How to Download an Older Version of Xcode

I have an old iMac that is running on OS X 10.6.8 and all of the new Xcodes aren't available on a Mac like mine. Could someone please tell me how to download an older version of Xcode that is available for my Mac. Also, if I download this older version, will people that are on iOS 8/9 be able to go on them? I'm guessing that in the app description it will say availble for iOS 5 and so on? Thanks for all your help!

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  • For the next person who is searching for how to download an older version, not necessarily for 10.6.8: https://developer.apple.com/download/all/ It's an infinite list, so using Cmd-F probably won't cut it and you'll need to scroll for an annoyingly long time.

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  • thank you for this valuable reply it really worked for me. and now xcode is downloading and i hope it will work as expected.

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Submitting to the store currently requires Xcode 5.1.1 or later (and I am fully expecting them to start requiring Xcode 6 with the iOS 8 SDK pretty soon). Yes apps that you build using old Xcode versions should run OK on newer OS versions but they can only be distributed ad hoc.


You can download old Xcode versions from the Downloads link in the iOS Dev Center if you have a paid developer program membership. If you just have a free membership then I don't think the older versions are available.

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FWIW, there is no version of Xcode that will both run on 10.6.8 and will allow you to submit to the App Store. The latest version of Xcode that supports 10.6.x is Xcode 4.2, while the minimum version of Xcode that can build arm64 code (which is required for App Store submission) is Xcode 5.x (which itself requires OS X 10.8.4 or later)

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Was messing with the Developer Apple Site and i found this : http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/download.action?path=/Developer_Tools/xcode_4.2_for_lion_21264/installxcode_42_lion.dmg

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https://developer.apple.com/download/more/

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doesnt work

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Describe 'doesn't work' - try to to put some effort into this time, rather than phoning it in and making others guess....won't download? Downloads but borked? Download is good but won't install? Install works but won't run? Runs but crashes? Runs ok but doesn't like your projects?


Works here - check your account...paid may be required to access.

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Thanks worked

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I have a macbook pro mid 2010 and i have High Sierra installed and i was wondering if i could install older versions of Xcode so then i could use it
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yes

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ibikdashi
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https://xcodereleases.com

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  • Thank you for this link to xcodereleases.com. if one were trying to find this on the apple site (i am searching for XCODE 12.4 specifically for a class i just enrolled in and want feature parity) where would i find the DL's directly on Apple?

    FWIW - I am downloading the 12.4 package from xcodereleases but woud like to know this for future.

    Thank you all for your help to the newbie here - i dig the apple dev community thus far - many thanks

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  • You can try https://developer.apple.com/download/all/?q=xcode

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  • KerryRussell https://xcodereleases.com points to apple.com for the binary download.

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