*** BEWARE OF XCODE 13.3 (13E113) ***

Hi, I am writing this to WARN other developers about a problem that I have run into with Xcode 13.3 (13e113).

Ever since downloading this version, I have noticed that my apps have bloated in size. From 23mb to 55mb and above. After an investigation, I noticed that Xcode was duplicating project and other files. Such as [nameofproject] [nameofproject2], etc. Because of this, not only did my project get bloated, but when I try to delete some of the duplicate files (yes, I know what to delete and what NOT too) this would then allow Xcode to delete even MORE FILES each time I went into the project. There is nothing worse then going into a project that you've worked MONTHS on and seeing RED FILES inside the project (red files means not there).

So, I keep backups of all my apps. Restoring these backups cause the same problems.

This is a notice to all developers -> CHECK YOUR PROJECT FILES FROM THE FINDER so you don't experience this problem.

I would HOPE someone from Apple will see AND READ this and maybe even CONTACT ME so I can make DAMN sure this never happens again.

Thank you, Dan Uff

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  • I checked on several projects, never experienced the problem.

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  • Would you have any idea why this is happening to ME?

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Are you storing your project files in iCloud Drive maybe? And use Xcode also on another Mac? That may be the cause of duplicate files with suffix 2, iCloud not working 100% all of the time?

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  • Yes, I am storing the files locally and on iCloud. You may have just solved my problem, although I am using that as a backup for all my files.

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  • You may have just solved my problem. I never even thought of not having the projects backup to iCloud. Thank you.

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No idea, just hypothesis.

I've noticed that when I copy OTA some project form a Mac in MacOS 11.6 Xcode 13.2.1) to another Mac (MacOS 12.3 Xcode 13.3), one or 2 files are missing (red in file navigator and nothing in their folder). I have to reimport.

If I remember well this also occurred when I was using Xcode 13.2.1 on the MacOS 12.3 machine.

So maybe newer Xcode has an issue with some folder names ? I just noticed that the folder had an accented letter in its name (À )

You should probably file a bug report.

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Are you storing your project files in iCloud Drive maybe? And use Xcode also on another Mac? That may be the cause of duplicate files with suffix 2, iCloud not working 100% all of the time?

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  • Yes, I am storing the files locally and on iCloud. You may have just solved my problem, although I am using that as a backup for all my files.

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    CPSoftware

  • You may have just solved my problem. I never even thought of not having the projects backup to iCloud. Thank you.

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    CPSoftware
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