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Mike the App Guy
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09/23/11 08:50 AM (14 years ago)

XCode 3.1.3 or older - where can I get it for a Mac Power PC?

I have an older Mac Powerbook G4 that is a Power PC, not an Intel based Mac. The current XCode compilers don't support my old workhorse Mac Power PC. Is there anywhere I can get the older version of the XCode compiler that would work with my system? Would the resulting iPhone app still be functional? Would I be better off going somewhere like fiverr.com to get somebody to compile my app and give me the source code, or is anyone around here doing this?
 
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09/23/11 09:13 AM (14 years ago)
All the requirements I've read for developing for the Apple App Store state that an Intel-based Mac is required. Even if a PowerPC version of Xcode exists (I suspect it does), I don't think that the resulting app would be supported. So, you could go the route of fiverr and have somebody compile it for you, or do what I did, and find a $200 Mac Mini on Craigslist. Makes a nice second computer, and gave me the Intel platform I needed (though watch out, there are some PowerPC based Mac Mini's out there). Mark
 
Mike the App Guy
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09/24/11 08:16 AM (14 years ago)
Thanks!!! :s there anyone here one Buzztouch who I could pay to compile the iPhone app while I'm looking for a Mac Mini? The ones near me are Power PC based, and I've already got that in my PowerBook. I may have to drive over to Atlanta to get one, and I can't do that until next weekend, or either buy one on ebay. The guy on fiverr hasn't responded yet. Another question is that I have made an app with a quiz in version 1.4, and just read about some of the approval issues from Apple. Should I build it in version 1.5 before I get it complied, knowing that I can't test it as I go as the documentation in 1.5 readme suggests? Sorry for all the questions! I don't have a problem compiling Android apps, fortunately...
 
ATRAIN53
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12/12/11 01:56 PM (14 years ago)
just got XCODE 3.2.6 loaded on a Hackintosh that i pulled from the Apple Deveoper site here: http://developer.apple.com/xcode/ i hope i can use BT1.5 for iOS and this version of XCode!
 

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