I'm building a macOS app via Xcode. Every time I build, I get the log output:
Metal API Validation Enabled
To my knowledge my app is not using any Metal features. I'm not using hardware-accelerated 3D graphics or shaders or video game features or anything like that.
Why is Xcode printing Metal API log output?
Is Metal being used in my app? Can I or should I disable it?
How can I disable this "Metal API Validation Enabled" log message?
Toggle Metal API Validation via your Xcode Scheme:
Scheme > Edit Scheme... > Run > Diagnostics > Metal API Validation.
It's a checkbox, so the possible options are Enabled or Disabled.
Disabling sets the key enableGPUValidationMode = 1 in your .xcscheme file.
After disabling, Xcode no longer logs the "Metal API Validation Enabled" log message.
Note: In Xcode 11 and below, the option appears in the "Options" tab of the Scheme Editor (instead of the "Diagnostics" tab).