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Apple Releases Xcode 4.3, Now Offered as App Instead of Installer
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Well I launched the new version, clicked the buttons to move the old stuff to the trash, emptied the trash, and continued with the new version .. that was OK.
But in Launchpad I still have a "developer" folder apparently containing XCode, Dashcode, Instruments and Quartz Composer. When I click any of these they just show a question mark, since they can no longer be found.
Anyone know how I can get rid of this "ghost" Launchpad folder?
But in Launchpad I still have a "developer" folder apparently containing XCode, Dashcode, Instruments and Quartz Composer. When I click any of these they just show a question mark, since they can no longer be found.
Anyone know how I can get rid of this "ghost" Launchpad folder?
It's just like deleting an app on iOS. Click and hold until the icons dance and an X appears in the corner. Click the X to delete.
For me, the Xcode app in that folder was the 4.3 version, FYI.
Other apps still work
After I installed the new version, the only thing I had that showed the question mark was the old Xcode and the other apps worked fine. May just me, but others are welcome to give their input.
After I installed the new version, the only thing I had that showed the question mark was the old Xcode and the other apps worked fine. May just me, but others are welcome to give their input.
I've found that a reboot always clears up any leftovers in Launchpad after deleting stuff.
How is it dumbed down? It's simply just better management. Should have been this way years ago IMO.
If this change facilitates the delta updates instead of requiring a huge download for every minor update, I'm all for it.
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The command line tools download was a .dmg with a .mpkg inside it. I didn't download the other ones.
So some of us are SOL on signing
If doing the developer-id signing requires Xcode 4.3, that means that anyone whose app needs to target older OS's than Lion won't be able to sign.
Yet another way Apple is cutting off some of it's ISV's. We already can't get into the App Store because of other restrictions.
If doing the developer-id signing requires Xcode 4.3, that means that anyone whose app needs to target older OS's than Lion won't be able to sign.
Yet another way Apple is cutting off some of it's ISV's. We already can't get into the App Store because of other restrictions.
The command line tools are downloaded from inside XCode (preferences > downloads > components). I didn't know that a separate .dmg was available.
I thought you meant the PackageMaker.app in Auxiliary Tools (which does look like a package installer).
No. Go to the Member Center, create your Developer ID, install the certificates, then sign away like normal. AFAIK, there's nothing special about the certs they give you, except that they use Apple's root authority.
I wish there was a pkg installer for the other extras as well.. Now I have to manually create a developer folder like before 
Two different builds. One for Snow Leopard and earlier. One for Lion and later. Which a lot of developers already have to do if they want to support PPC Mac users, as well as App store customers.
The Lion+ build will be signed (either for the App store, or to hinder strangers from posting forgeries of your app on typo-squatting sites). The build for Snow Leopard and earlier on your web site won't have to be signed, or perhaps could be code-signed from the command-line on another Lion+ Mac.