I get this error when trying to run on iPhone 11 pro max - 13.2.2 simulator.
Launching lib/main.dart on iPhone 11 Pro Max in debug mode...

Running pod install...CocoaPods' 
output:
    ↳ [!] Invalid `Podfile` file: Operation not supported on socket @ rb_file_s_symlink -

(/Users/x/flutter/bin/cache/artifacts/engine, .symlinks/flutter).

from /Volumes/VMware Shared Folders/C/app/ios/Podfile:51

------------------------------------------- # symlink = File.join('.symlinks', 'flutter')

File.symlink(File.dirname(p[:path]), symlink)  #        pod 'Flutter', :path => File.join(symlink, File.basename(p[:path]))  #

/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.8.4/lib/cocoapods-core/podfile.rb:301:in rescue in block in from_ruby' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.8.4/lib/cocoapods-core/podfile.rb:295:in block in from_ruby' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.8.4/lib/cocoapods-core/podfile.rb:50:in instance_eval' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.8.4/lib/cocoapods-core/podfile.rb:50:in initialize' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.8.4/lib/cocoapods-core/podfile.rb:293:in new' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.8.4/lib/cocoapods-core/podfile.rb:293:in from_ruby' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.8.4/lib/cocoapods-core/podfile.rb:259:in from_file' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.8.4/lib/cocoapods/config.rb:200:in podfile' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.8.4/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:150:in verify_podfile_exists!' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.8.4/lib/cocoapods/command/install.rb:46:in run' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/claide-1.0.3/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in run' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.8.4/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:52:in run' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.8.4/bin/pod:55:in <top (required)>' /usr/local/bin/pod:23:in load' /usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `'
Error running pod install Error launching application on iPhone 11 Pro Max.

pod --version
1.8.4