A bit hard to say what the problem could be @RangerRick. I'd be guessing so instead I would recommend you take back a step and try with the simplest possible template app:
ionic start -a BlankApp blankapp blank
If live reload doesn't work with it then at least you will limit the scope of your troubleshooting.
p.s. My own setup doesn't depends of fiddling with XCode, all goes well when working on command line.