I recently received a donated a nice iMac (21.5in, mid-2011). I'm running into a bottleneck for what I can do in terms of developing a new App for iOS/iPadOS/macOS. For example, I can't download any new Apps or Safari extensions via the Mac App Store.
Am I stuck? Or is there a possible workaround to use Swift/Xcode on my older Mac?
Cheers!
You can install older version of Xcode.
For Mac OS 10.13.6, the most recent is Xcode 9.4.1.
You can download from several places, as these ones:
developing a new App for iOS/iPadOS/macOS
If you are planning to develop apps for App Store, you cannot use the old iMac.
iPhone and iPad apps. Starting April 26, 2021, all iPhone and iPad apps submitted to the App Store must be built with Xcode 12 and the iOS 14 SDK or later.
So, you need a Mac capable of running Xcode 12 which requires macOS Catalina 10.15.4 or later.
Minimum requirements and supported SDKs
The iMac (21.5in, mid-2011) is not supported.
macOS Catalina - Technical Specifications
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Mac Hardware Requirements
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- Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer)
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