To reset Xcode to its factory settings for the logged-in user, run these commands in Terminal: > defaults delete com.apple.Xcode > rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Xcode At one point in the process he opted to remove the Xcode developer tools and start the configuration from the beginning. Which leads to the tip: should you ever find the need to remove Xcode, run the following from within a terminal window to make it happen: > sudo /Library/uninstall-devtools –mode=all is the directory where the tools are installed. For typical installations the full path is /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools