XCode is a suite of development tools (including an IDE of the same name) from Apple primarily for developing for its Cocoa environment. Questions about XCode should be limited to installation, basic usage/configuration, and troubleshooting.

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SDL 2.0 iOS Xcode and iAd or GameCenter [closed]

I'm developing an iOS app using SDL 2.0's newest snapshot from http://hg.libsdl.org/. In my main function I have implemented an animation callback function similar to what's below. In order to add iAd ...
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Edit Xcode project on multiple devices simultaneously

I am working on a joint Xcode project (and plan to work on more in the future), and I am looking for a program that allows multiple devices or computers to edit the project simultaneously, like on ...
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iOS simulator autolaunches after start up on OSX

The iOS simulator is automatically launching when I startup my computer. Anyone know how to change the settings so it doesn't do that? I've checked preferences in the simulator and xcode and ...
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Does the xCode version have to be compatible with iOS SDK?

I'm a newbie to Mac series product and I don't know if the iPad iOS version is 5.1., can I install higher xCode version? Check out the version history table The version history table looks like ...
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How can I prevent my iPhone from ever connecting / showing in Xcode?

I don't currently use my iPhone for development. If I open Xcode while it is charging, I cannot access Xcode's GUI until the iPhone (4S in my case) shows in Organizer/Devices panel. I took a peek at ...
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Issues installing .pkg file on OS X

I'm having a real hard time installing an app I made for Mac. I created the package with Xcode 4.6.1 on OS X 10.8. I can run the .pkg fine on 10.8. The deployment target was set to OS X 10.7. However, ...
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Xcode 4.6.1 on Mac is very slow. It uses 500% CPU and 5G ram

My xcode uses 5G ram on my computer (mac os 10.7.5). My mac has 2.7 GHz Interl Core i7 processor, I have 8G memory. If I open my xcode, I can not do anything. What is wrong with this xcode? ...
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Aptana Studio 3/Xcode 4.6 C Compiler for Mac

I have been looking all around the internet for an easier way for me to start C programming with the gcc module for Mac. Due to my fondness of Aptana Studio, I decided to see if their was a compiler ...
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Whats the fastest way to install XCode on a virtual machine where the host already has XCode?

I have a macbook pro with XCode and VMWare running on it. I've created a mac VM on that machine, and would like to install XCode. Downloading via the store takes forever, I was hoping I could avoid ...
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Packaging Xcode 4.6 with packagemaker

I am trying to package the Xcode.app itself for deployment but when using packagemaker it will crash while loading contents each time and I can never build it. My environment is Xcode 4.6, OS 10.8.2 ...
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Git Install only command line tools

I need to install git and command line development tools as 'make' or 'cc' to install rbenv and Ruby. Is 'Command Line Tools' package enough ? I do not want to install XCode if is not necessary.
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Xcode Installation Fatally Crashed My Mac

I borrowed a macbook with mountian lion today and I put a dmg of xcode on a flash drive and tried to install it but it crashed the mac and the mac WILL NOT load. It always goes to the crash screen ...
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F6 toggles brightness level in xcode instead of stepping

I'm using xcode on a macbook. I want to debug my code. When I press F6 to step over, it increases brightness in combinaison with F5 which decreases it. I have to press FN+F6 to properly step. How can ...
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XCode equivalent of Visual Studio clipboard ring?

In Visual Studio there is a clipboard ring and you can CTRL + SHIFT + V to cycle through the last 15 strings to be cut or copied. Is there an equivalent in XCode? Google seems to say no but ...
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How could I stop power going to USB Ports without stopping data transfer on a Mac?

I have an iPod touch and I am fed up with it top-up charging when it is plugged into Xcode. Is there any way that I could stop the power output through USB without stopping the data flow? Thanks in ...
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Keep the iPhone Simulator in the background while running tests in Xcode?

