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Asked: 2026-05-26T14:04:27+00:00

Based in part on the advice in this response to a question on SO

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Based in part on the advice in this response to a question on SO, I tried replacing /Developer/Library/Xcode/PrivatePlugIns/IDECodeSnippetLibrary.ideplugin with an alias to an exact copy in a Dropbox folder, but doing so caused Xcode 4.2 to crash due to an internal logic error.

I want to sync the snippets on my work and home machine. Right now I’m using Alfred for snippets, but it’d be nice to have Xcode handle the snippets, for convenient tab jumping and intellisense. Has anyone out there attempted something similar?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I guess sharing your own (not the system) snippets is fine. Then, try replacing
    ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/CodeSnippets with a symbolic link to your shared folder.

    Something like: (in Terminal app)

    cd ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData
mv CodeSnippets /path/to/shared/folder/
ln -s /path/to/shared/folder/CodeSnippets CodeSnippets

    Repeat in any Mac in which you want to access shared snippets.

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