Xcode: volume that does not support ownership

• Run Disk Utility
• Select the boot disk (usually called Macintosh HD)
• In the File Menu select 'Get Info'
• Scroll down the list and look for 'Owners Enabled', this should say yes but if it says no might explain your problem
• If you are running Xcode from a volume other than your boot disk repeat the above for the appropriate volume to find the same answer

Now assuming the answer is that the respective volume has 'Owners Enabled' set to no i.e. off, then this needs fixing, for a volume other than your boot drive this is fairly easy

• Go to the Finder
• Select the volume - not a file or a folder
• Go the File Menu and select Get Info
• Look at the bottom of the Get Info window for the option 'Ignore ownership on this volume'
• You need to first 'unlock' the Get Info window by clicking on the padlock symbol and entering an admin password
• Then make sure the 'Ignore ownership on this volume' option is not ticked

If it is your boot volume then the process is different. You are probably going to either need to boot from a different volume to do it, or you are going to have to do it via Terminal.app. If your doing it via Terminal you first need to find out the device name for the volume. You would do this by typing

diskutil list

Typically your boot disk is going to be something like /dev/disk0s2 once you have found the right one then the next command would be

sudo diskutil enableOwnership /dev/disk0s2

assuming that /dev/disk0s2 is the right choice.

Hi,

I am receiving the same error message about the Xcode volume not being supported by owner rights. I tried following your steps but I don't have the 'Ignore ownership on this volume' option. Is there another way to do this? I am using OS X Yosemite and Xcode 6.3.

Cheers,

Gemma

Is there any possibility you are trying to use Xcode on a drive formatted FAT32 (MSDOS)?