macOS on VMware doesn’t recognize iOS device

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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