Xcode takes forever to open a project, here’s how I fixed this.

I remember getting download Xcode the very first day I got my first Mac. I think Swift 3 the latest. I remember compiling projects taking less time — maybe its because I used little to no libraries at all those days.

Either way, I can’t be the only one noticing incredibly long compiling periods when I open up a project. For me, it happens mostly after using Cocoa pods to install libraries.

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Solution: I was lucky to fish-out a solution to this from stack exchange. Xcode stores a bunch of data in the ~/Library/Developer folder, and the best solution would be to delete everything in that folder, and that’s it! Try opening your project now.

Thanks for reading. Did you solve your problem? Let me know.