-of-use evidence under 5.2.2 (frontier)
- Timer tolerance and wakeup coalescing (frontier)
- py2app bundle slimming (excluding tkinter/curses) (frontier)
- py2app nested code signing for App Store (frontier)
- screen recording and resubmission protocol (frontier)
Frontier under this node: App Review Board appeal process, Apple trademark usage in app names (Mac, macOS), CPython --with-app-store-compliance, Event-driven network change detection (SCDynamicStore/NWPathMonitor), Guideline 2.1 Information Needed reply: review notes, Guideline 2.3 accurate metadata and 4.2 minimum functionality and hidden-feature strings, Guideline 2.4.2 power and resource efficiency for polling network monitors, Guideline 2.5 public APIs and bundled interpreter and private-API string scan (ITMS-90338), Guideline 5.2 trademark and IP rules in app metadata, Mac App Store Guideline 2.4.5 sandbox self-contained bundle and no-root rules, Metadata-only resubmission, Notes for Review feature inventory for menu-bar utilities, Reading the ITMS-90338 symbol list with swift-demangle, Resolution Center reply mechanics, Review notes template for menu-bar app, SMAppService login item consent, Sandbox entitlements for network monitoring, Screenshot and preview rules for macOS (2.3.3, 2.3.4), Third-party API terms-of-use evidence under 5.2.2, Timer tolerance and wakeup coalescing, py2app bundle slimming (excluding tkinter/curses), py2app nested code signing for App Store, screen recording and resubmission protocol