Submission issue to Mac App Store

Question

Coming from iOS world, first time submission to Mac App Store and have been struggling for hours... please help! I have read through a few answers here and still seems to have issues.

I come to the step which it says... "(name) is a valid identity. however you do not have the associated package identity" and cannot continue. Since I come fresh, I have done:

• make sure that all expired certificates are removed
• applied for various certificates: now I have the following types: "Developer ID Application", "Developer ID Installer", "Mac App Distribution", "Mac Development"
• registered my Mac
• created development and distribution profiles and see them in Xcode organizer with status "Valid Profile"
• attached the profiles in Project/Target code signing identity

I can test the apps fine on my Mac, but cannot submit the app... what else have I missed?

Answer 1

Check out here first: Can't validate and submit an App to the Mac App Store

Not sure if that'll help. This may seem crude, but did you try restarting your Mac after deleting the expired certificates and submitting again? I wouldn't put it past the age old "cache" problem. It sounds like the same kind of issue that crops up when an expired identity package is in play.