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Asked: 2026-05-31T01:17:45+00:00

Possible Duplicate: iPhone development on Windows I would like to know if and how

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iPhone development on Windows

I would like to know if and how is it possible to (legally, read further) develop an application for iPhone/iPad using a PC rather than a Mac, only having to buy the physical mobile device for final testing and deployment.

I know that the illegal way is to obtain a pirated copy of Mac OSX and run it in VMWare (or install it on a PC), then getting XCode the same way and the only thing one needs to buy are the developer account and the physical iOS devices.

I wonder if there is a legal way too. Something that can run on Windows or Linux. Needing to buy a Mac increases both the budget needed for the project and the risk of not covering it by revenues.

Thank you.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Needing to buy a Mac increases both the budget needed for the project and the risk of not covering it by revenues.

    You can buy a secondhand Mac Mini or similar on eBay (or from other good secondhand websites, or perhaps your local computer shop) for a low amount of money. Same goes for iPhones and iPads, and anything else that you could possibly need.

    As the other commenters have stated, it is not possible (and illegal in Apple’s eyes) to try to run MacOSX/Xcode et al on a PC rather than on a Mac computer of sorts.

    Hope this helps, best of luck with your project!

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