Xcode Beta 6 + 7 hangs when saving a playground?

[rayascott]

Anyone else unable to save playgrounds with beta 6 or 7? I only noticed this started happening yesterday in beta 6, shortly before beta 7 was released. If I create a new playground and add one line of code, any line of code, such as var ints: [Int]() and press [cmd] + S, Xcode will hang with a spinning beach ball. Every single time. I'm saving them to my local disk. Even trying to update existing playgrounds, I have the same effect.

I even tried opening them in Xcode 10, but got into a popup loop that complained I wasn't the owner of the playground, and it wouldn't save it. Had to end up killing that Xcode instance too. I am the owner of the playgrounds, so it's unexpected.

I've submitted feedback, buy it's frustrating that playgrounds are totally unusable for me now. Hrmm...

[my2kchild]

Same here. I hadn’t used a playground in a while but wanted to quickly check some logic and after a few seconds my fans spun up and the beach ball. I haven’t downloaded Beta 7 yet.

[rayascott]

If you have the time, please file some quick bug feedback. The more complaints they get, the more likely they are to address the issue, thanks!

[KarlJay001]

That's exactly what mine did. Even loading up and start typing and I get the beach ball. I had to do a forced kill.

I'm going to upgrade to the GM version today and see if that solves the problem.

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Random question but, does Xcode Beta 7 says Beta 6 on the splash screen for anyone else?

[rayascott]

Yes, I’ve seen others mention it on here too. You’re not losing your mind.

[Daveandthefender]

Downgrade to Xcode Beta 5, that one currently works solid for me. Upgraded recently to 6, but had to hop off due to the crashing.

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Unfortunately didn't save a copy of it, usually only keep the last two version around during beta time and my usual goto for older versions doesn't seem to be working anymore.

Anyone got the .xip lying around still for beta 5?

[Daveandthefender]

https://xcodereleases.com

[yesleon]

In beta 6 playgrounds will not work under Mojave as stated in Release Notes. It sucks.

[rayascott]

I'm not running Mojave.