Re: iPhone SDK

FROM : development2
DATE : Sat Mar 29 22:09:11 2008

Well you can use a PPC Mac to run Xcode for iPhone, and debug your 
code using the simulator but it won't create the binaries for the 
iPhone or iPod touch. I am ding that right now, waiting on my new 
Intel Mac to get here. So basically you can't load your code on the 
iphone without an Intel Mac.


On Mar 29, 2008, at 11:47 AM, Michael Latta wrote:

> I imagine that 1) using a PPC mac will not be supported, and 2) you 
> may not be able to connect to the iPhone hardware with a PPC mac. 
> There is a reason they make that a system requirement.  If it works 
> in the mean time have fun, but expect that at a critical point it 
> will fail.  If you are just playing around that may be fine, if you 
> plan to build commercial apps, I would not rely on that long-term.
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> On Mar 29, 2008, at 10:39 AM, Andreas Höschler wrote:
>

>> Hi all,
>>

>>>> I just upgraded from MacOSX 10.2.8 to 10.5.2 in order to install 
>>>> the iPhone SDK (PowerPC MiniMac). The SDK is installed and xCode 
>>>> is available. However, something seems to be missing. I do not 
>>>> find anything iPhone related in xCode. Shouldn't "New Project" 
>>>> also offer iPhone application? I can select Cocoa application, 
>>>> Carbon application,... but nothing iPhone related. What am I 
>>>> missing?

>>
>> Thanks to
>>
>> Paul Naro <<email_removed>>
>> Bennett Smith <<email_removed>>
>> Jon Gotow <<email_removed>>
>>
>> who all told me that iPhone SDK requires an Intel Mac. Fortunately 
>> this is not true.
>>
>>     http://3by9.com/85/
>>
>> has all the details. I have the iPhone SDK running on my PowerPC 
>> Mac in the meanwhile! :-)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andreas
>>
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