I have an old iMac that is running on OS X 10.6.8 and all of the new Xcodes aren't available on a Mac like mine. Could someone please tell me how to download an older version of Xcode that is available for my Mac. Also, if I download this older version, will people that are on iOS 8/9 be able to go on them? I'm guessing that in the app description it will say availble for iOS 5 and so on? Thanks for all your help!
How to Download an Older Version of Xcode
Submitting to the store currently requires Xcode 5.1.1 or later (and I am fully expecting them to start requiring Xcode 6 with the iOS 8 SDK pretty soon). Yes apps that you build using old Xcode versions should run OK on newer OS versions but they can only be distributed ad hoc.
You can download old Xcode versions from the Downloads link in the iOS Dev Center if you have a paid developer program membership. If you just have a free membership then I don't think the older versions are available.
FWIW, there is no version of Xcode that will both run on 10.6.8 and will allow you to submit to the App Store. The latest version of Xcode that supports 10.6.x is Xcode 4.2, while the minimum version of Xcode that can build arm64 code (which is required for App Store submission) is Xcode 5.x (which itself requires OS X 10.8.4 or later)
Was messing with the Developer Apple Site and i found this : http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/download.action?path=/Developer_Tools/xcode_4.2_for_lion_21264/installxcode_42_lion.dmg
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I have a macbook pro mid 2010 and i have High Sierra installed and i was wondering if i could install older versions of Xcode so then i could use it
yes
https://xcodereleases.com
For the next person who is searching for how to download an older version, not necessarily for 10.6.8: https://developer.apple.com/download/all/ It's an infinite list, so using Cmd-F probably won't cut it and you'll need to scroll for an annoyingly long time.
thank you for this valuable reply it really worked for me. and now xcode is downloading and i hope it will work as expected.