Mac App Store Xcode 5 deletes Xcode 4

Question

Just installed Xcode 5 with the app store, since iOS 7.0.2 released.

I had a renamed version of Xcode 4 in my applications folder, which was deleted (I assume) during the installation process of Xcode 5, even though I had renamed the package to Xcode_4_iOS6.app.

Had the GM seed version of Xcode 5 living beside quite happily beforehand.

It's not in my trash folder. And what is the best way of having both versions at the same time? I don't want to have to restore from backup every time a new is released!

Answer 1

I believe that the Mac App Store finds the old Xcode by searching for the App Store receipt file.

Some people have reported (on Twitter) successfully keeping Xcode 4 by deleting the receipt file in Xcode.app/Contents/_MASReceipt/receipt before installing Xcode 5 (probably best to just delete the _MASReceipt directory). Obviously you also need to rename the old Xcode.app.