iOS 7 - can an iOS developer revert to iOS 6?

xera

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It was only after upgrading that I realized my XCode wasn't compatible with iOS 7... and to get it working, I required XCode 5, which I downloaded, only to find out that XCode required OS X Mountain Lion, which I never bought because I never needed it (till now, when apple made it a prerequisite). :wtf:

But I refuse to buy it, as OS X 10.9 ?Mavericks is just around the corner.
What sucks even more, is that the developer preview of OS X Mavericks is only available to people who are also signed up for the Mac Developer License. But, This is a prerequisite for XCode 5.0.1 ... so we are forced to have Mac developer license just to get latest XCode now? :twisted:

Somebody at apple should be shot. Steve would never have allowed this to happen...

really annoyed.... :mad:
 
As a developer why aren't you on the Developer Program?


Steve is exactly the one who ordered this kind of system to promote consistency.
 
SauRoNZA said:
As a developer why aren't you on the Developer Program?


Steve is exactly the one who ordered this kind of system to promote consistency.
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I am on the iOS developer program, not Mac Developer program, because I don't have any apps to publish to the store for Mac. Savvy?
 
In the future save your SHSH blobs with TinyUmbrella before upgrading.

Then you can always roll back.
 
xera said:
It was only after upgrading that I realized my XCode wasn't compatible with iOS 7... and to get it working, I required XCode 5, which I downloaded, only to find out that XCode required OS X Mountain Lion, which I never bought because I never needed it (till now, when apple made it a prerequisite). :wtf:

But I refuse to buy it, as OS X 10.9 ?Mavericks is just around the corner.
What sucks even more, is that the developer preview of OS X Mavericks is only available to people who are also signed up for the Mac Developer License. But, This is a prerequisite for XCode 5.0.1 ... so we are forced to have Mac developer license just to get latest XCode now? :twisted:

Somebody at apple should be shot. Steve would never have allowed this to happen...

really annoyed.... :mad:
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Apple's never been known for backward compatibility + it was only $20 + I don't understand why your refusal to upgrade is now their problem?

Also Microsoft have always played the same "game" -- latest dev tools typically only work on the latest OS release.

Ps... Torrent much?
 
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xera said:
It was only after upgrading that I realized my XCode wasn't compatible with iOS 7... and to get it working, I required XCode 5, which I downloaded, only to find out that XCode required OS X Mountain Lion, which I never bought because I never needed it (till now, when apple made it a prerequisite). :wtf:

But I refuse to buy it, as OS X 10.9 ?Mavericks is just around the corner.
What sucks even more, is that the developer preview of OS X Mavericks is only available to people who are also signed up for the Mac Developer License. But, This is a prerequisite for XCode 5.0.1 ... so we are forced to have Mac developer license just to get latest XCode now? :twisted:

Somebody at apple should be shot. Steve would never have allowed this to happen...

really annoyed.... :mad:
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... And Apple fixed it :D:D:D Really happy customer here. Big ups Apple! Thanks.
 
Yes. I was locked out of deploying apps to my own device due to their restrictive update.. But now they released that lock by bringing out a new update, free.
 
xera said:
Yes. I was locked out of deploying apps to my own device due to their restrictive update.. But now they released that lock by bringing out a new update, free.
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Or were you locked out of deploying apps by being too cheap to spend $20 on a system update?
 
xera said:
How do you feel when you are forced to pay for something you don't really need?
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Here's a realization you should've come to a long time ago: when you want to make use of someone else's ecosystem you have to dance to their tune.

If $20 is a deal breaker to you then I have to wonder at your business sense.

Besides, if you wanted to keep deploying apps you really needed the update.
 
xera said:
How do you feel when you are forced to pay for something you don't really need?
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You kind of have a point ...err just maybe. I personally know of no Objective-C developers with this problem (with the exception of you)

Most active Objective-C developers I know don't wait for the release of a new iOS version before installing a new SDK / Xcode (they do it very shortly after WWDC), similarly their Macs always sport the latest stable software releases (both OS X and iOS).
 
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