All of my iOS simulator suddenly gone

My Xcode and Simulator cannot locate any of my iOS simulators all the sudden. I had to redownload new ios simulators from the Xcode menu.


I did not update my Xcode, so I am curious about what caused it.


In the directory, '/Users/username/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/', I was able to find all my previous iOS simulators. Show in the picture




But somehow Xcode and the Simulator program are not picking it up.



Also, on a side note, as I want to see which folder has the actual os files, I toggled 'Calculate All Sizes' in the view options menu, and it somehow changed most of the folders' Modified date, as seen in the screenshot that some contents in the folder are there from a long time ago. Not sure how that changed the date.


My chip is M1 Pro, and running os 14.3.1 Sonoma

Posted on May 6, 2024 12:35 PM

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May 7, 2024 11:19 AM in response to 6x6

Thank you.


This might be the cause of it. However, after making sure my XProtect is in version 133 and updating my OS to Sonoma 14.4.1, XCode/Simulator is still not able to pick up my previously installed iOS runtimes.


I will just re-download the runtimes from XCode for now.

( I had iOS 16 previously, and downloaded 15 and 17 yesterday)



All of my iOS simulator suddenly gone

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