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<a class="header-anchor-link" href="#the-issue" aria-hidden="true"></a> The Issue</h2>
<p data-line="2" class="code-line">The authentication for the Apple account added to Xcode had expired. When I tried to add it again, the following dialog started to appear.</p>
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<p data-line="4" class="code-line">Could not connect to the server.</p>
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<p data-line="6" class="code-line"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/zenn-user-upload/dd9f0b53ccf9-20250514.png" alt="" class="md-img" loading="lazy"></p>
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<a class="header-anchor-link" href="#environment" aria-hidden="true"></a> Environment</h2>
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<li data-line="10" class="code-line">macOS Sequoia 15.4</li>
<li data-line="11" class="code-line">Xcode 16.x</li>
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<a class="header-anchor-link" href="#cause" aria-hidden="true"></a> Cause</h2>
<p data-line="15" class="code-line">I don't remember adding it myself, but I found the following setting in <code>/etc/hosts</code>.<br>
Even when Xcode tries to connect to Apple's servers for authentication, it's being redirected to localhost.<br>
Removing or commenting this out will resolve the issue.</p>
<div class="code-block-container"><pre class="shiki github-dark" style="background-color:#151e2c;color:#e1e4e8"><code class="code-line" data-line="19"><span class="line"><span>127.0.0.1 developerservices2.apple.com</span></span>
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Fixing the "Could not connect to the server" Error in Xcode

The Issue

Environment

Cause

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