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Asked: 2026-05-31T13:10:13+00:00

With Xcode 4.3.1, Apple ships the new iOS 5.1 Simulator. Unfortunately, it looks like

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With Xcode 4.3.1, Apple ships the new iOS 5.1 Simulator. Unfortunately, it looks like when you run iPad hardware, there’s no longer the iPad frame around the sim window. Does anyone have any idea how to restore that frame? I often use the simulator to demo features to others via screen sharing, and it looks much better when it’s in the iPad frame. Thanks in advance.

Interestingly, btw, there’s no longer a frame.png. Instead, now within iOS Simulator’s package, you only find: ./Contents/Resources/frame_1only_.png

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  1. Editorial Team

    Download Xcode 4.2.1 from the dev center… other than that, there’s nothing you can do about it. Besides, I rather like the new minimalistic simulator. (BTW, there is a rationale behind this: the new retina simulator is just too big to provide a good bezel image).

    EDIT (to address the core of the problem): Even if you could find a suitable bezel image, how could you edit the internals of the simulator? My proposal is: find an old Xcode with the proper sim, or mod the simFinger application to include an iPad frame (to my knowledge, it only works with the iPhone sim), and iPad dimensions. Available here: https://github.com/atebits/SimFinger

    EDIT 2: As it turns out, it does support the iPad, and bezel!

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