Where is Network link conditioner Prefpane in OSX Mountain Lion and Xcode 4.4 [closed]

Question

I have recently updated to OSX Mountain Lion Xcode 4.4. Now I can't find the bundled Network Link Conditioner anymore which was automatically installed on OSX Lion and the corresponding Xcode version.

Any ideas

Hyetology

Answer 1

I figured it out. It looks like the Network Link Conditioner is now an optional package in Mountain Lion and Xcode 4.4 which can be installed like so:

1. Open Xcode
2. Navigate to Xcode > Open Developer Tool > More Developer Tools
3. Download the Hardware IO Tools for Xcode and then double click on the file Network Link Conditioner.prefpane, which will install the Preference pane again:

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Hyetology

You can also download this and other packages (e.g. command line tools) separately from developer.apple.com – Burrstone

@PaulR Your are right, and essentially this is where More Developer Tools will take you. – Hyetology

FWIW I had problems installing the command line tools from within Xcode 4.4 (appeared to install OK but had silently failed) - but downloading them and doing it manually seems to have worked OK. – Burrstone

Ok so it looks like the prefPane still should be in the command line tools but aren't because of an error in the command line tool installation. – Hyetology

Does the network link conditioner actually work on Mountain Lion though? I've reinstalled it from the location above but can't make it affect my connection. – Longing

It desn't work for me as well. – Lemniscate

Removing the previous version and Installing it from the "Hardware IO Tools for Xcode - Late July 2012" package from developer.apple.com/downloads fixed it for me, as pointed out by Sal. – Lemniscate

As of May 2013, I can't find that "Hardware IO Tools for Xcode - Late July 2012" download. Does anyone have a direct link? – Crinoid

@RobertAtkins Late July 2012: developer.apple.com/downloads/… • October 2013: developer.apple.com/downloads/… – Polyhydroxy

For macOS 10.15 the download is called 'Additional Tools for Xcode' instead of 'Hardware IO Tools for Xcode'. Network Link Conditioner is part of this package. – Lenitalenitive

Answer 2

For the Network Link Conditioner that works in Mountain Lion, you'll need to install it from the 'Hardware IO Tools for Xcode - Late July 2012' .dmg

Iceskate

..and reboot. Although Apple doesn't mention this, it's required. And, after rebooting, you have to re-enable it (Apple automatically disables it on reboot) – Stereophotography

And for XCode 9, it's stored in the "Additional Tools for XCode 9", they don't have a separate "Hardware Tools" any more. – Marylynnmarylynne