Mac – minimum MacBook and specs required for iOS development

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I have this early 2008 MacBook 13" which only is upgradeable to 10.7.5.

I checked on the app store and it says Xcode requires OSX version 10.8.4 Mountain Lion and later. Although this page from Apple Dev Center says the requirement is Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and later.

Is this MacBook sufficient for iOS development,and if so, what iOS version does it support?

Best Answer

If you want to develop apps for iOS 7 or later, you need to have the Xcode 5+ with Mountain Lion or Mavericks. Snow Leopard or later is required to run Xcode 4+.

  • Xcode 4+ == iOS 5, 6
  • Xcode 5+ == iOS 6, 7
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