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Suppose you named your first game project "sljuslkrhflsdfls" because you never expected to finish this project. Now you want to share your code and you are rightfully embarrassed by your Xcode childhood mishap. Well, there's an App for that! :)
Xcode 3.2 and higher
In the menu choose Project -> Rename. It's as simple as that.
Previous Xcode versions up to Xcode 3.1 had to rely on different methods to rename a project. This is outlined in the next steps.
Xcode 3.1 or below: use "Rename Xcode Project" tool
It's a little known tool written by Michele Ferretti. It proved useful a great number of times to me. It doesn't seem to have an official homepage. Version 2.1 is the latest. Here's a list of download locations for that tool:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/17683/rename-xcode-project
http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/Rename-Xcode-Project.shtml
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/26357
http://mac.rbytes.net/cat/mac/utilities/rename-xcode-project/
http://download.cnet.com/Rename-xCode-Project/3000-2247_4-65144.html
http://software.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=499393
Simply select the project you want to rename, and enter a new name and click Rename. If it locks up (did that to me once) just try again.
It works with Xcode 3.1 projects. It may work with Xcode 3.2 and beyond. In any case you should make a copy of your project before renaming it, just in case.
Xcode 3.1 or below: do it manually (the hard way)
1. Copy original folder and rename copy to new name
2. Rename xCode project in the newly copied project directory
3. Delete build directory in the newly copied project directory
4. Open XCode project in the newly copied project directory
5. Edit Bundle display name in Info.plist (if it is just $PRODUCT then leave)
6. Rename target (Expand targets, control click on MyFirstGame target and select rename)
7. Select renamed target, click on info, make sure "All configurations" is selected, change "Product Name" under Packaging to new product name
