Would I be unable to develop applications for Apple's latest release because they have announced that starting from April 25, 2023, a minimum operating system of version 12 is required, which I do not possess?
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Starting April 25, 2023, iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS apps submitted to the App Store must be built with Xcode 14.1 or later.