https://itoschum.me/tags/ios-simulator/ Recent content in IOS Simulator on Ito Archives Hugo en-us Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:53:00 -0500 https://itoschum.me/logs/log_14/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:53:00 -0500 https://itoschum.me/logs/log_14/ <h2 id="issue-description">Issue Description</h2> <p>After use in Xcode, the iOS simulator on macOS occasionally leaves behind mounted disk images that become unresponsive and cannot be unmounted through standard methods. This can lead to cluttered disk space and potential conflicts with future simulator sessions.</p> <ul> <li>Screenshots of the issue: <img src="https://itoschum.me/images/log_14/disk5s1_volume.jpg" alt="Screenshot reference"> <img src="https://itoschum.me/images/log_14/disk7s1_volume.jpg" alt="Screenshot reference"></li> </ul> <p>In the example above, it was observed that certain simulator disk images, such as <code>disk5s1</code> and <code>disk7s1</code>, remained mounted but unresponsive. When attempting to unmount these volumes using Disk Utility, it always prompted saying the volume was in use, even after quitting Xcode and all related processes (the <code>CoreSimulator</code> related processes always reappeared after being killed).</p>