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Xcode Tutorial For Beginners

(UPDATED FOR XCODE 11)

by Chris Ching  Last updated September 30, 2019

This guide will demystify Xcode for you and teach you what you need to
know in order to start building apps!

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You’ll learn:

Where to download Xcode and how to set it up

The 5 main parts of the Xcode development environment and how to
navigate around
How to code and build your user interface with Xcode
How to use the iOS simulator to test your app

The Complete Xcode 11 Tutorial:

1. What is Xcode? (and what’s new in Xcode 11)

2. Download Xcode and install it
3. How to use Xcode
4. Find your les in the Navigator Area
5. Write code in the Editor Area
6. Build your user interface (Storyboards or SwiftUI)

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7. Con gure elements with the Utility Area

8. Run and build your project using the Toolbar
9. Test and x bugs with the Debug Console
10. Run your app using iOS Simulator (or your device)
11. Learn to code with Xcode Playgrounds
12. Submit your app with the Xcode Organizer
13. Conclusion

Chapter 1
What is Xcode?
(and what’s new in Xcode 11)

What is Xcode?

Xcode is an application that developers use to build apps for Apple’s various
platforms such as iPhone, iPad, Macs, AppleTV and Apple Watch.

Xcode Requirements

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Xcode is available for Macs only but there are alternative options for PC
users. I also often get asked if you can run Xcode on iPad and unfortunately
the answer is no.

It requires macOS 10.14.4 or later and 7.6 GB of hard drive space. If you
don’t meet the minimum requirements, you can try to update Xcode using
this method (at your own risk).

The latest version of Xcode is 11. If you want to check what version of
Xcode you currently have, just launch it and in the welcome screen, you’ll
see it clearly stated.

Xcode requirements

What’s new in Xcode 11?

Xcode 11 brings lots of new features such as support for Swift 5.1, Apple’s
latest iteration of the Swift programming language, SDKs for iOS 13, tvOS
13, watchOS 6 and macOS Catalina 10.15.

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However, if your Mac is too old to handle the systems requirements of

Xcode 11 and you’re just starting to learn iOS development, there’s no
problem with using an older version of Xcode just to learn.

Chapter 2
Download Xcode And Install It

The easiest way to download Xcode for free is through the Mac App Store.
Click the link to go to the listing.

You can also download it manually if you don’t have the Mac App Store. Just
visit the Apple Developer page for Xcode.

If you download it from the Mac App Store, then updating Xcode becomes
really easy since you can just download and install the update through the
store.

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Xcode 11 welcome screen

Each of those platforms has changed since their previous iteration and
Xcode 11 allows you to build apps to utilize these new features.

In terms of how Xcode itself has changed as an IDE (integrated

development environment), there are many new features to make it easier
for you to build software.

I’ve made a video going through all the changes below:

(Note: this is going to be most relevant for people who have used previous
versions of Xcode before. If you’re a beginner, I recommend that you skip
this section for now)

What's New in Xcode 11?

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Should you update to Xcode 11?

The biggest incentive to update is the ability to work with the latest version
of the Swift programming language as well as Apple’s new declarative UI
framework, SwiftUI.

Apple keeps a pretty tight leash on the App Store and over time, they raise
the requirements on apps that are published. Eventually, you will have to
update to Xcode 11 in order to build apps that use the latest versions of
iOS.

If your Mac is pretty new (2015+), there’s no disadvantage to updating and

working with the latest technology.

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Download the latest version of Xcode from the Mac App Store

Xcode Older Versions

If you’re looking for older versions of Xcode, check out this page. You can
download previous versions of Xcode as well as betas versions. You’re going
to have to sign up for a free Apple ID if you don’t have one because the
betas are only available for members of the Apple Developer Program.

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Download older versions of Xcode

Xcode on Windows

Unfortunately Xcode is only for Macs but if you’re using a PC, there are
alternative ways to run Xcode on Windows. Check out my guide for
options!

Xcode Alternatives

I highly recommend you use Xcode if at all possible. The reason is that when
Apple announces new changes (like they did this year with SwiftUI), they
build support for those new technologies directly into Xcode.

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AppCode IDE

Other third party IDEs have to play catch-up and it might not even be
guaranteed that they’ll roll out support for the new changes from Apple at
all!

