Working with Multiple Xcode Versions

Did you know that you can install and use multiple Xcode versions?

Here’s how:

• Head to xcodereleases.com and download your desired release
• Extract and rename it
• Drag it to the /Applications folder

To switch between them, use the xcode-select CLI. 👇

This can be useful if the latest release is cough-cough buggy, and you want to keep the old one around.

Or you just want to have multiple versions installed and easily switch between them.

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Note that to use the xcode-select CLI, you will need to install the Xcode command line tools.

You can get them from here (sign-in required):

• Command Line Tools for Xcode

Bonus: Xcodes app

If you want to manage multiple Xcode versions with a mouse click or through a CLI, you can download the Xcodes app:

• Xcodes app

Happy coding!