Learn how to resolve MacOS XCode does not recognize iPhone in VMWare.

When you connect you iOS device aka Apple iPhone or Apple iPad, to your Mac, it does not recognize it. You do see it as a device that is connected to your MacBook Pro from the Hardware Overview list under the USB connection. But your XCode simulator list completely fails to pick the iOS device.

Let me show you how to resolve it.

This demo was done on the latest version of the Apple Mac iOS (Big Sur); at the time of this recording, however, theses steps are also applicable to the latest or earlier iOS.

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