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Xcode 4 Crashes frequently

I just downloaded XCode 4 on my Mac Air running Snow Leopard. It crashes all the time! I believe I can recreate the issue most every time by following these steps:

  • Hold Option key and click on an Object/Method etc. to open documentation. I am presented with a login screen to enter my Apple Dev Credentials but an error dialog appears.

  • Click 'Continue' I get the documentation

  • Debug application A dialog appears telling my XCode has crashed.. Game over

This is happening on my Mac i5 as well as my Mac Air. It crashes frequently enough that it is almost unusable. Is there a workaround that anyone has found?

Holy cow.. how did this ship? :)

Thanks!

Solution

  • I got it resolved! So as it turns out the documentation is not installed by default when doing a clean install of XCode4. So I installed it locally and my issues went away. Heres what I did:

    • Go to Xcode preferences
    • Click "Downloads"
    • Click the "Documentation" tab
    • Install the Documentation (I just installed it all)
    • Restart xcode (I noticed the documentation would not open till I did this)

    Now when I visit the documentation I do not get directed to online documentation and the crashing is gone.