Where is the iPhone iOS Simulator in Xcode 4.6 and Xcode 5

In Xcode 4.6 and Xcode 5 application, the location of iOS Simulator – is now too obvious, where is it?

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Spotlight Power

Or even faster just search in Spotlight, sometimes Spotlight power is overlooked…

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Below is the path for iOS Simulator 5.1, it is buried deep in the Xcode package:

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/iPhone\ Simulator.app/

You have to ‘control’ or right click on Xcode get the contextual menu and ‘Show Package Contents’ to see the inner path.

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Click and drag the iOS Simulator.app to the dock for easy access in the future.