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Installing iOS simulator without admin rights: is it possible?

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I work as mobile app dev. Our development machine is 256 GB Macbook M2. Due to security reasons, our accounts is non-admin so installing some apps or tweaking some macOS settings to make debugging easier is impossible without admin access. Which is eventually proven to be a bit annoying. 256 GB for mobile app dev is a bit limited, so I'm thinking to install Xcode and iOS simulators on external disk. The external disk isn't arrived yet, so first I try installing XCode on another folder, say ~/Apps. Downloded the Xcode_16.2.xip and extract it to that folder. So far it works. Now let's try to install iOS simulator enter image description here Ouch. Can't install it without admin access. And to save space, definitely will remove the simulator if it's not needed. Is there a.. um "easy" way to do it as non-admin user? Perhaps by giving me special permission just to manage the XCode installation myself?
Asked by anta40 (279 rep)
Jun 29, 2025, 03:22 PM