The iPhone Simulator annoyingly pops up when I run tests in Xcode and interrupts my work flow. This is especially annoying if I'm in fullscreen mode. I want it to open and stay in the background. If ...
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Can't type anything in xcode. Unknown plugin is installed

I'm using Xcode on a system that belonged to a former employe and I can't type. There's a weird rectangle text cursor blinking and a blank line at the bottom that responds to my key strokes in a weird ...
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How to restore version control in XCode?

I have just recently backed-up my XCode C++ project on my pendrive, using rsync -avu Since then, the version control for my project is lost (grayed-out) on every files, I can modify the files and ...
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“New Screenshot” button is disabled in Xcode Organizer

I have connected my iPhone to my Mac. When I open Xcode Organizer, the New Screenshot button is disabled. Any idea why? Xcode Version 4.3.2 iOS 6.0.1 P.S: I posted this in apple.stackexchange but ...
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macport selfupdate not working

macbookpro:~ eistrati$ port -v MacPorts 2.1.2 macbookpro:~ eistrati$ xcodebuild -version Xcode 4.5.2 Build version 4G2008a macbookpro:~ eistrati$ sudo port -d selfupdate DEBUG: Copying ...
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how to compile VTK on Mac Air

I am trying to compile VTK on a Mac after successfully doing so on Linux. I am using CMake 2.8.9 and for a long time I had a problem where it couldn't find jni.h. If anyone else has the problem, the ...
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Is it possible to open someone's Xcode snapshot in my Xcode?

My boss sent me a Xcode Snapshot of the project that he is working on, but I don't know how to open it and I am not sure if it's possible to open it. Can someone teach me?
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GoogleTest C++ Framework Incompatible With XCode 4.5.2 and OSX 10.8.2

I am trying to follow the instructions mentioned here for setting up Google's C++ framework in XCode Version 4.5.2 (4G2008a). First, I got "The run destination My Mac 64-bit is not valid for Running ...
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cxfreeze installation : error: command 'gcc-4.2' failed with exit status 1

Installed XCODE 4.5.1 in my Mac machine(mac osx lion 10.7 version). Installed python 3.2.2 and pyqt4. When i tried to install cx_Freeze 4.2.3, installation error occurred with gcc4.2 failure. If ...
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GCC error could not create c++ files during pyqt4 install in osx lion using xcode 4.5.1

Intel mac osx lion 10.7. Installed xcode 4.5.1 version and also installed command line tools from xcode preferences. Could not install python 3.2.x from its source code since i wanted to create so ...
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Unable to install Xcode due to OSX version conflict, but version is sufficient

this is my first post on superuser though I hang out on Stackoverflow a fair amount. Disclaimer, I'm an OSX noob. Anyway, this one has me stumped. When I go to the Apple Store and attempt to ...
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Verifying permissions on OSX

Last week i was having trouble installing homebrew onto a new mac running mountain lion, i tried adding command line tools for xcode and installing X11 aswell as following a load of other things i ...
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rails didnt install correclty, specificly the uninstaller

ive just installed rails using railsinstaller.org for osx, rails and ruby seem to be working ok (checked by running rails -v, ruby --version and ruby --help). But when it installed i got an error ...
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access Windows shared folder with Xcode

I am developing some multiplatform software and have to develop, build and test on both, Windows and OS X. Very often I am in the situation that I have made some changes on one OS, that almost ...
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How do I choose the xcode project name and path when creating it with automator?

I would like to have a workflow that created an xcode project.I would be able to choose all the settings of the project like the language used, the name and the path of the project, like when I do it ...
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Cmd+Less Than (10.8.2) not working after Xcode (4.5.x) installed

I had to reinstall my MBP recently. I stress Cmd+Less Than a lot for switching between Xcode's main window and the Organizer for documentation. The standard OSX-shortcut for doing that is Cmd + Less ...
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OS X Mountain Lion Crashes When Installs Xcode

So I just recently upgraded to Mountain Lion and so I needed to upgrade Xcode to the newest version. Well everything was going fine during the download but then about 1 minute after it started ...
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svn server and svn with xcode?

