Unlock xcode files?

Question

A few days ago I had an issue with my mac so I took it to the Genius bar at a local Apple store. They said the partitions failed on the hard drive and that it had to be reforma

Answer 1

Remember the Project isn't just a standalone ".xcodeproj" file but it's actually a folder that contains a number of hidden items.

So when applying permissions, make certain to apply permissions to every item in your project folder.

You can do this via the "Apply Permissions to Enclosed Items" popdown menu (available in the "Get Info" window), which looks like this: