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Re: Derived Data - delete or not


  • Subject: Re: Derived Data - delete or not
  • From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:22:30 -0800

On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:24:28 +0700, "Gerriet M. Denkmann" <email@hidden> said:
>~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData  contains lots of directories like:
>SomeAppOfMine-gfeyufrnisatgerpekpgvtsuqtbure.
>
>Altogether several Gigabytes.
>Many of these I will not use in the foreseeable future.
>
>Can I just delete this, or will this make the Xcode project unusable?
>Or is there anything in these directories which I rather should not discard?

You can and *should* delete the contents of DerivedData (with Xcode not running, of course). Not only does this save space on your computer, it also causes your projects to be re-indexed when you open them and thus can solve many, many mysterious misbehaviors, ranging from code completion not working to an inability to build for distribution. m.

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