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Migrating an APNS certificate from one Apple ID to another Apple ID
As part of a recent change, I needed to migrate an  APNS certificate  from being associated with one Apple ID to now being associated with another Apple ID. Apple has a KBase article available which provides contact information for this, which is available via the link below: 
 https://support.apple.com/HT208643 
 For those folks with AppleCare support plans, you can also submit a ticket to AppleCare. That’s the route I took. Regardless of which support avenue you pursue, Apple will request the following information from you. 
 
 APNS Certificate Subject DN 
 APNS Certificate CN 
 APNS Certificate Serial Number 
 APNS Certificate Expiration Date 
 The Apple ID you want to migrate from 
 The Apple ID you want to migrate to 
 
 For more information, please see below the jump: 
 
 You can obtain the following information from the  Apple Push Certificates Portal : 
 
 APNS Certificate Subject DN 
 APNS Certificate CN 
 APNS Certificate Serial Number 
 APNS Certificate Expiration Date 
 
   
 To see how to do this, please use the following procedure: 
 1. Log into the  Apple Push Certificates Portal  using the Apple ID you want to migrate from. 
 
   
 2. Make a note of the current certificate’s expiration date. 
 
   
 3. Click the  ( i )  button to display the certificate information. 
 
   
 4. Make a note of the APNS certificate’s serial number. 
 
   
 5. Make a note of the APNS certificate’s Certificate Subject DN. 
 Note:  Even though it may be displayed in the Portal site as being multiple lines, the Certificate Subject DN should be a one-line entry when you send it to Apple. 
 
   
   
   
 6. Make a note of the APNS certificate’s CN. 
 Note:  The CN is included as part of the Certificate Subject DN information. It will be a string with information similar to this: 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 CN=APSP:0e77f39b-e9c8-42f9-8e8b-b5508c4abe95 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 view raw gistfile1.txt hosted with  by  GitHub 
 
 
   
 
   
   
 For example, if you have an APNS certificate with the following information: 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 APNS Certificate Subject DN: C=US, CN=APSP:dc1a3263-443c-4779-a3c3-18c95dd11264, UID=com.apple.mgmt.External.dc1a3263-443c-4779-a3c3-18c95dd11264 
 
 
 APNS Certificate Serial Number: 3bb763753df5d8dd 
 
 
 APNS Certificate Expiration Date: January 4, 2024 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
 You would convert that to the following information for Apple: 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Serial Number: 3bb763753df5d8dd 
 
 
 Subject CN: CN=APSP:dc1a3263-443c-4779-a3c3-18c95dd11264 
 
 
 Subject DN: C=US, CN=APSP:dc1a3263-443c-4779-a3c3-18c95dd11264, UID=com.apple.mgmt.External.dc1a3263-443c-4779-a3c3-18c95dd11264 
 
 
 Expiration Date: January 4, 2024 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 view raw gistfile1.txt hosted with  by  GitHub 
 
 
   
   
 The last part is identifying the Apple ID you want to migrate from, and the Apple ID you want to migrate to. For example, if you want to migrate an APNS certificate with the information listed above from an Apple ID of  oldappleid@company.com  to an Apple ID of  newappleid@company.com , you could send in the following request via email: 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Email subject: [Apple Push Notification Service] Transferring APNS certificate with serial number 3bb763753df5d8dd from one Apple ID to another Apple ID 
 
 
 
 
 
 Email body: 
 
 
 
 
 
 I need to transfer the following APNS certificate from one Apple ID to another Apple ID: 
 
 
 
 
 
 Serial Number: 3bb763753df5d8dd 
 
 
 Subject CN: CN=APSP:dc1a3263-443c-4779-a3c3-18c95dd11264 
 
 
 Subject DN: C=US, CN=APSP:dc1a3263-443c-4779-a3c3-18c95dd11264, UID=com.apple.mgmt.External.dc1a3263-443c-4779-a3c3-18c95dd11264 
 
 
 Expiration Date: January 4, 2024 
 
 
 
 
 
 Current Apple ID: oldappleid@company.com 
 
 
 New Apple ID: newappleid@company.com 
 
 
 
 
 
 Please let me know if you need any additional information. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thanks, 
 
 
 Your Name Goes Here 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 view raw gistfile1.txt hosted with  by  GitHub 
 
 
   
   
 That should provide all the information Apple should need for a successful migration of an APNS certificate.