Having said that, if you still want to check out some alternatives to building
iOS apps with Xcode, check out the following:

AppCode
Visual Studio Code
React Native
Flutter
Xamarin
PhoneGap
Appcelerator

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Chapter 3
How To Use Xcode

Xcode Tutorial for Beginners - (using the new Xcode 11)

Video walkthrough of the Xcode interface

I have an awesome cheatsheet that I created for

referencing all the keyboard shortcuts I use! It’ll come in
handy as you learn to use Xcode for yourself. You can
download the cheatsheet here.

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By the end of this chapter, you’ll have a great understanding of how to

navigate the development environment and how to create your rst Xcode
project.

Before we dive in, keep this Apple Documentation for Xcode handy.

Let’s now look at the diagram below. If your interface looks different, make
sure you have Xcode 11 and not an earlier version.

The reason this is a great diagram is because it lets me refer to these

different sections of the interface and you can refer back to this diagram to
see what I’m talking about!

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As you can see from the diagram, there are 5 major areas: the Navigator,
Editor, Utility Area, Toolbar and Debug Area. We’ll cover each area in detail
later but for now, let’s talk about general navigation of Xcode.

Keep in mind that you can adjust the size of each of those panes by hovering
your cursor over the boundaries of each area and dragging.

You can also show and hide the various areas as needed via the “View”
buttons in the upper right hand corner:

This can be helpful, for example, when you’re writing code and you don’t
need the debugger area or the utility area. Then you can use the View
buttons to hide those 2 panes to give your editor more visible space.

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Xcode editor area

Alright, let’s go through the Navigator area now!

Chapter 4
Find your files in the Navigator Area

In this pane, there are a bunch of different navigators that you can switch
between using the Navigator Selector Tab Bar (see screenshot below).

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Since there are so many (eight!), I’m only going to talk about the three most
common ones you’ll use as a beginner: the Project, Search and Issue
navigators.

The Xcode Project Navigator

The Project Navigator is where you’ll see all the les associated with your
project. This is the default tab you’ll see when you create a brand new
Xcode project.

Xcode Project Navigator

Organizing your les

Within the Project Navigator, you can also create Groups to organize your
les in. Think of them like folders. You can create a new Group and then
drag your les into them to organize your project a little bit.

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Creating new groups to organize your

Xcode project

Creating and adding new les

You can also right click on the Project Navigator and create new les or add
existing les to your project. Or you can drag folders or les from your
computer directly onto the Project Navigator and will popup a dialog asking
how you want to add the les.

Xcod
e new
le
dialo
g

Editing les

If you click on a le in the Project Navigator, it will display the contents of

that le in the Editor Area so that you can edit that le.

The Xcode Search Navigator

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With the search navigator tab, you can easily look for pieces of text in your
project.

Xcode Search Navigator

You’ll nd yourself using this a lot when you’re looking for a speci c
property, method or variable and you can’t remember exactly where it is.

One of my favorite Xcode shortcuts is cmd+shift+F. Hitting these keys is

going to switch to the Search Navigator to perform a project-wide search.
This really helps when you need to make a change in multiple places in a
project.

The Xcode Issue Navigator

The issue navigator shows you all the problems with your app.

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Xcode Issues Navigator

When you build and compile your application to test, if there are some
problems where Xcode can’t build your app, it will halt and show you the
red colored errors in the issue navigator. You can click on an error and it will
show you in the editor area which le and line it’s failing at.

It will also show yellow Warnings in the issue navigator. Although resolving
warnings is not necessary for building your app, they’re warnings that there
may be potential issues.

Similarly, when you’re building your user interface in Xcode, any errors will
also show itself in the Issue Navigator.

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The editor area is where we’ll probably be spending most of our time! This
is where all the coding, con guration and user interface building happens.

The Editor Area changes depending on what le you have selected.

If you have a Swift le selected, it’ll show you the code editor like below.
However, if you have a user interface le (like a Storyboard) selected, then
it’ll show you Interface Builder which is a visual editor for your user
interface. Later in this article, I’ll talk more about Interface Builder.

Let’s go through the Editor Area in the context of editing code les rst.

Writing Code

Click on a Swift le from the Project Navigator and you’ll see something like
this:

Xcod
e
code
editor
area
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area

If you want to show line numbers in the gutter to the left of the editor, you
can enable line numbers in the Xcode preferences. The Dark theme can also
be enabled in the preferences.

Aside from that, you write code in the big text editing area!

Let’s go through some handy tips to make your code writing experience
more enjoyable:

Navigation and Breadcrumb

There are these little back and forward arrows in the upper left corner of
the editor area. Unfortunately these arrows aren’t labeled in the trusty
Xcode interface diagram at the beginning of this article so I’ll call them
“Xcode back and forward arrows” and show you an image of them here:

Xcode
breadcrum
b and
navigation
bar

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These guys are actually pretty useful. They act like the back and forward
buttons on your browser and they let you navigate to previously viewed
les.

