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Xcode 9 alongside Xcode 8?

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Installation of Xcode 9 is now totally and completely different from previous versions.

The previous 100s of explanations on the net and on SO of how to do this pre-8 are no longer useful

After this dialog,

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Xcode9 wants to make changes.

In fact, will it erase my 8.3.3 ?

Do you have to "move 8.3.3 to another folder, before clicking that button?"

What really is the best pipeline to have both 8.3.3 and 9 ?


Considering the magnificent answer of emlai below,

a further subtlety is that Xcode9 then wants to ...

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will it hork the Xcode8 components and tools????


Interestingly, I found that running Xcode9 once happened to eliminate all the simulators for my Xcode 8 installation!

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Fattie Avatar asked Jul 26 '17 14:07

Fattie


2 Answers

In fact, will it erase my 8.3.3 ?

No.

Do you have to "move 8.3.3 to another folder, before clicking that button?"

No.

Beta Xcodes are named Xcode-beta.app so you can keep them in the same applications folder as the non-beta version.

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emlai Avatar answered Nov 18 '22 15:11

emlai


From the first page of the Xcode 9 release notes:

Xcode 9 ... can coexist with previous versions of Xcode.

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matt Avatar answered Nov 18 '22 15:11

matt