iphone: Where the .dSYM file is located in crash report

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According to this page here if you have proper application binary and .dSYM file then it is easy to symbolic them. But where are .dSYM and application binary files located?

FYI dSYM stands for debug symbol (file) – mfaani Feb 05 '18 at 16:36 — mfaani, Feb 05 '18 at 16:36

score 287 · Accepted Answer · edited May 10 '12 at 13:35

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Right Click on your archive -> Show in Finder -> Right click on file and click on Show package contents.

Here you will find your .dSYM file.

edited May 10 '12 at 13:35

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answered Aug 17 '11 at 07:11

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Yes,Its easy way to access directly without searching path. – Gajendra K Chauhan Jun 11 '13 at 05:33
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I zipped dSYM and uploaded it to Firebase but it doesn't worked, is there any solution? – Hamed Feb 16 '19 at 14:22

score 118 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 28 '15 at 11:28

You can locate .dSYM and application binary file in archive.

Select Window -> Organizer

Step 1

This will open up Organizer window containing last created Archive of project
Right click on Archive and select 'Show in Finder'
Select 'Show Package Content' for archive
Project.xcarchive contains dSYMs, Info.plist and Products

dSYMs folder contains dSYM file of your project.

Application folder in Project contains application binary of your project.

score 55 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 25 '16 at 06:13

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If you have archived your project, you can find the dSYM file as above.

If you have build you project for a real device, you can also find the dSYM file by the following way:

Go to Project Navigator, and find Products folder
Right click the app, and choose Show in Finder.

Make sure that the app is in black color, not red. Because red color means that you have not build the target for a real device.
You can find the dSYM file with the same name with your app, in the same folder.

Before all of these actions, make sure you have configured the xcode build settings right, as follows:

Generate Debug Symbols setting is enabled.
Debug Infomation Format are set to DWARF with dSYM File.

Hope this will help.

answered Feb 25 '16 at 06:13

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`Debug Information Format` for Debug can be set to DWARF with dYSM file which lets you get debug symbols without doing the archive dance, thanks a lot! – Allison Jan 06 '18 at 03:30
Thank you for this. Is it possible to regenerate an old dSym that has been overwritten? – Bradley Thomas Mar 09 '19 at 22:24
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@BradThomas As the dsym file is related with the code base, you cannot get an old dsym file if your code base has been changed. – HongchaoZhang Mar 15 '19 at 07:30
awesome answer! I just want to find dsym in debug mode. – MichaelMao Mar 08 '21 at 06:07

score 45 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 04 '19 at 07:33

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I found my .dsym file in /Users/<username>/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/<appname>/Build/Products/<appname>

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answered Oct 17 '12 at 16:30

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score 21 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 25 '19 at 14:17

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If you removed archive from Xcode's Organizer like me, you can download dsym at the appstore. Select your app, select target version and go to Activity tab. Here you can download desired dsym.

answered Nov 25 '19 at 14:17

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How long I've been waiting for this answer! – Artem Mostyaev Dec 20 '19 at 12:38
Apparently Apple removed the link, now I don't have it. It was convenient. Have you also lost it? – Kirill Artemenko Oct 07 '20 at 10:01
@KirillArtemenko, if you told about Activity->All Builds page, it's still exist and allows downloading. – Hot'n'Young Oct 08 '20 at 07:44
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@Hot'n'Young in Russian iTunes Connect I don't have it anymore. Example: https://paste.pics/691e2a08c11a6c122c8e5e5c8f165aca – Kirill Artemenko Oct 08 '20 at 15:44
@KirillArtemenko, my friend from Russia see download button there. Firstly I thought that Apple changed roles permissions. But I checked different permissions for my account (admin, app manager) and saw download dlsym button too. Maybe that apple account expired? In this case no such button. – Hot'n'Young Oct 21 '20 at 07:50
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From Xcode 14 onward, we can’t download dSYM from the App Store Connect anymore. That’s because Bitcode is now deprecated. – Dipak Jan 11 '23 at 09:14

score 11 · Answer 6 · edited Sep 10 '19 at 16:13

In Xcode 5.1.1 you will find it under Xcode -> Preferences -> Locations -> DerivedData. Under DerivedData you will see a bunch of random directory names. Find the ones that starts with your project name. Then get the latest directory that was created for your project. Then under that directory go to Build/Products/<Your specific release>/*.app.dSYM.

You can even click on your end product under "Products" in project explorer and do a "Show in finder" to get there directly.

score 7 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 17 '11 at 07:06

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The .dSYM file should have been generated when you built your application. Look in your build product directory.

answered Aug 17 '11 at 07:06

score 6 · Answer 8 · edited Jul 25 '20 at 15:03

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If you have the UUID you are looking for, you can search the files with the following command:

mdfind "com_apple_xcode_dsym_uuids == <UUID>"

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score 6 · Answer 9 · edited Sep 10 '19 at 16:16

It's simple. Please follow the steps here:

Open your project in Xcode, and select the project file in the Xcode Navigator.
Select your main build target from the Select a project or target dropdown.
Open the target's Build Settings tab.
Click All near the top of the tab.
Search for "debug information format".
Set Debug Information Format to DWARF with dSYM File.

Now go to Product > Archive > Your Build > right click on your build and click on Show in Finder. Now right click and go to Show Package Contents > dSYMs > Yourappname.app.dSYM_

score 4 · Answer 10 · answered Dec 01 '17 at 07:11

1.Select Window -> Organizer

2.Right click on Archive(your app name) and select 'Show in Finder'

3.Select 'Show Package Content' for archive

4.Right click on yourProject.xcarchive contains dSYMs, Info.plist and Products

5.select yourappname.app.dSYM

score 4 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 03 '18 at 17:02

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If you haven't generated an archive and are trying to debug it on the device, dsym can be found at

/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/YOUR_APP/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos

answered Jul 03 '18 at 17:02

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score 3 · Answer 12 · answered Mar 16 '21 at 15:03

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Just one more way to find them all, UUID as a bonus

 mdfind -name .dSYM | while read -r line; do dwarfdump -u "$line"; done

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score 2 · Answer 13 · answered May 02 '19 at 13:50

I just want to share something from my experience. Every time when I release a new version of my framework I save its dSYM in a separate folder. So, later I can find the relevant dSYM easily when I need it. It could be easily done by adding this line of code to the bash script in Build Settings (e.g. in this example I'm saving it to the desktop).

cp -r "${BUILD_DIR}/${CONFIGURATION}-iphoneos/${FRAMEWORK_NAME}.framework.dSYM" "${HOME}/Desktop/${FRAMEWORK_NAME}.framework.dSYM"

score 2 · Answer 14 · answered Dec 09 '21 at 10:02

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If you want, you can download them from App Store Connect.

It's under Testflight > Builds > Click your build version code > Build Metadata > Download dSYM

answered Dec 09 '21 at 10:02

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score 1 · Answer 15 · answered Sep 18 '20 at 09:46

[dSYM]

.dSYM is generated near .app..dSYM is defined by Build location^[About]. Usually it is a Derived Data folder.

For example F49088168M.app.dSYM is located

/Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/F49088168M-gltfsnpvscodolcmxrvkbaebeppp/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/F49088168M.app.dSYM

score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Sep 10 '18 at 05:53

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I found build configuration should be Release to generate .dSYM file.

answered Sep 10 '18 at 05:53

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score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Dec 30 '21 at 05:43

First check both of them are in the same configuration - DWARF with dSYM File

If it is okay, then navigate to the following path of your finder or from your terminal

/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/YOUR_APP/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos

Find App Name and Open Package Content, you will find your .dsym file

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