I use Xcode 3.2.6 sometimes instead of Xcode 4 because I find some advantages doing that.
I had an old installation of Xcode 3.2.6 on Snow Leopard and updated to Lion and Xcode works as before. No problems at all.
Now I intend to update to Mountain Lion.
Now I have read about people having problems with Xcode 3.2.6 on Mountain Lion, especially Interface Builder.
Does anybody here have experiences?
May I continue running Xcode 3.2.6 on Mountain Lion?
I use Xcode 3.2.6 sometimes instead of Xcode 4 because I find some advantages
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Lars: Haven’t done extensive testing yet but after upgrading to 10.8 Xcode 3.2.6 itself runs and seems to build just fine, including a PowerPC target. Interface Builder just bounces in the Dock when I try to launch it. This thread on the dev forums Can XCode 3.2.6 & Interface Builder be made to run… implies it could be issues with Xcode 3’s iOS platform plugins.
Macmade: If you must support OS X 10.5 and below and PowerPC, which I have to, then Xcode 4 alone isn’t an option. Keeping a copy of Xcode 3 around has been an ideal solution for those projects, especially as it will generally happily live in it’s own folder hierarchy.
Believe me I’d love to avoid the hassles of supporting old OS versions but in the end what the client wants is what matters.