Steps that I did
sudo npm install -g cordova
sudo npm install -g ionic
sudo ionic start myApp sidemenu
cd myApp
sudo ionic platform add ios
sudo ionic build ios
sudo ionic emulate ios
Error message
Foobazs-iMac:myApp foobazlabs$ sudo ionic emulate ios
Running emulate task...
Emulating app on platform ios
Running command: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/myApp/platforms/ios/cordova/run --emulator
Build settings from command line:
ARCHS = i386
CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR = /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/myApp/platforms/ios/build/emulator
SDKROOT = iphonesimulator7.0
VALID_ARCHS = i386
=== BUILD TARGET CordovaLib OF PROJECT CordovaLib WITH CONFIGURATION Debug ===
Check dependencies
=== BUILD TARGET HelloCordova OF PROJECT HelloCordova WITH CONFIGURATION Debug ===
Check dependencies
ProcessInfoPlistFile build/emulator/HelloCordova.app/Info.plist HelloCordova/HelloCordova-Info.plist
cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/myApp/platforms/ios
setenv PATH "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/usr/bin:/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin:/Users/foobazlabs/bin/Sencha/Cmd/3.1.2.342:/Users/foobazlabs/.rbenv/shims:/Users/foobazlabs/.rbenv/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin"
builtin-infoPlistUtility /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/myApp/platforms/ios/HelloCordova/HelloCordova-Info.plist -genpkginfo /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/myApp/platforms/ios/build/emulator/HelloCordova.app/PkgInfo -expandbuildsettings -format binary -platform iphonesimulator -o /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/myApp/platforms/ios/build/emulator/HelloCordova.app/Info.plist
PhaseScriptExecution Copy\ www\ directory build/HelloCordova.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/HelloCordova.build/Script-304B58A110DAC018002A0835.sh
cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/myApp/platforms/ios
/bin/sh -c /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/myApp/platforms/ios/build/HelloCordova.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/HelloCordova.build/Script-304B58A110DAC018002A0835.sh
real 0m0.421s
user 0m0.088s
sys 0m0.107s
Touch build/emulator/HelloCordova.app
cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/myApp/platforms/ios
setenv PATH "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/usr/bin:/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin:/Users/foobazlabs/bin/Sencha/Cmd/3.1.2.342:/Users/foobazlabs/.rbenv/shims:/Users/foobazlabs/.rbenv/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin"
/usr/bin/touch -c /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/myApp/platforms/ios/build/emulator/HelloCordova.app
** BUILD SUCCEEDED **
2014-06-29 18:05:47.803 ios-sim[3854:707] stderrPath: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/myApp/platforms/ios/cordova/console.log
2014-06-29 18:05:47.804 ios-sim[3854:707] stdoutPath: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/myApp/platforms/ios/cordova/console.log
Session could not be started: Error Domain=DTiPhoneSimulatorErrorDomain Code=2 "Simulator session timed out." UserInfo=0x7fc3f2306b60 {NSLocalizedDescription=Simulator session timed out.}
Error: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/myApp/platforms/ios/cordova/run: Command failed with exit code 1
at ChildProcess.whenDone (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/superspawn.js:131:23)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:98:17)
at maybeClose (child_process.js:755:16)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:822:5)
ERROR: Unable to emulate app on platform ios. Please see console for more info.
Exiting.
OS - Mac OS X 10.8.5
npm version output
{ http_parser: '1.0',
node: '0.10.29',
v8: '3.14.5.9',
ares: '1.9.0-DEV',
uv: '0.10.27',
zlib: '1.2.3',
modules: '11',
openssl: '1.0.1h',
npm: '1.4.14',
'ionic-project': '1.0.0' }