Reduce the size of the iPhone Simulator window?

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Is it possible to resize the iPhone Simulator? I'm using screen capture software to record a demo of my iPhone application, and it would be handy to be able to resize the iPhone Simulator window.

Thanks!

Why not turn on Spaces and put the Simulator in its own space? — bpapa, Oct 23 '09 at 23:48
hey I think you should change the accepted answer... the one suggested by lekafir works exactly :-) — Devarshi, Jul 21 '13 at 11:38
In any case, my answer is from 4 years ago and is no longer relevant at all. — JP Silvashy, Oct 14 '13 at 19:23

score 90 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 02 '12 at 07:52

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You should try cmd 2 or cmd 3 on your keyboard to scale down.

And cmd 1 to get back to the original scale.

answered Oct 02 '12 at 07:52

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In Xcode 6.3 and above, just press cmd 5 (25% scale) or cmd 4 (33% scale). Or in Window > Scale – mohsinj Feb 20 '16 at 08:34

JP Silvashy · Answer 2 · 2020-08-20T14:02:41.517

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Update

This is no longer the correct answer.

Unfortunately no, it must maintain that size. We had the same issue. I wish I could give you a more complete answer, however it seems reasonable for the accurate rendering profiling that it maintains 1-to-1 pixel ratio, otherwise it would have to sub-sample the pixels, causing the profiling to be incorrect.

edited Aug 20 '20 at 14:02

answered Nov 10 '09 at 02:11

JP Silvashy

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Since this question has been marked as correct, the iOS SDK has improved quite a bit, lefakir's answer is now valid and mine is incorrect. – JP Silvashy Apr 15 '14 at 05:16
Why are people voting this down, I've stated my answer is outdated. – JP Silvashy Aug 20 '14 at 22:03
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Because people don't read. You might want to put an "Update" below it in the text of the answer. – Adam Grant Sep 02 '15 at 16:34

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 06 '16 at 12:45

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a picture is worth a thousand words

answered Oct 06 '16 at 12:45

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score 3 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 06 '13 at 22:30

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You can scale iOS simulator to desire scale (i tried from 0.2 to 1.4 ) and it worked for me. To do this you have to go to /Library/Preferences and edit com.apple.iphonesimulator.plist file. Edit value of KEY SimulatorWindowLastScale to your desired scale.

I tried this on latest Version of Mountain Lion 10.8.4 & iOS simulator 6.0.

Enjoy!!!! Let me know if it worked for you guys.

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answered Jun 06 '13 at 21:57

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This is a great way to scale the simulator to exactly the size of the phone. – Rose Perrone Jul 31 '13 at 02:59
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Cheers, In my case I found it in my user home directory so ~/Library/Preferences – David van Dugteren May 10 '14 at 04:17

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 06 '17 at 12:21

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You can reduce screen size of simulator by doing this

Window -- Scale -- 25% (Select size which you feel comfort)

answered Sep 06 '17 at 12:21

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