

version 11.3 of Xcode is now like 16 GB? That's quite a lot and having like 2 or even 3 versions of Xcode installed might not be possible for some of us, especially if one uses his MacBook not just for single project development but also for some other stuff as well. How can we give a new Swift version that has not been released with the latest available Xcode yet? Or maybe you are short on free disk space (sooner or later we all know that feeling I think 😭) and do not want to install a new version of Xcode yet? Toolchains take way less space (around 2-3 GB) compared to Xcode.

Usually, we can compile them anyway with backward compatibility by setting older Swift versions for that framework but sometimes the new version of Swift brings a great addition that it is just too good not to use that. Especially if your application depends on some third party frameworks since those will rather sooner than later be updated to support the new Swift version. Even though we, developers, are not forced to use the newest Swift version right away when it is released it might be still good to be ready for it. Most important, however, we want to prepare our applications for a new Swift version. New releases do not only contain some minor fixes and improvements but we also often get some new features as well. On either the first or second login window, you should see ”Safe Boot” in the upper-right corner of the window."Īdditionally, if you have any third-party antivirus software enabled test the download while temporarily disabling.Swift development isn't slowing down in any way new versions are being released a few times a year.
