visionOS simulator broken on Intel macBook since upgrade to Sonoma

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Created Oct ’23

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On my macBook Pro 2019 with Intel processor, I could run apps in the visionOS simulator without any problems when I was running macOS Ventura. But since I upgraded the Mac to Sonoma, the visionOS simulator seems to be broken.

The display in Xcode sticks to "Loading visionOS 1.0", and the simulator page under "Devices and Simulators" says "No runtime".

This is independent of which Xcode version I am using. I used Xcode 15 beta2, but also tried out more recent versions.

Could it be that developing on Intel Macs was dropped on macOS Sonoma without any notice? I can see that the Xcode 15.1 specs state you need a Silicon Mac, but the Xcode 15 specs don't. And it worked for me, at least on Ventura. The "only" change I made since was upgrading the OS to Sonoma.

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Izhido_XR OP

Oct ’23

I'm pretty sure now that this is actually relevant to you:

https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/739277

It happened. The VisionOS simulator no longer runs in Intel-based Macs. I have no idea how they managed to disable it, but they did.

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larrykerr OP

Oct ’23

@waldgeist just curious, which version of Ventura?

I'm on Ventura 13.6 with Xcode 15 beta 2, but still can't get it to work on my Intel Mac. I had installed Xcode 15.1 beta 1 right before that though, so maybe that broke it.

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Marconelly OP

Jan ’24

@waldgeist I'm guessing you eventually had to get an Apple Silicon Mac to continue developing for visionOS, right? I think the simulator only worked in beta XCode, but in the final 15.2 which must be used for app submissions, I don't think there's a way to get it working on an Intel Mac, no matter what OS you're using. I'm considering doing some simpler visionOS development on Ventura / Xcode 15 beta 2 on an Intel Mac, and then maybe publishing it later on friend's AS Mac. Wonder if that's still possible?

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