Another way to quickly get to the le you need is to use the Jump Bar. Click
any segment of the Breadcrumb and it’ll show you a menu of les or groups
that you can select at that hierarchy level.

The jump bar allows you to quickly drill down through your groups and nd
the le you need.

Click a
segment of
the
breadcrum
b to access
other les
and folders

If you click the tail segment of the jump bar (which is the current le you’re
looking at), it will open up a menu showing you all the methods in the le to
show give you an overview of what methods are in that le and to allow you
to jump to a speci c method.

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See an
outline
of the
le and
quickly
jump to
speci c
method
s or
sections

Finding and replacing within the le

Just hit Command-F to bring up a search popup in the upper right corner
that will look for whatever you type in within the current le. This is also a
great way to jump to various areas of your le. You can also use this popup
to do replacements within your le.

Jumping to de nitions

If you’re looking at some code and you see a classname that you want to
jump to the de nition of, you can hold down Command and click the
classname to quickly jump to that le.

Right
click a
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method
or class
to jump
to its
de nitio
n

The breakpoint gutter

A breakpoint is an Xcode debugging feature that lets you pause the

execution of code at a speci c line of code.

The breakpoint gutter (where the line numbers are) is where you can click
to set breakpoints at certain lines of code.

When you set a breakpoint, you’ll see a blue indicator appear. To turn off a
breakpoint, just click the blue indicator again and it will dim out.

Xcode
breakpoint
s

If you want to completely remove the breakpoint, you can click and drag the
blue indicator off of the breakpoint gutter.

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To view a list of all the breakpoints that are set in your project, there’s a
“breakpoint navigator” tab in the Navigator area.

There’s also a global toggle to turn breakpoints on or off at the top of the
editor area which we’ll see when we review the toolbar.

Don’t worry if you can’t remember everything right now. We’ll be working
with all of these areas and when you start coding, this will all become
second nature to you after a week.

Con guring Xcode project properties

The root node of the project navigator is your Xcode project le (indicated
by the blue icon). If you click that, the project properties will open in the
editor area.

Xcode
project
con guration
and
properties

You’ll visit the project properties screen quite a bit during the process of
building your app. In this screen, you can con gure things like:

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Set the name of your app

The bundle identi er (your unique ID for the app)
Allow your app to work on multiple device orientations
Set the version of your app
Set the minimum required iOS version that your app can be install on
Add additional Apple frameworks and libraries
Indicate your code signing options which are mandatory for
submitting your app to the App Store (if you have code signing errors,
this is where you’d x it!)
There’s a lot more!

Xcode 11 brings two different ways of building the user interface (UI) for
your app: Storyboards or SwiftUI.

When you create a new Xcode project, you’ll see a dropdown to choose one
of these two options:

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Xcode
new
project
select a
user
interfac
e option

Storyboards are interfaces built with visual drag and drop in the Editor
Area using Interface Builder.

Xcode
project
using
storyboard
s

SwiftUI was released in late September 2019 as a new way to build user
interfaces by writing code. Xcode 11 has a special Preview Canvas pane
that shows your user interface change in real time as you write the code to
modify your user interface.

Should you use Storyboards or SwiftUI?

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As a beginner, most of the tutorials you’ll nd on the internet right now will
based around Storyboards and UIKit since SwiftUI was just released. Most
of my tutorials are based on Storyboards because it was the easiest way for
beginners to grasp.

However, since Apple is moving forward with SwiftUI, it’s a better

investment for the future but at the present moment, you’ll be limited with
the amount of help and educational content you can nd on it. I’ve written a
SwiftUI tutorial so check that out if you want to move forward with that!

In this Xcode tutorial however, I’ll show you how to work with both options
inside the Xcode Editor Area.

How to use Storyboards and Interface Builder

If you chose Storyboards as your UI building option when you created the
Xcode project, then your project will have a le called Main.Storyboard.

Click this le and the Editor Area will change to the visual UI designer
known as Interface Builder.

Interfac
e
Builder
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The Object Library

The Object Library is a pane where you can search for user interface
elements from UIKit. These elements are things like buttons, sliders, labels
and text elds.

You can drag and drop them onto the view but in order to size and position
them, you need to use the Auto Layout system.

