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iOS

Posted by kj2
kj2
5,933 Points

IOS 8 APPS

Can I only make Iphone apps with OS yosemite on my mac?

1 Answer

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

you can make iPad apps, universal apps. any iOS app. you can make Mac apps.

you can make android apps.

you can make any kind of apps except windows apps really

if you are asking if you need yosemite to make apps then no, you can make apps with a different version of OS X (provided its at least 10.9.4) . although the latest version of Xcode (what you need to write iOS/Mac apps) might not run on some older versions of OS X

kj2
kj2
5,933 Points

thanks, yea that was what I was asking, will swift only work on OS Yosemite with xcode on it?

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

no you dont need yosemite for the latest version of Xcode and swift, as long as your OS X is fairly recent (10.9.4 and later)

kj2
kj2
5,933 Points

Im running on Snow Lep, anyway I can upgrade to a newer version thats not Yosemite you know? I dont see Maverick or Lion in the App store anymore

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

oh yeah thats too old to run xcode 6.1. the older OS's like mavericks are not available on the app store anymore since yosemite released.

you can still download them though. a google search should turn up some results.

is there a reason you wont install yosemite?

kj2
kj2
5,933 Points

Lots of bad reviews on it i been reading in the App store, causes some glitches on the Mac, so I figure I play it safe and go with a different OS version, what do you think?

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

Ive been running it fine. my main issue is with the latest release of xcode, not Yosemite. xcode 6.1 is pretty buggy, but its alright

kj2
kj2
5,933 Points

Im download it and give it a try, I really want to start learning to make Iphone apps, and it seems the only way I can get Xcode, thanks for the help, youv informed me a lot!