Boot a Virtual iPhone via Apple's Virtualization.framework

Re:Boot a Virtual iPhone via Apple's Virtualization.framework by kridsdale1 on Friday August 28, 2026 @10:18PM (#49486302)

Incorrect. The iOS simulator is and always has been, simply iOS frameworks running fully natively on macOS. It’s best to think of it as an alternative window managers but the apps are native Mac processes. They can be seen and debugged via the terminal using top and ps and lldb alongside all other processes. They just present gui via the Simulator Mac app container.

They do not live in a VM and are certainly not emulated at an instruction set level. They are Mac apps.

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Re:Boot a Virtual iPhone via Apple's Virtualization.framework by ChrisMarshallNY on Friday August 28, 2026 @10:23PM (#49486338)

Ah. That makes sense.

I would think that "Mac apps," means that they are, actually, a different OS (I actually already knew that, which was why I said what I said. The Intel thing was a spitball).

But one of the few joys geeks get, these days, is telling other geeks they are wrong, so I feel as if I’ve done my bit to make this a happier place.

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