Adding Auto Layout constraints

Auto Layout is a system to arrange and size the elements on the view based
on what rules (known as “Constraints”) you add to the elements.

For example, you might add a constraint saying that an element should be
20pt below the element above it. I have an introduction video to the Xcode
Auto Layout system here:

Auto Layout Tutorial (2020) - Lesson 2

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With enough constraints in place, the Auto Layout system has enough
information to lay out the user interface. However, having too many
constraints may result in con icts where two or more constraints have
opposing demands. In this case, Xcode will notify you of the error and you’ll
have to x it.

To add constraints, use these buttons in the lower right corner of Interface
Builder:

Adding
Auto
Layout
constraint
s in Xcode

The Document Outline

The Document Outline is the skinny panel in between the Navigator Area
and Editor Area. It only shows up when you’re looking at an Interface

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Builder le like the Storyboard.

It’s a very important pane because it shows you the visual hierarchy of all
the elements that you’ve added to the view. It also lists all of the Auto
Layout constraints you’ve added.

Documen
t outline
shows the
elements
in your
view

The visibility of the Document Outline can also be to toggled with this small
button in the lower left corner of Interface Builder:

This tiny
button
toggles
the
visibility
of the
document
outline

Assistant Editor
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The Assistant Editor view which will show you the accompanying le to the
le you’re currently looking at. It looks like a two pane view.

If you’re working with Storyboards, the Assistant Editor will be helpful for
connecting user interface elements from the Storyboard view to the code
le so that you can manipulate those elements via code.

For example, if you’re looking at a view in the Storyboard, the right pane
will show you the linked class le for that view. Each pane also has
independent jump bars, so you can also use that to change what le each
pane is displaying.

The
Assistant
Editor is
useful for
connecting
elements
in your
storyboar
d to your
code

To open the Assistant Editor, you can go into the Editor menu and choose
Assistant.

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Open
the
Assistan
t Editor

For more practice using Storyboards, check out my beginner series on

YouTube.

How to use SwiftUI and the Preview Canvas

If you created your Xcode project choosing SwiftUI for your user interface
option then you won’t get a Main.Storyboard le but you’ll see a
ContentView.swift le instead. This le is where you’ll build your rst
SwiftUI user interface.

The
ContentView.swif
t is where your UI
code is

The Preview Canvas

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The canvas is a pane beside your code editor where you’ll see a live preview
of your user interface.

The
Xcode
SwiftUI
Previe
w
Canvas

If you don’t see it, go to the Editor menu and select Canvas. Note that it
needs at least macOS 10.15 to run. If you don’t have that, then you can still
launch your app in the iOS Simulator to see the UI of your app.

Show the canvas pane in the Editor Area if it’s hidden

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Using the Object Library for SwiftUI

The Object Library shows you a list of SwiftUI elements you can add to your
UI. You can search for what you need and then drag and drop it into the
code editor and it’ll generate the code for you.

The SwiftUI Object Library

We’re not going to dive deeper into how to build UIs with SwiftUI since it’s
a lot of code writing and this is a tutorial for how to use Xcode. If you’re
interested in learning how to use SwiftUI, check out my SwiftUI tutorials on
YouTube.

SwiftUI Basics for Beginners (2020)

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g ( )

The Xcode utility area as a variety of Inspectors to view details about the
le, element or piece of code that you’re looking at.

In this chapter, we’ll go through a few scenarios of how you’ll use the
various inspectors.

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Xcod
e
Utility
Area

The File Inspector

The File Inspector is the rst tab in the Utility Area and it shows details
about the current highlighted le in the File Navigator.

Information such as the physical location of where the le is on your hard

drive and other le properties:

The le inspector

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The Quick Help Inspector

The Quick Help Inspector shows you documentation about the method,
class or keyword that your typing cursor is currently on.

This is very useful because you don’t have to launch the developer
documentation if you’re looking for some quick information about how to
use that piece of code.

The quick help inspector

Suf ce to say, this inspector will draw a blank unless your typing cursor is in
the code editor over a valid method, class or keyword.

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The Attributes Inspector and Size Inspector

These inspectors will only show up as tabs in the Utility Area when you’ve
selected a user interface element in the Storyboard.

These two inspectors allow you to customize the element.

The Attributes Inspector

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The Size Inspector

We’ve talked about some of the buttons on this tool bar already. Let’s start
from the left.

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The
Xcode
Toolba
r

Building and running your Xcode project

The left-most button is the run button. This will build and run your
application and launch your app in the iOS Simulator. The button beside it
will stop the execution of your application and return you to Xcode.

