macOS on VMware doesn t recognize iOS device

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I am using Mac OS in VMWare for iOS app development   After updating the OS and Xcode  the iOS device isn t available so I cannot test it   When the device is plugged in to the PC  the device appears as connected in VMware and marked with green point  But  it does not appear in Xcode s devices   I am using Mac OS 10 11  Does anybody have ideas

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I am running an Iphone 8  and VMWare macOS High Sierra on a Windows 10 machine   I went through dozens of troubleshooting posts  and the none of them  excluding setting your VMs USBs to 2 0  helped  Through trial and error  and a decent amount of liquor  I have figured it out   SOLUTION   Do these things  in this order     With the VM off  go to your settings for whichever machine you re using  and change the USBs to 2 0  You can find this in the same menu that you allocated your ram and cores Make sure your phone is plugged in  and turned off  Boot up the VM  macOS  Turn Phone on when mac is booted Open Xcode

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I have 2 computers with VMWare Workstation and Mac OS Sierra installed as the guest OS   First machine could recognize my iOS device whereas my second machine could not recognize it   The second machine was exhibiting the same behavior as others reported where it would reconnect and disconnect with the iPhone endlessly     Thankfully  my second machine had network connectivity problems with my VM   So I stumbled upon the solution when I reset my network settings for the VM   You can try the following steps and see if it works for you   It worked for me    Go to Start Menu  Open VMWare folder  Start VMWare Network Editor   Click Change Settings button to assign Administrator privileges  Click Restore Defaults button   Open Virtual Machine  Verify internet connectivity on Mac OS  Connect iOS device   If iTunes launches on Mac  this means that the Mac has correctly identified your iOS device

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This solution for Ubuntu Host  Macos Guest  disable SIP install mac ports sudo launchctl unload  Library Apple System Library LaunchDaemons com apple usbmuxd plist sudo port install usbmuxd sudo usbmuxd --foreground then connect iPhone and let the guest to take control  Disabling SIP  Start vmware select guest and  quot power to firmware quot  in efi menu  enter setup  gt  config boot options  gt  add boot options  gt  select recovery partition  gt  select boot efi at input file description hit  and type in label e g   quot recovery quot   gt  commit changes and exit boot from recovery and be patient follow prompt until you see OS X Utilities menu At the very top menu select Utilities  gt  Terminal In terminal enter  quot csrutil status quot  then csrutil disable then csrutil status then reboot  gt  hit enter once or twice Double check in OSX Terminal app to ensure SIP is disabled  Finally  disable HiDPI     sudo defaults write  Library Preferences com apple windowserver DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool NO Referenced from

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Here is another thing to try  I m using Windows 10     Stop the VM  Open Start  Type  Services   Find VMWare USB Arbitration Service and start it  Connect your device and hopefully  it will be detected    This is what worked for me  I have no idea why the service wasn t started in the first place and it used to work fine with my IPhone 7  Good luck

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The other answer is lacking some additional information also in the following post  For example  when the iPhone keep Connect   Disconnect in loop  So here is a better solution    In vmware log search the vid  amp  pid of your iphone USB  Example   vmx   USB  Found device  name Apple  IR  Receiver vid 05ac pid 12a8  Close vmware  to unlock  vmx  In the  vmx  add     usb quirks device0    0xvid 0xpid skip-reset  skip-refresh  skip-setconfig      Replace 0xvid 0xpid by the vid  amp  pid found in vmware log  Example   usb quirks device0    0x05ac 0x12a8 skip-reset  skip-refresh  skip-setconfig   In vmware   Edit virtual machine   USB Controller   USB compatibility   USB 2 0 Active   Automatically connect new USB Devices Active   Show all USB input devices Active   Share Bluetooth devices with the virtual Machine   Launch Mac OS and make sure that the mouse is Focus on vmware  or just use the login prompt if it appear

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I had the same issue  but was quite easy to solve  Follow the next steps   1  In the Virtual Machine  VMWare  settings    Set the USB compatibility to be 2 0 instead of 3 0 Check the setting  Show all USB input devices    2  Add the device into the list of allowed development devices in your Apple Developer s account  Without that step there is no way to use your device in Xcode    Next some instructions  Register a single device

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Do what is suggested in the answer  but make sure you also click inside the VM so that OSX has the focus before you plug in the phone  In my case  I had to do that to make it work

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I met the same problem  I found the solution in the solution from kb vmware com   It works for me by adding usb quirks device0    quot 0xvid 0xpid skip-refresh quot   Detail as below  To add quirks  Shut down the virtual machine and quit Workstation Fusion       Caution  Do not skip this step      nbsp Open the vmware log file within the virtual machine bundle  For more information  see Locating a virtual machine bundle in VMware Workstation Fusion  1007599  In the Filter box at the top of the Console window  enter the name of the device manufacturer        For example  if you enter the name Apple  you see a line that looks similar to         vmx   USB  Found device  name Apple  IR  Receiver vid 05ac pid 8240 path 13 7 2 speed full family hid           The line has the name of the USB device and its vid and pid information  Make a note of the vid and pid values    Open the  vmx file using a text editor  For more information  see Editing the  vmx file for your Workstation Fusion virtual machine  1014782  Add this line to the  vmx file  replacing vid and pid with the values noted in Step 2  each prefixed by the number 0 and the letter x      usb quirks device0    quot 0xvid 0xpid skip-reset quot       For example  for the Apple device found in step 2  this line is       usb quirks device0    quot 0x05ac 0x8240 skip-reset quot              Save the  vmx file      Re-open Workstation Fusion  The edited  vmx file is reloaded with the changes      Start the virtual machine  and connect the device           If the issue is not resolved  replace the quirks line added in Step 4 with one of these lines  in the order provided  and repeat Steps 5 to 8        usb quirks device0    quot 0xvid 0xpid skip-refresh quot  usb quirks device0    quot 0xvid 0xpid skip-setconfig quot  usb quirks device0    quot 0xvid 0xpid skip-reset  skip-refresh  skip-setconfig quot    Notes   Use one of these lines at a time  If one does not work  replace it with another one in the list  Do not add more than one of these in the  vmx file at a time The last line uses all three quirks in combination  Use this only if the other three lines do not work  Refer this to see in detail

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I would like to add something   For the devices to work in your Mac you have to make sure that they  are connected to it  I don t know how this is handled in other versions but I am using VMware Workstation 12 Player  If you go to Player  Top left corner   gt  Removable Devices  gt  Enable the device you want  Thats what i had to do

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I had same issue with VMWare 12 5 2 and OS  Mac OS Sierra  These are few steps to solve this issue  which worked for me     Open VMWare  select your OS   Mine is MacOS Sierra  Then In left hand side  Select option  Edit virtual machine settings  There will be one popup of setting  In that you need to select  Hardware  Tab  In that  there is option  USB Controller   Select that  You will find option right hand side  In that  Set USB compatibility as  USB 2 0  and check all 3 options as selected  options must be as following  i  Automatically connect new USB devices  ii  Show all USB input devices  iii  Share Bluetooth devices with the virtual machine Press OK    There you go   It will work  Now you can power on your virtual machine And try to connect your device with proper USB cable  Sometimes there can be issue with USB cable which are not authorized  Still if you have doubt  you can ask me here

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If you went throught alot of pain installing macos on vmware I recommend this tutorial which also provides you with all the file you need  it s straight forward tutorial and works all the way without any problem

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