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Developing on Virtualized macOS

  1. Install Xcode from the Apple App Store or from the Apple developer website.

  2. Create an Xcode project as usual.

  3. Connect the Apple Device (called iPhone from now on) to the macOS VM. This can be done in two ways:

    Method 1: Use USB passthrough technique to connect an entire USB controller (to which iPhone is connected) to the macOS VM. This method is covered in these notes.

    If USB passthrough is not an option, use Method 2.

    Method 2. You can use the USB Network Gate software to pass USB devices to macOS VMs over the network (LAN / Wi-Fi).

    USB Network Gate - USB over Ethernet Sharing Software

    This software comes with a free trial and supports a wide variety of operating systems. If your operating system is not supported directly, you can deploy this software on a Raspberry Pi.

    Once you have it installed on the host computer (the one with the USB device that you will be sharing), you can install it on the macOS VM. Make sure to allow the extension in System Preferences > Security & Privacy and reboot.

    Once that is finished, you can open up USB Network Gate on the client (macOS VM) and click Add Server and type in the IP address of the Raspberry Pi or other device (to which the iPhone is connected). Finally, you have to trust the computer on your iPhone, and it should be completely set up!

    At this point, the iPhone should work as usual - showing up in Finder, Xcode, etc.

  4. At this point, the macOS VM has an Xcode project and has access to the iPhone. Continue using Xcode as usual to build, deploy, and test the Xcode project.

Setup USB Network Gate on Raspberry Pi

These steps were tested on RPi 3B+ running Raspberry Pi OS with desktop (August 20th 2020).

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y

sudo reboot

sudo apt install raspberrypi-kernel-headers

wget https://cdn.electronic.us/products/usb-over-ethernet/linux/download/eveusb_armv7l.deb

sudo apt install ./eveusb_armv7l.deb

To get proper VNC resolution (for headless systems), insert the following lines in /boot/config.txt on the RPi system.

dtparam=audio=on  # note: existing line
hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=82

Enable VNC on the RPi system using the sudo raspi-config nonint do_vnc 0 command.