If you click and hold down the Run button, you’ll get more options to run
your app:

Build and run your project

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Test to run your unit tests if you have them in your project.

Pro le to measure various aspects of your application such as

performance, memory usage and more.

Analyze to let Xcode analyze your code and check for potential leaks or bad
practices.

Selecting an iOS Simulator to test your app on

The dropdown beside the Stop button indicates which build target you
want to run (your can run an Apple Watch target too) and you can also
choose if you want to run it under the iPhone or iPad simulators (or
different version if you have them installed). The selection “iOS device” is to
run your app on your device if you have it plugged in and properly
provisioned (which needs a whole tutorial in itself!).

Choose a
target
simulato
r to run
your app
on

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The Xcode Status Bar

The status bar will show you what Xcode is currently doing. You’ll also see
little indicators for errors and warnings if they exist in your project.

Xcod
e
statu
s bar

The Object Library and hiding/showing panes

And nally in the far right side of the toolbar, we have the Library button
(which we’ve talked about in the user interface section of this guide), Code
Review button (used to review code changes if you’re using source control)
and buttons to toggle various panels on or off.

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The debug area will show you console output and the state of various
variables when you run your application.

You’ll be using this a lot while debugging your code and trying to gure out
why things aren’t working out the way you expect them to!

If you’d like to learn how to debug your code using Xcode debugger tools,
check out my video tutorial here:

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Xcode 11 comes bundled with a wonderful iOS Simulator for you to test
your application on.

In fact, you can use the iOS simulator for most of your development and
then nd a device to test on when you’re nearly done.

You’ll nd simulators for all of the latest Apple Devices.

The iOS
Simulato
r that
comes
with
Xcode

You can actually do a lot with the Xcode simulator including:

Device rotation
Simulating various GPS coordinates
Device shake
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Simulating low memory scenarios

If you want to test various network or low bandwidth conditions, there’s a

tool called Charles Proxy that works brilliantly. I’ve written a Charles Proxy
Tutorial that you can read.

How do you install an app on an iOS device?

I have a detailed guide on how to deploy your app on an iOS device.

4 steps to install your app on a device:

1. When you’re ready to test on a real device, you can simply plug it in
via USB.

2. You’ll see a prompt on your phone asking if you want to trust this
computer. Tap on “Yes”.

3. Xcode will ask if you want to use this device for development. Tap on
“Yes”.

4. Then you’ll see your device in the list of devices you can deploy your
app on (it’ll sit above all the simulators)

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Deployin
g your
app on
your
device

An Xcode Playground is a light weight editor for you to try out some code.
It’s not a full- edged Xcode project and it isn’t intended to be used for
building an app.

An Xcode
playgroun
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Playgrounds are great as a teaching tool, learning tool or for

experimentation.

Note: There’s also an educational iPad app that Apple released called “Swift
Playgrounds“. Don’t confuse that with what we’re talking about here.

To create a new Xcode Playground, go up to the menu File, New, then

Playground.

Start a new
Xcode
playgroun
d

For more information on how to use Xcode Playgrounds, check out this
WWDC video.

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If you go up to the Window menu, you’ll nd a menu item called

“Organizer“.

Opening the Xcode Organizer

This brings up a separate window where you can do various activities

related to your app in the App Store. We’ll go through these various
activities in this chapter.

The
Xcode
Organize
r

Archives

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An archive is what Xcode calls a build of your app. When you’re ready to
submit your app to the App Store, you create an archive which is all of your
code and resource les into one neat little bundle.

All of your archives are listed in the Archives section of the Organizer.

Selecting one of your archives will give you an option to do various things
with it, including sending it to the App Store. Check out my guide on how to
submit your app using App Store Connect when you’re ready.

Crashes, Energy, Metrics

These three sections in the Organizer will show you various metrics
collected from your app being used by real users.

This information is really valuable to use for improving your app in regards
to making it more robust (less crashing) and more ef cient (using less
resources)

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Colin Karr

Thanks. Great Tutorial.

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Ricardo

Excellent tutorial!

By going through it, I did get acquainted with the general concepts and workings of XCode
11.

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Torie Monteros

Oh man did you hear the announcement from Apple? New Airpod Pro! I’m de nitely going to
pick some up for my iPhone.

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Avinash Kumar

Great explanation,
thanks for sharing such informative and valuable blog post so keep posting.

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Elanie

Hi Chris!!

