(I believe this is unrelated to Xcode, rather iTunes, & other Mac services, etc.)

If you haven't already updated your Mac OS to support your phone on 14.6 / 14.7, your Mac may ask you to update the Mac OS software in order to connect to your iOS 14.6 / 14.7 device. (The next time I attached my phone, Xcode also updated & processed cache files from the device itself, which took several minutes.)Īttach iPhone via USB. I'm unsure if this is strictly necessary. If Xcode is open, Clean Build Folder (under Product menu heading). Make a duplicate of 14.5 directory by copy and pasting it into the same directory (into DeviceSupport) then rename the directory to 14.6, 14.7, etc. zip file to unpack them into a 14.5 directory:Īdd DeviceSupport 14.5 / 14.6 / 14.7 to XcodeĬopy and paste the 14.5 directory into /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/atform/DeviceSupport. zipĪfter the files are downloaded, double click on the. Inside the 12.5 Release Candidate in Github, download this. (FromXcode_12.5_Release_Candidate_xip).zip In particular, we want the 12.5 release candidate zip file (14.6, 14.7 do not exist yet): The quickest way to grab device support files is from this (unofficial) Github project: as needed, otherwise.) Get DeviceSupport Files

(If 14.5 directory is already present, simply copy/paste or symlink that directory to duplicate it with name as 14.6 or 14.7, etc. The list of directories will not include 14.6, 14.7 (or perhaps not even 14.5). (In Finder, right-click on /Applications/Xcode & choose Show Package Contents) Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/atform/DeviceSupport Xcode DeviceSupport directories are located at: (Thanks to for note on symbolic links.) Xcode DeviceSupport Directories Add/Update Unsupported iOS Version to XcodeĪpple has no plans to update Xcode 12.4 to support iOS 14.6, 14.7, etc.īut we can copy Xcode version 14.5 DeviceSupport files ( download if needed) and paste (or symlink) them into directories named 14.6, 14.7, etc.

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