iPhone SDK 6 ships, requires Leopard 10.5.3

Apple has introduced the sixth beta version of its iPhone SDK, explaining developers intending to upgrade to the new version must also upgrade to Mac OS X 10.5.3, which was released last night.

The update is available for download from the iPhone Dev Center. It’s even heftier than the Leopard update, iPhone SDK 6 is a 1.19GB download. The software includes a complete set of tools, compilers, frameworks, and documentation for creating iPhone OS applications, including an iPhone Simulator for testing.

Apple also confirms that Mac OS X 10.5.3 is required to run, and is incompatible with other OS releases, and “adds support for the latest iPhone OS,” the company said.





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