title: How to decrease build times / speed up compile time in Xcode?
body: <p><strong>What strategies can be used in general to decrease build times for any Xcode project? I'm mostly interested in Xcode specific strategies.</strong> </p>
  
  <p>I'm doing iPhone development using Xcode, and my project is slowly getting bigger and bigger. I find the compile / link phases are starting to take more time than I'd like.</p>
  
  <p>Currently, I'm:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>Using Static Libraries to make it so
  most of my code doesn't need to be
  compiled everytime I clean and build
  my main project</p></li>
  <li><p>Have removed most resources from my
  application, and test with a hard
  coded file system path in the iPhone
  simulator whenever possible so my
  resources don't have to constantly be
  packaged as I make changes to them.</p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I've noticed that the "Checking Dependencies" phase seems to take longer than I'd like. Any tips to decrease that as well would be appreciated!</p>