Teleport

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Teleport is a native macOS app for faking iOS device location — on simulators and physical devices connected over USB or Wi-Fi.

It's built with SwiftUI and MapKit. Click somewhere on the map, hit Simulate, and your device thinks it's there.

brew tap samuelhe52/teleport
brew trust --cask samuelhe52/teleport/teleport-location
brew install --cask teleport-location

Download the latest .dmg from Releases, drag Teleport.app to Applications, and launch it.

Full device support — works with iOS Simulators and real iPhones over USB or Wi-Fi, all from the same app.

Virtual joystick — move the simulated location around in real time without picking a new point every time. Good for testing location-aware interactions on the fly.

Custom routes — draw a straight-line path between any stops, or use Apple Maps navigation to snap the route to real roads. Both can be played back at fixed intervals, or a target travel speed. Save/load/edit routes are fully supported.

GPX import and export — bring in existing routes or save yours out for use elsewhere.

A few other things:

• Click anywhere on the map, search by name, or type in coordinates to set a location
• Save routes inside the app and reload, rename, edit, or duplicate them later
• Session controls show clear status and let you stop or reset at any point

Teleport is meant for developer testing and debugging. Using it for anything else is on you — the app and its developer aren't responsible for whatever happens.

• macOS
• Xcode installed and opened at least once (so xcrun, simctl, and devicectl are on your path)
• For physical devices: Developer Mode enabled on the iPhone, plus python3 and pymobiledevice3 >= 5.0
• For Wi-Fi: pair over USB first, then keep the device unlocked on the same network

If macOS says developer tools are missing:

xcode-select --install

If xcrun is pointing at the wrong Xcode install:

sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

Then open Xcode once to let it finish setup.

Install or upgrade the Python dependency with whichever python3 your shell resolves:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pymobiledevice3

Teleport requires pymobiledevice3 5.0 or newer for physical-device simulation.

1. Open Teleport.xcodeproj.
2. Select the Teleport scheme.
3. Build and run.

xcodebuild -project Teleport.xcodeproj -scheme Teleport -destination 'platform=macOS' build

1. Launch Teleport and select a device.
2. Connect to it.
3. Pick a location — click the map, search, or enter coordinates.
4. Hit Simulate. That's it.
5. Build a route if you need to simulate movement.
6. Save routes for later, or import/export GPX files.
7. Hit Stop when you're done.

For physical devices, Teleport might ask for admin approval on first run, walk you through a missing Python dependency, or need a USB connection before Wi-Fi discovery kicks in.

• make format runs swift format -r -p -i .
• make lint runs swift format lint -r -p .

Teleport was originally called iOSAnywhere.

If you're in mainland China, Apple Maps search tends to only return locations inside China. Searching for overseas places usually needs a VPN. You can still pan the map to anywhere and pick a spot manually.