Error installing into simulator: _takeOwnershipOfInstallableContainingSymlink

A coworker can't run any apps in the iOS 13 simulator (including a new app I created from scratch). This is true across multiple simulated devices (including, again, one I just created from scratch).


Anyone have any ideas? He's reinstalled Xcode 11 already but doesn't want to reinstall macOS unless we know it'll work. He's running macOS 10.14.6.


What we've tried:


  1. New simulator (still can't run).
  2. New project (still can't run).
  3. Multiple restarts (Xcode and Mac).
  4. Delete all of ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator.
  5. Reinstall Xcode 11.


Here's the error message:

Our log looks like this:


Details


This app could not be installed at this time.

Domain: IXUserPresentableErrorDomain

Code: 1

Failure Reason: Could not install at this time.

Recovery Suggestion: Failed to transfer ownership of path /Users/jeff/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/5FF441EB-2A7B-4C89-AF3E-C057B266F068/data/Containers/Shared/SystemGroup/systemgroup.com.apple.installcoordinationd/Library/InstallCoordination/PromiseStaging/0A4061C5-8A07-43E7-BAC7-2B64FAB200B0/SteveTestAppPleaseDelete.app to installd

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Failed to transfer ownership of path /Users/jeff/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/5FF441EB-2A7B-4C89-AF3E-C057B266F068/data/Containers/Shared/SystemGroup/systemgroup.com.apple.installcoordinationd/Library/InstallCoordination/PromiseStaging/0A4061C5-8A07-43E7-BAC7-2B64FAB200B0/SteveTestAppPleaseDelete.app to installd

Domain: MIInstallerErrorDomain

Code: 103

User Info: {

FunctionName = "-[MIInstaller _takeOwnershipOfInstallableContainingSymlink:error:]";

SourceFileLine = 162;

}

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Couldn’t communicate with a helper application.

Domain: NSCocoaErrorDomain

Code: 4099

Recovery Suggestion: Try your operation again. If that fails, quit and relaunch the application and try again.

User Info: {

NSDebugDescription = "The connection to service on pid 0 named com.apple.MobileInstallationHelperService was invalidated.";

}

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Assuming they can run new apps they create... in all cases, when they load your project(s), they should immediately use the Product menu and choose to 'clean build folder'. If that choice is not shown, they need to hold the option key as part of that process.

Error installing into simulator: _takeOwnershipOfInstallableContainingSymlink
 
 
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