I want to use the latest OS X on my Mac Pro and work with iOS 7. Will I have any problems if I update my Mac Pro to Yosemite?
No that won't be a problem and you can even use Xcode 6 with the iOS 8 SDK and simply make the deployment target iOS 7.
However if this is your only machine you are in danger of breaking your only programming resource; better is to install Yosemite on a spare partition and leave Mavericks in place until Yosemite is more stable. You can then dual-boot as required.
You won't be able to install Xcode 5 on OSX Yosemite via the app store "because the version of OS X is too new". I'm not sure what happens if it was already installed when you upgraded though.
Maybe you can burn OS X Yosemite to a USB Flash Drive, here is a good example:
How to Burn OS X Yosemite to a USB Flash Drive
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I have a Mac early 2011 running MacOS high sierra 10.13.6.
My Mac can't upgrade to higher MacOS versions.
I need to install XCode 11 to take advantage of SwiftUI.
This answer worked for XCode 10.2 but didn't work for XCode 11.
So can I install XCode11 on MacOS high sierra 10.13.6?
From Xcode 11 Release Notes:
Xcode 11 requires a Mac running macOS 10.14.3 or later.
So you cannot install Xcode 11 on macOS 10.13.6
Upgrade old macbook pro using this patch http://dosdude1.com/mojave/.
You can easily use Xcode 11.
Does anyone have any idea to install Xcode 8 OR Xcode 9 without updating macOS?
I want to update my Xcode 7.1 to Xcode 8 or Xcode 9 (or 9.1) Beta.
But it is not allowing me to update directly on OS X Yosemite 10.10.
And I don't want to update my OS to El Capitan now, so how can I install Xcode 8 on OS X Yosemite 10.10.
Xcode 8 will work on OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) but the apps you build with won't, because the only SDK available is macOS 10.12 SDK, i.e. macOS Sierra's.
From release notes:
Compatibility
Xcode 8 requires a Mac running macOS Sierra 10.12 or OS X El Capitan
10.11.5 or later.
Xcode 8 includes SDKs for iOS 10.0, watchOS 3.0, macOS Sierra 10.12, and tvOS 10.0.
To install Xcode 9 without updating macOS you can change the minimum required version in the Xcode bundle's plist. To do that simply control-click Xcode app, click Open Package Contents, then go inside Contents folder, there you'll see info.plist. Open it with Xcode you have already installed, and there you can edit value of Minimum system version field to whatever version you have currently installed.
Also there would be some other "*.app" like "Instruments.app" and etc. They also requires the same operations.
If after all you get the same error, try to Restart your macOS.
I have used that way to install Xcode 9.2 on macOS 10.12.5 and it works.
From the Xcode 8 Beta 6 Release Notes:
Xcode 8 beta 6 requires a Mac running macOS Sierra beta 3 or later, or OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 or later.
macOS 10.10 is an unsupported configuration and is not supported by Xcode 8. Your only solution is to update to 10.11.
I have two Apps in the Mac App Store. My main development machine is still running OS X Yosemite. One App started showing some small GUI problems when used on MacOS Sierra. So I installed XCode 8 on my MacBook Pro, running MacOS Sierra. Next, I migrated the code to Swift 2.3 (3.0 was too much of a hassle for now), and archived and exported the App (without changing any build-settings). The GUI problems (mostly related to resizing images and windows) are solved now in the App, when run with MacOS Sierra. And the App still works with OS X Yosemite and OS X El Capitan.
Perhaps it depends on the settings you use in XCode 8, but Apps compiled/built with XCode 8 should definitely still work with OS X Yosemite and El Capitan.. Unless you use specific features/functions of the MacOS Sierra SDK, of course.
from the terminal type the command:
xcode-select --install
in case if you having previous XCode to remove it type the command:
sudo rm -Rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
before installing current one
Ive upgraded the version of Xcode to 7 (Release version).
Is it possible to have Xcode 7 and Xcode 6 installed side by side?
