So, my Xcode started showing that my device is an unsupported version of iOS and it can’t build the project on that target device. That’s the moment I wanted to build and debug my code on a real device and got stuck with the issue that I am solving with this article. On Wednesday I picked up a new OKR which requires some debugging with launching instagram stories. Mostly I use the simulator as to debug and test my code as the Mac Books are well optimised to handle the simulator with Xcode. On Monday as usual in the morning I started checking on my task list for the sprint and started working on them.

During the weekend while I was checking the new features I felt it’s worth the 6GB I spent on the update. Just to note that it’s a huge update of 6 GB. Unfortunately, after WWDC I badly wanted to get my hands on the latest iOS 15 beta public release and I registered my phone (iPhone Xs Max) with the apple beta program and installed iOS 15 public beta 2 over the weekend. So, basically I am a fan of the latest iOS features that are getting reveled at every WWDC and I keep my devices up to date with latest OS releases. Regardless of your reason, the good news is that you can download old versions of Xcode (and a lot of other tools) from the Apple Developer Center.I was working on a project which was built using Xcode 12.4 due to some of the dependencies are not supporting the latest versions of apple Xcode yet. I opened the project in Xcode 12 and this popped up: dmg for Xcode and other development tools on which requires Apple ID to log in. I needed to update the exercise files for my Core Data Fundamentals with Swift course on Pluralsight. How to download Xcode DMG or XIP file You can find the. Grabbing an older version of Xcode could help you here.Ģ) To upgrade a very old project to newer versions of Swift

Maybe you’re struggling with the infamous “this code worked before…now it doesn’t…what changed?” and you just want to build your project with a prior version of Xcode in order to rule it out as the culprit. Download Xcode for macOS 12.5 or later and enjoy it on your Mac. Perhaps you’re just wanting to see what things “used to be like”. Two reasons off the top of my head though:ġ) To compare with your previous experience Valid question – it’s not often you’ll need one. Whyyy would I need an old version of Xcode?

Whyyy would I need an old version of Xcode?.

Xcode 12.4 install