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by tootie 359 days ago
I have an ancient ipad that is still functional but stuck on iOS 9. Xcode doesn't let you target that version anymore. Is it still possible to compile an ipa for devices out of support?
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daneel_w 359 days ago
It's a painfully sluggish alternative, but you can run older versions of OS X (and thus Xcode) in VirtualBox.
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WalterGR 359 days ago
On Apple x86 hardware: Running Windows in VMWare Fusion works very, very well. I can’t see a reason why that wouldn't also be the case for old versions of OS X, though admittedly I haven’t tried.

It’s curious to me that OS X in VirtualBox is sluggish. Both VMWare Fusion and VirtualBox use virtualization…

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daneel_w 358 days ago
Software framebuffer. Remaining devices are also emulated.
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