In Xcode, is there a way to disable the timestamps that appear in the debugger console when calling NSLog?

Question

Xcode\'s debugger console makes it easy to see any debugging messages my app sends out using NSLog(), but it always sticks a timestamp prefix on them:

Answer 1

Define a macro

#if __has_feature(objc_arc)
  #define MDLog(format, ...) CFShow((__bridge CFStringRef)[NSString stringWithFormat:format, ## __VA_ARGS__]);
#else
  #define MDLog(format, ...) CFShow([NSString stringWithFormat:format, ## __VA_ARGS__]);
#endif

And use this macro in you code like

NSLog(@"some log message");
MDLog(@"some log message");

Here is the output of console

NSLog->2014-01-28 10:43:17.873 TestApp[452:60b] some log message
MDLog -> some log message

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P.S.

If anyone wants Custom Logs which gives you more info like method name / line number etc. can download the open source MLog.h on GitHub.