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Enable internal Xcode debug menu in Xcode 11
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enable-xcode-debug-menu.sh
defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode ShowDVTDebugMenu -bool YES
sudo mkdir -p /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/AppleInternal/Library/Xcode
sudo touch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/AppleInternal/Library/Xcode/AppleInternal.plist
# Don't forget to restart Xcode
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Enables this internal menu in Xcode:

@KatkayApps
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Not working for me on Xcode 11.3.1...

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dsabanin commented Feb 22, 2020 •
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Any errors when you run the commands?

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FromDerik commented Feb 22, 2020 •
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I believe it's an error with the path. It should be '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/...'

edit: this worked for me

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dsabanin commented Feb 22, 2020 •
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Darn it, sorry I missed that. Thanks for catching it, @FromDerik.
Fixed the gist.

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KatkayApps commented Feb 22, 2020 •
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working now. THANKS!
Just out of curiosity how did you discover this? 😃

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Well, I learned about ShowDVTDebugMenu flag from some old blog posts, but it wasn't working anymore. I couldn't resist digging a bit through the Xcode frameworks with Hopper Disassembler.

I found the isAppleInternal flag that Xcode is using to determine whether to show this menu and some other things, and the flag is set to true if the Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/AppleInternal/Library/Xcode/AppleInternal.plist path is present.

🤷‍♂️

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Do you have any info about enabling internal menu on simulator? Old method with folder didn't work.

@kinwahlai
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Thanks for sharing this. I just saw a video Paul Hudson yesterday about this AppleInternal.

by the way, the script doesn't work immediately because I have 2 different Xcode suffix with version number
This is what I changed to make it work.

XCODE=`xcode-select -p`
sudo mkdir -p $XCODE/AppleInternal/Library/Xcode
sudo touch $XCODE/AppleInternal/Library/Xcode/AppleInternal.plist

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Not working in Xcode 13 (13F100), though "13F100" appears in the Dock icon when I run it.

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