GitHub uses an additional layer of security to control access to repositories it hosts.

Your username and password let you login to GitHub using a web browser.

Each individual application on your computer – like Xcode – need their own separate “secret” that allows that software to access GitHub. This secret is called a token.

Please follow this link to create your token.

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Really. It’s important that you actually click the link above… ⬆ to create your token.

Then, follow along with this brief 2-minute video to finish connecting Xcode to GitHub: