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As I'm creating an iOS provisioning profile I'm presented with this screen:

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To my -limited- understanding, the profile already has everything I will need to identify it such as the Type and App ID. Why do I need to name it? Is this name relevant in the future? (so if I screw up and give it a meaningless name will I be able to change it in the future?)

I can't find this info in the Apple sea of docs.

Julian
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The name you provide is simply used to identify the profile within the Member Center. It's generally more human-readable (friendly) than the App ID.

It is possible to edit the name later, if you want to change it in the future!

The name of the profile also appears on a provisioned device. You can find profiles within Settings, under General->Profiles. (If a device has no profile, the Profiles setting won't be present.)

  • Also, if you have different sets of devices that you want to maintain different provisioning profiles for, you can make the name appropriate for that device set. Again, it's still just a more human friendly name, but another possible use for the name field. – wottle Aug 22 '15 at 02:58