I have 4 iMac in local network and want to make one of these as svn server and other to use svn using Xcode . What i need to do this ? How can make iMac as svn server? How can reach repository throw ...
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Mac OS X Lion - Xcode components simulator location

When we downloaded Xcode 4.5.1, to test applications in older simulators we installed it from Settings->Downloads->Components Now there is Xcode 4.5.2 available. Again we need to download ...
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MBP becomes very hot after using Xcode

Hardware: MBP early 2011 version OS: Mountain lion App: Xcode 4.5.2 Problem: Every time when I start Xcode, 2 or 3 processes called "git" start running. But when I quit Xcode the "git" process ...
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Why does Homebrew seem to require a /Developer folder with the Snow Leopard SDK?

I've had Xcode for a while (since Snow Leopard), and I installed Homebrew relatively recently (I currently have version 0.9.3). After an update to Xcode that recommended running an ...
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Disable magic mouse back-forward gesture only in XCODE

Is it possible to disable magic mouse back-forward gesture only in XCODE? While in browser it is fine, in XCODE it just totaly unwanted feature for me.
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Error installing scipy on Mountain Lion with Xcode 4.5.1

Environment: Mountain Lion 10.8.2, Xcode 4.5.1 command line tools, Python 2.7.3, virtualenv 1.8.2 and numpy 1.6.2 When installing scipy with pip install -e ...
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Would replacing my Mac Mini's HDD with SSD speed it up for ios development?

I do iOS programming using XCode and of course the iPhone Simulator, I am using a 2009 Mac Mini (upgraded to 8GB RAM) While it is not super slow, if I create a blank project, then compile and run it ...
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xcode 4.5 not supporting in mac os x 10.7.3

I have updated the xcode 4.3.2 to 4.5 . I have mac version 10.7.3. dmg file which i have downloaded is not recognized by the mac . So I have to update the mac version also so from which version mac ...
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Can I use a different version of gcc inside Xcode?

I installed gcc4.7 from MacPorts and I would like to use it inside Xcode (4.5). Is there a way to achieve this setup? Thanks
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How can I change the apple ID that xcode uses to update?

A colleague of mine installed xCode on my Mac using his AppleId, and now AppStore asks for his ID in order to update it. I read the ...
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jailbroken iPhone 4s (iOS5.1) and then upgrade iOS6 from Apple site [closed]

I've jailbroken my iPhone 4s (iOS5.1) and then upgrade iOS6 from official Apple site / app store. What does that mean? Would it pose problems with provisioning profile? I'm having problems with ...
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Uitextview used large amount of memory

UITextview takes lots of memory i had added uitextview directly on uiviewcontroller using xib When i run app & checked into instrument it take lot of memory how i stop uitextview from taking ...
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Can or should I ignore RestKit.xcodeproj on Xcode project?

I have an xCode project with RestKit Submodule in it. I found that the RestKit content is shown as modified in git. checking out the RestKit 'git status' I saw that: modified: ...
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Error when launching PackageMaker (Xcode 4): “PackageMaker cannot be opened…”

When I try to launch PackageMaker.app, it immediately crashes with the error: PackageMaker cannot be opened because of a problem. Specs: Xcode 4 Mac OS X 10.8.1 Mountain Lion MacBook Pro I've ...
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Homebrew requires something uninstall-developer-folder removes

I was having trouble installing irssi (brew install irssi), so I ran brew doctor, which returned a warning mentioning an outdated copy of Xcode and saying I should run ...
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Unit testing in IOS using OCUnit? [closed]

Need to do unit testing (Application testing) using OCUint. If anyone knows, can you guid me?
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How do I disable Xcode animations?

I hope this is the right place to ask this... I want to get animations disabled for: Hide/Show toolbar Hide/Show tab bar Activate Console : Shift + Cmd + c Show Debug Area : Shift + Cmd + y ...
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Which video format should I use with Media Player? xcode

I want to reduce my video's byte,so which video format should I use with Media Player? Thanks.

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