
Right click your Automator app and choose Get Info.Click the icon in the upper left corner and do Cmd-C to copy it.Right click iOS Simulator.app and choose Get Info.To get a nice icon for the Automator app you just made, you can do the following: Finally, save this Automator app in your applications folder as iOS Simulator.app./Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/Simulator.app./Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/atform/Developer/Applications/iOS Simulator.app./Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/iOS Simulator.app.It will be at one of the following paths depending on your version of Xcode (oldest to newest): So instead you'll have to navigate to it in a separate Finder window and drag it onto the file selector window.
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You can't directly select the Simulator app because it's inside the Xcode.app package.Open the dropdown of applications that can be launched and choose Other.Select Actions > Library > Utilities > Launch Application.

You can get it to launch via spotlight if you create an Automator launcher for it: Which would mean you could start the iPhone Simulator from the command line with one easy-to-remember word: $ simulator (Xcode 7+): $ alias simulator='open /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/Simulator.app' (Xcode 6+): $ alias simulator='open /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/iOS\ Simulator.app' (Xcode 6+): $ ln -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/iOS Simulator.app ~/DesktopĪs pointed out by you could also add an alias to your ~/.bash_profile: $ alias simulator='open /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/atform/Developer/Applications/iPhone\ Simulator.app'

You could create a symbolic-link from your Desktop to make this easier: $ ln -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/atform/Developer/Applications/iPhone\ Simulator.app ~/Desktop (Xcode 6+): $ open /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/iOS Simulator.app Assuming you have Xcode installed in /Applications, then you can do this from the command line to start the iPhone Simulator: $ open /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/atform/Developer/Applications/iPhone\ Simulator.app
