Hi i recently upgraded to a MacOs 10.13.6(High sierra) with a 4gb ram core i5, yeah its an early 2011 macbookPro. i also upgraded from Xcode 7.3.1 to Xcode 9.2 since then, i have never been able to run an app , because the IOS simulator is really slow ,

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Created Nov ’19

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Hi i recently upgraded to a MacOs 10.13.6(High sierra) with a 4gb ram core i5, yeah its a early 2011 macbookPro. i also upgraded from Xcode 7.3.1 to Xcode 9.2 so i could use swift 4 since then , i have never been able to run an app , because the IOS simulator is really slow and basically unusable , it takes so much time to boot up and most times it never boots it just gets stuck with the apple logo and all and then sometimes i get these weird errors like .

(DTServiceHubClient failed to bless service hub for simulator iPhone 8 Plus (B3397E0A-C903-4AE1-BE2A-485980D4B3B2)).

I am really fustrated and i have looked all over the internet. I know this question has probably been solved but please cut me some slack i'm a newbie and i really don't know whats going on.Thanks

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KMT OP

Nov ’19

Upgraded? Sounds more like you did someone a favor by taking that setup off their hands... Any chance you can add more physical ram and larger/faster SSD? Might be money better spent towards another mac, tho...

Tough love...that hardware is the biggest impediment towards your goal. No ifs/ands/buts. Until you can move to another mac that supports current tools, you're not going anywhere outside Frustration town.

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sbrodhead OP

Nov ’19

You are trying to run a monster sized app, Xcode, on a tiny amount of Ram.

So you are waiting for endless virtual memory paging to/from old magnetic hard drive.

Tell your boss that trying to use an 8 year old machine to do modern development is not a good way to save money.

Your time is more valuable than that.

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Dakota32 OP

Nov ’19

Lol, Thank you i've upgraded my Ram. Everything works just okay ..

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