Information Technology Reference
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Working with Projects and Archives
The Organizer's Projects and Archives features include project management and archiving features that aren't
available elsewhere in Xcode.
Managing Projects
The Projects window, shown in Figure 10.13, is a long list of recently opened projects with a number of extra
features that include snapshot management and cleanup. This feature is a useful extra and can save you time
and disk space. It's not a critical part of Xcode, but it can save time and make you more productive.
FIGURE 10.13
In the Project page, the list at the left is similar to but longer than the recent files list in Xcode's File menu.
For example, it's often useful to open an older project in Xcode. The main recent files list includes 20 entries.
The list on the Projects page grows indefinitely, which makes it a useful shortcut when you want to access older
files without looking for them in Finder.
Each entry includes the following features:
Double-click to open:
Double-clicking any project in the list loads it into Xcode.
Derived Data review:
When you build a project, Xcode creates a collection of temporary files, which are
called Derived Data and can take up significant disk space. The gray arrow to the right of Derived Data field
for each project opens Xcode's temporary files folder and highlights the project.