Thanks for your all your efforts with keeping us up to date with the latest! I really appreciate
it!
I have recently updated my Xcode to 11, and I am also learning Xcode so please bear with
me. I am creating the WarUI game on Xcode 11, and after updating my Mac software last
night 15 Oct, Xcode 11 tells me that my “File is not under source control” Where can I nd
it??

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Elanie

this is the message I get: Build input le cannot be found:

‘/Users/elanie/Desktop/WARUI/WARUI/ViewController.swift’

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Bri

Trying to follow along on your youtube channel. Just created the project and cannot located
main.storyboard. I see AppDelegate.swift, SceneDelegate.swift, ContectView.swift, Assests,
Launchscreen and Info….

Did I miss something? Mahalo.

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Chris C

Hey Bri, I’ve recorded a short video to show you the solution! Please watch it here:
https://cl.ly/eb4c7e72e2ea

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tutorial

Hello, i think that i saw you visited my weblog so i

got here to go back the choose?.I’m attempting to
in nding things to improve my site!I suppose its adequate to
make use of some of your concepts!!

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ErnestPH

Thanks I am trying to code my rst app. A radio app. Hopefully, it will be successful!

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Jim Valenzano

Chris, I am new to this Xcode stuff and I have searched and searched for the answer I hope
you can help. can you tell me the code that will allow me to incorporate the phone ringer in
my app? example : I receive a phone call and my app now does something at that time like
plays an audio le…. Thanks in advance

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Chris Ching

Hey Jim, unfortunately I don’t think it’s possible to do this type of functionality!

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bhavdip bambhroliya

Hello chris.. rst i would like to thank you for this your job.. and i have starting my profession
in ios by your tutorial. i like it.. but i want to see someone simple online apps by using parse
database and i do not know that how to create parse database. so can you help me?

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raymond trott

Hi Chris, you have been asked this many times already, but do you have a quick resorce guide
pdf that i can reference to? download and have easy access?

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Aum InfoTech

Chirs, Do you have PDF of these les. Please mail me [email protected]

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Aum InfoTech

Nice Guide…

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Jeffry Tambari

Nice article

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SAM LUX

Hi chris, can you help me please i get the following issue with calling my method :

My Code of TestAppViewController.m :

#import “TestAppViewController.h”

@interface TestAppViewController ()

@end

@implementation TestAppViewController

– (void)viewDidLoad
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[super viewDidLoad];

// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

– (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning

[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];

// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.

– (IBAction)btnBerechne:(id)sender {

double zahl1= [_txtLabel1.text doubleValue];

double zahl2= [_txtLabel3.text doubleValue];

NSString *zeichen=_txtLabel2.text;

//HERE IS THE MISTAKE IT SAYS: Use of undeclared identi er ‘plusA’

double ergebnis=[plusA:zahl1 plusB:zahl2];

NSString *ergebnisString= [[NSString alloc]initWithFormat:@”%.2f”,ergebnis];

_txtLabel4.text=ergebnisString;

//Alle Felder leeren

– (IBAction)btnLeere:(id)sender {

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_txtLabel1.text=@””;

_txtLabel2.text=@””;

_txtLabel3.text=@””;

_txtLabel4.text=@””;

//Tastatur ausblenden bei return

-(IBAction)removeKeyboard

[self.txtLabel1 resignFirstResponder];

[self.txtLabel2 resignFirstResponder];

[self.txtLabel3 resignFirstResponder];

[self.txtLabel4 resignFirstResponder];

-(double)plusA:(double)a plusB:(double)b{

return a+b;

-(double)minusA:(double)a minusB:(double)b{

return a+b;

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-(double)durchA:(double)a durchB:(double)b{

return a+b;

-(double)malA:(double)a malB:(double)b{

return a+b;

Lokendra Surya

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Chris Ching

Hello!

You were really close! Since that method is an instance method of this class, you need to
reference “self”. So it’ll be like this:

double ergebnis = [self plusA:zahl1 plusB:zahl2];

You’re calling the plusA:plusB method of “self” (as in THIS class)

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EconomicExile

Well written and easy to understand (so far) for a novice, good job, thanks

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Lokendra Surya

hi Chris,
I am trying to implement facebook button on xcode. so when i run the programme with
initially state logged out perfectly, but when it is already logged in it creates problems. How
can i make sure it works perfectaly??

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Pranav Suby

Good tutorial, but for some reason, I can’t see the top of the screen when I try the demo. Do
you know why?

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Chris Ching

Hey Pranav,

Maybe the simulator is too large? Try a different zoom level. You can see how to change
the zoom level here: https://codewithchris.com/xcode-errors/#simulator under “My
Simulator Looks Different”

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John

Just one little grammatical change under xCode Organizer -> Devices section. You said
“….devices tab that I can list them all” and I think you mean “….devices tab that I can’t list
them all”. Otherwise I think the tutorial is fantastic thus far!!

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Chris Ching

Thanks for catching that! Fixed it!

A couple of letters changed the whole meaning

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Pranav Suby

This was a great guide! One thing though, when I click the run button, it only shows the
bottom of the screen. Do you think you could help?

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Zion Quest

Very informative. Thank you.

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Abood Imtair

really good thanks chris keep it up bro (Y)

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marrwannabil12

can i use the Xcode in windows 7

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Chris Ching

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Hello! Unfortunately not

You’ll need a Mac, however, some PC users have emulated OSX using VMWare or
you can also use a service called macincloud to rent a mac computer on the cloud
for development.

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Lalitha Syamaleswari

good one…

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Andy C.

Just found your tutorial today, enjoying so far. Thanks.

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Chris Ching

Thanks for reading my tutorials Andy!

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Riz

Glad i came across this looking forward to more

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Chris Ching

Thanks Riz! Let me know if you have any questions!

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Nirali

Really Very interesting .. Thanks a lot for all this materials….

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Chris Ching

Thanks for reading and sharing Nirali!

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Guest

Nirali
Thank u really very helpful tutorial

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Jia Shi

Hi Chris, I wonder how can i create a new method under a class in x-code 5? Can u help me?

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Chris Ching

Hey Jia Shi, in this article I show you how to declare methods in classes:
https://codewithchris.com/how-to-make-iphone-apps-object-oriented-programming-
and-classes/

Also try the videos from the link at the top of the site: “Start here”.

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Thanks!

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Jia Shi

Thank you! =)

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Nishant

Hi Chris,
I want to learn how to develop iphone apps. i am fresher in this, so can you give me some
more information about xcode. how to create a design in xcode.
Thanks

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Chris Ching

Hey Nishant, please click “Start Here” from the top of the site!

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Ricky Starling

hi Chris,
I’m trying to create a button that links one page to another on xcode 5. Basically like a
normal weblink but for xcode. I am completely new to this…any help is appreciated.

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Hi Chris, thank you for sharing this professional tutorial.

Nearby, I have found your tutorial, when I was looking for a hint to where the nice
popup for ltering objects by sections (formerly placed nearby the objects tab in Xcode 4) is
gone in Xcode 5?

Does anyone know?

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Chris Ching

Hmm.. i think they might’ve removed it in 5!

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sankar ram

Hi chris It is nice to see your tutorial I have tried all the option of organizer that you have
given here, I Did’t know how to take a Screenshot of Xcode editor please help me in this!

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Chris Ching

Hello, you’re trying to take a screenshot of your screen? You can press command+shift+3
and a screenshot will be taken. It’ll be placed on your desktop

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sankar ram

hai chris thanks for your reply I tried it ! ya it create a snapshot ,now I want to creeate a
app for streaming a Audio using RTSP from device and it recieved at the client end like
Mac pc where we developing an app you have any tutorial for this!

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Chris Ching

Sorry i don’t but will let you know in the future if i do!

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Suriya Kumar

Hi! Do you have the tutorials for the various app templates such as single view or master
detail app version??

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Chris Ching

Hey Suriya, not at the moment, but thanks for that suggestion! I’ll follow up with you if i
do it in the future!

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Franz Margareth Suela Cruz

wow thank you for the tutorial im glad that i found complete tutorial for beginners ^_^

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Chris Ching

Glad you enjoyed it Franz Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!

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jefriiyer s

thanks dude.. this is very interesting….

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Chris Ching

Thanks for reading!

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Fakhra

Excellent work! Thanks.

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karthik

Is it possible to earn money through xcode ?

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David

Motivating Tutorial.
Thanks for making the App development not that intimidating after all.

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Chris Ching

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Thanks David. Please let me know if you have any questions!

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Nejc Perme

How can I programming. I don’t know the commands

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Chris Ching

Hey Nejc, I want to introduce the syntax (commands) little by little. Is that a good way for
you to learn, in your opinion? Instead of trying to learn all the commands at once before
doing any practice. I appreciate your feedback! Thanks

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Aparna

Excellent Chris!!! Explanation is too good!!

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Chris Ching

Thanks for reading, Aparna!

