Setup Appium with real iOS devices on Mac OS X with Xcode 9.2 and iOS 11.2

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Steps to run Appium locally on real iOS (Xcode 9.2 and iOS 11.2)
//Assuming you have homebrew and npm already setup & a valid Apple developer account

//these set of commands need to be run from terminal
- brew install libimobiledevice --HEAD # install from HEAD to get important updates
- brew install carthage
- npm install -g ios-deploy
- brew install ios-webkit-debug-proxy
- npm install -g appium

//'Terminal: ' means to be run in terminal
Steps to start:
- Terminal: cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/WebDriverAgent/
- Terminal: ./Scripts/bootstrap.sh 
- Connect iOS Device to MAC
- On iOS device, go to Settings > Safari > Advanced > Web Inspector > Turn ON
- Now navigate to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/WebDriverAgent/ and open the project in Xcode (titled WebDriverAgent.xcodeproj)
- Add apple dev profile to all Targets
- Inside Xcode, perform Product > Clean
- Inside Xcode, perform Product > Build
- Terminal: ios_webkit_debug_proxy -c `idevice_id -l`:27753 # to ensure debug proxy listens to port 27753
- Terminal: appium
- Get the UDID from iTunes and add it to test script (capability: UDID)
- Run the test script (using any IDE or command line)