Where does the iPhone simulator keep it's tmp/ files?

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I'm running my iPhone app on the simulator to record my voice. It saves the recording to a .wav file, but I don't know where that is on my machine. Any help?

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Please keep in mind that I'm trying to 'simulate' the experience on a device. So my use of directories is crucial. See my output to the console: enter image description here

EDIT 2

This is really strange. I just tried to record my voice with the Speak Here example project ('out of the box') and it worked (played back my voice and everything). Yet when I use the finder to try to locate the file... no deals! This is really bizarre. Any ideas?

@Joe Blow, Thanks, but nothing has come up. I think my answer may have to do with something else. — Eric Brotto, Apr 13 '11 at 20:51

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

Try this path /Users/<your_username>/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/. In available dirs there look for /Applications/<your_app>/Documents.

UPDATE (27th Jan, 2013):

If you're OK with Terminal, install awesome ruby gem by Paul Samuels: http://paul-samuels.com/blog/2012/08/19/ios-simulator-directory-command-line-tool/.
If you're not OK with Terminal, Paul has also created an excellent
workflow for Alfred 2.app: http://paul-samuels.com/blog/2013/01/24/sidir-alfred-workflow/.
If you're having hard time installing Paul's gem, follow this
tutorial: http://pragmaticstudio.com/blog/2010/9/23/install-rails-ruby-mac.

This seems logical, but nothing is there. I've found the iOS version folders/Applications/superLongAlpaNumericCode/myApp.app. But nothing was in the directories. — Eric Brotto, Apr 13 '11 at 18:39

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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The location of simulator files has changed in Xcode 6. It's now at:

~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices

See this answer for details:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/24291087/2410555

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Mar 12 '15 at 01:05

Chris Trevarthen

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 23 '13 at 01:17

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The easiest way in my experience is to output the value of NSTemporaryDirectory() somewhere in your code. That gives you the complete path to the /tmp folder for your user and application.

answered Feb 23 '13 at 01:17

Faiz Ahmed

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Where does the iPhone simulator keep it's tmp/ files?

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