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Joe A

Hi Chris,
I’m very new to Mac and app development. I’m not very savvy at all when it comes to code

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but this article is amazing. The clarity and detail is perfect. Thank you.

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Chris Ching

Hey Joe,

Thank you for your support and comment! I love hearing that readers are learning the
material!

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rashu

Hi Chris

Thank you for this wonderful website…

i am new to programming and it helped me a lot…
I was wondering if i could get some more information like dealing with tables and images….
so that i could become a full edged ios programmer….
Are there any books on xcode 5 in the market or any links (for free!!!) which could help me …
Thanks!!!!!!

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Chris Ching

Hey Rashu, thanks for your comment. There are actually a lot of UITableView tutorials out
there! I was in the process of writing one but haven’t done so yet.
There are some new Xcode5/iOS7 digital books over at Ray Wenderlich’s site that you
can purchase.
For free, you can search for “UITableView tutorial” or “UIImageView tutorial” and there
should be plenty of resources!
Hope that helps!
Chris
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ANAND

very usefull

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Chris Ching

Thanks for reading, Anand!

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Anand

Any changes for X-Code 5 storyboard???

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Chris Ching

Basics of storyboards still work the same way!

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Rose

Chris,
Thank you for the Tutorial. I am totally new to the mobile app development environment. I
am on Microsoft Window platform. Do I have to have Mac in order to develop the iPhone
and iPad apps?

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Chris Ching

Hello Rose, unfortunately you do, but some people have had success using a virtualization
program like vmware to run OSX on their PC and have been able to install Xcode and
build iOS apps. The cheapest mac you can get is probably a used Mac Mini for $300 or so.
In order to run Xcode 5, you’ll need Mountain Lion (OSX 10.8). There are also ways to
code up the app in C# or Javascript/HTML and cross compile it into iOS apps, but you
won’t be learning Objective-C and Xcode in that case Just Google that if you’re
interested! Hope that helps!

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Basavakumar

nice article

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Basavakumar

nice article. easily understanding ios 7

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Chris Ching

Thanks for reading, Basavakumar!

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gopinath

hey chris i am using windows 7, do you know any xcode tool for windows 7 so that i can do all
my coding and practise in windows7.
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thanks in advance dude

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Chris Ching

Hello gopinath, unfortunately I’m not aware of this! Sorry i can’t be of more help.

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siva

Thanks for article ..

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Chris Ching

Thanks for reading Siva!

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Linda

do you tutor as well? please email me if you do.. i am looking for a tutor to help me
understand app developing more in depth.. Thank you

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Chris Ching

Hello Linda, at this time i’m not doing any 1-on-1 tutoring, however, i am working on
a paid course where members will have some more personalized help. Let me know
if you’d like me to contact you when that’s ready!

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Chinthaka De Silva

Great article . Most wanted for beginners explained nicely . Thanks

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Chris Ching

Thanks for reading!

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Harikumar

Its really very useful. Well written @ Chris.

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Chris Ching

Thanks for reading!

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lcondado

thanks

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karthikeyan

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Wonderful…

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Chris Ching

Thanks for reading Karthi!

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Melody

I tried to download XCode for my MAC and it says that I need MAC OS X version 10.7.4 or
later is required. I am very new to MAC and don’t know what to do. Can I upgrade my MAC
to new the latest version and where can I upgrade?

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Chris Ching

Hey Melody, which version of OSX do you have? Do you have the Mac App Store? If so,
you can upgrade to the latest OSX version through there but i think it costs $20 to
upgrade. Hope that helps!

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Nils Stritzel

You made my day!

“What you might not realize is that you can click the small magnifying glass icon to show
additional search options!”
I had a hard time nding this

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Chris Ching

Glad i could help Nils and thanks for reading!

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Yahya Al-shaar

Thanks very much for your effort

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Aster Veigas

Amazing article the effort you put in to make this article will de nitely help a lot of
people.Keep it up!!

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Lorne

Great tutorial so far. I love how it starts with the basics, and I’m looking forward to the next
part. Great job!

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fakhrulzakry

thank you so much chris ! i hope you can help how to use the storyboard and the xib. im very
confusing about both of it. and hope you can teach how to pass value from rst view
controller to next view controller if using storyboard. Thank you…. you have a great tutorial!

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Narendra

Excellent

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Reshma

Followed all your parts. Eagerly waiting for part 5.

Thank you again. Is there a date for part 5 release?

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Nathaniel

This is absolutely fantastic write-up! Such great detail!! Thanks Mr. Chris for this All I need
now is a mac of my own instead of a VM!

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