Downgrade Xcode 5 to Xcode 4.6.1

Question

I have been trying to research a way that I would be able to revert back to Xcode 4.6.1, I can't seem to find a solution.

I've seen that in the past people have downgraded their Xcode.

Is there a way that I can downgrade Xcode 5 back to Xcode 4.6.1?

I have older versions of apps which clients do not wish to upgrade. However I still need to make amendments to theses applications. I need them to remain the same.

Is there any way that I can downgrade Xcode?

Answer 1

Move Xcode 5 to the Trash. Download and install Xcode 4.6. You can download older versions of Xcode from the following URL:

https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action

You can also have both Xcode 4 and 5 installed. You will have to rename your existing Xcode 5 app from Xcode to another name like Xcode5 before you install Xcode 4.6 in the Applications folder.

Answer 2

I followed your instruction to downgrade xcode 5.1 to xcode 4.6.1. The steps seems to work, however, when I try to install the command line tool, the Components tab of the Downloads preferences panel shows "No components are available". How do I get the command line tool to show up in the component panel?

Before the downgrade, with xcode 5.1, I did "xcode-select —install" to install command line tool. I assume it has been removed when I dragged the xcode 5.1 to the trash.