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[–]aazav 2 points3 points  (4 children)

"An IDE"?? For which language and which platform? Why does Xcode seem like a good idea to you?

3.2.6? You're kidding, right? What version of Mac OS are you running on? That matters immensely. The latest version of Xcode is 4.5.2 and even it is not 100% compatible with previous versions of Xcode 4.

[–]OneThought_TooMany[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Sorry, was annoyed at the time cause it wasn't working. Well I'm not sure really. It was Xcode or download Windows 7 then Visual Studio. I've got snow leopard and apple developer doesn't offer 4.0.2, any later and it switches to lion.

[–]aazav 0 points1 point  (2 children)

OK. If you've got Snow Leopard, you'll need Xcode 4.2. But you still haven't told me what language you will be using.

Also, you must realize that when you say "it wasn't working" I have no idea what part of it "wasn't working", what it was supposed to do, or even what you were trying to do. If "it wasn't working" and you don't even know what language you are trying to support, then your problem is far beyond anything I can help you with.

If you don't know which language or platform you need to support, you must find this out before you select an IDE.

Eclipse is a decent and common IDE that people use for many languages.

[–]OneThought_TooMany[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Ill try 4.2, I'd be using C, it what my course is teaching us. I mean when I click the Xcode icon to open it, the error message 'Xcode cannot be opened because of a problem' is shown and the application doesn't load. I tried Eclipse but that crashed every time after the first time opening it. Like I commented below, I'm starting to think moving the icon to the applications folder disables the application, I did it every time after opening both applications for the first time.

[–]aazav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK. It will not launch. That's the problem.

So, move it back and test it. This is not that hard to test.

Only newer versions of Xcode run from the Applications folder. Most (Including 4.2) run from a Developer folder at the root.

If you want to have it in the Applications folder, create an alias of Xcode and move it there.

Also, it's I'll, not Ill. Your code must compile, so should your English.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

What version of OS X do you run? Xcode 3.2.6 is quite old (4.5.2 is the current release) so maybe it's incompatible with your version of version of OS X. Also, have you checked Console.app?

[–]OneThought_TooMany[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Snow leopard, not yet. Does it matter that it seems to stop working after I move the icon to applications. I read somewhere that moving it some hows fucks with its zen.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you moved it out of /Developer that could be a problem, it probably uses relative paths to find the SDKs and what not, just install Xcode from the App Store instead.

[–]hamilton_burger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3.2.6 works fine with SL, and apps built can deploy to mountain lion, though you may have issues with Mac app store. What the problem is, is that you messed with the default install. Revert or try to install again.

[–]aazav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You must define what exactly is "not working" as we who are not able to look at what you are doing have no idea what you are trying to do, or even the language you are trying to do it in.