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Bash script for turning off the iOS simulator pop-up message
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Disable iOS Simulator Incoming Connections Popup.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Script to disable the iOS Simulator app from showing the "Do you want the application xxxx to accept incoming network connections?" pop-up every time the app is run
echo "> Enter password to temporarily shut firewall off"
sudo /usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw --setglobalstate off
echo "> Add Xcode as a firewall exception"
/usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw --add /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/MacOS/Xcode
echo "> Add iOS Simulator as a firewall exception"
/usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw --add /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/Simulator.app/Contents/MacOS/Simulator
echo "> Re-enable firewall"
sudo /usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw --setglobalstate on
exit 0
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Goes along with this blog post: https://tomsoderling.github.io/Disable-iOS-simulator-connections-popup/

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Thanks Tom, just what I was searching for!

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You're welcome! Glad to help

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