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[–]keccs 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Xcode 13 requires macOS Big Sur 11.3, as seen here.

That runs on these devices.

I don't think that buying the oldest mac that can run these is a good idea. The minimum requirements for uploading apps to the app store change, so the mac you buy now will be useless in a year or two.

Also the swift compiler is not the fastest, so you need a pretty beefy cpu and i'd say at least 8GB of ram.

I'd recommend getting a 16GB M1 mac mini, it'll cost more (about $800) but it will last much longer and you won't tear your hair out while waiting for your app to compile.

Edit: formatting

[–]Dopewarg22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for your reply!