I need to support users on the iOS 7.0 platform but for testing I do not have extra devices with me with iOS 7.0 installed. If the answer to the previous question is NO, is there a way to install iOS 7.0 simulators in Xcode 7
Follow up question: If I open a project in Xcode 7 and then open it Xcode 6 will there be any errors in the project files/storyboards?
Yes, you can have multiple copies of Xcode.app installed on the same computer and switch between them. You may run into issues if you try to use both at the same time, but as long as you quit one before using the other, you should be fine.
There is no way to install the iOS 7.0 Simulator with Xcode 7.0. The iOS 7.0 Simulator Runtime is not supported on Yosemite and newer host OS versions, and Xcode 7.0 is only supported on Yosemite and later. You will need to use a Mavericks host OS in order to use the iOS 7.0 Simulator Runtime. If you would be satisfied with the iOS 7.1 Simulator Runtime, that is still supported on Yosemite (but not El Capitan) when using Xcode 6.x (but not Xcode 7.0).
In regards to opening your project in different Xcode versions, there shouldn't be any problems like that.
For your first question i think this link can be help full,please check
Can Xcode 6 and Xcode 5 coexist on the same computer?
I have xCode 6.4 http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/download.action?path=/Developer_Tools/Xcode_6.4/Xcode_6.4.dmg and xCode 7 side by side, just download and install "xCode 2"
I am not using beta Xcode software. I have always been able to submit to the app store regardless of mac osx version, as long as I used the latest GM Xcode release. All of a sudden, from what I can tell, a few days ago itunes connect is now failing when submitting for review.
Before you respond by "You cannot use beta software to submit applications to the app store" please read the official copy from Apple.
Submitting Apps Apps that are created using beta versions of Xcode or
that are built for beta versions of operating systems will not be
accepted on the App Store and Mac App Store. Apps that you submit
should be developed using the latest version of Xcode from the Mac App
Store and should be built for publicly available versions of iOS, OS
X, and watchOS — except when GM seeds are available. When a GM Seed of
Xcode becomes available, use it to develop your app for submission.
When GM seeds of iOS, OS X, or watchOS become available, build your
app for these versions.
Nowhere in this text requires you to build ON publically released versions of OS X, and has never been the case.
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Xcode 6.4 is no longer supported on El Capitan.
I can't even launch Xcode 6.4 on El Capitan anymore.
Apple has now announced Xcode 6 (and iOS 8). I currently have Mavericks on my Mac (and am not planning to upgrade to Yosemite yet), and am wondering if I can download the Xcode 6 dev preview, while still maintaining my current version of Xcode 5. This is so that I can use the new Xcode 6 features, while still being able to work on, and upload, my current applications. Is that possible?
Also, if I update my phone to iOS 8 Beta, will I be able to run apps from Xcode 5, or only Xcode 6?
Answers would be hugely appreciated! Thanks :)
Even I use Mavericks, I installed Xcode 6. In order to be sure about my maintenance projects, I've also downloaded Xcode5.1.1 from Apple developer portal, copied it into my Desktop, renamed it as XCode 5.1.1 and then moved it to my applications folder.
I have both versions at the moment without any issues and can also select the version of Xcode while opening an existing Xcode project by using open with menu feature.
I hope this helps...
Xcode 6 Beta Release Notes
Xcode 6 Beta requires a Mac running OS X version 10.9.3 (or later) or 10.10.
I think its possible that you can do all things you was able to do with Xcode 5 but I will tell you when my xcode 6 download is finished.
You may install XCode 6 Beta on OS X 10.9.3, and I think that you'll need XCode 6 in order to run iOS8 apps.
One thing that you didn't ask, but that you should keep in mind (as you mentioned your phone):
Devices updated to iOS 8 beta can not be restored to earlier versions
of iOS.
i've installed Xcode6 in Mavericks and iOS simulator crash with message : Unable to boot the iOS Simulator. :-(
You can download the preview of Xcode 6 and use your existing installed Xcode 5 side by side without affecting anything you're doing. Just make sure if you click on a project file that you open it in the correct version of Xcode.
Download xcode dmg file from Apple's developer site. Install it in a different location other than the Applications folder. There you go !!