Xcode 10 No debugger ??

I am trying to run XCode 10 on a brand new IMac Pro with macOS High Sierra Ver 10.13.6.

I am totally new to MAC, XCode and Metal (but not to computers).

I can build and run applications and see the result (if any) in in Live View (Assistant Editor).


There are no selections for the Debug related operations, they are "greyed out".

Product : Build for, Product : perform action.

View debugging : Rendering and Appearance, selections greyed out.

Etc etc


The Debug Area can be shown or hidden.


I have browsed around in the menues and on Internet, but found nothing useful.

I want to work with comouter graphics and visulizations on the IMac, not for IPhones.


May be it is not possible to to what I want without the 100 USD Developer License ?

Please enlighten me !


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Per Linden

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Many of the GPU debugging featrues are only avaliable if you're running Xcode 10 on macOS Mojave (10.14)

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Here is another thread on the topic with full details https://forums.developer.apple.com/message/323597

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UPDATE :

My problems are partly due to missing a proper Project setup.

I really miss the definition of the different types of projects :

Cocoa, Playground, Single view, Terminal etc etc.

I did not find a good documentaion about the Metal IDE setup and configuration.

All Tutorials and Getting Started jump directly into calls of different Metal sevices.


But nobody promised it should be easy to use Metal . . . . . . . . . .


Thanks for tips and references !

Regards

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