XcodesOrg / XcodesOrg/XcodesApp
Disable option to install visionOS on Intel machines
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Description
Installing the visionOS requires Apple Silicon and is can't be installed using Xcode on Intel machines, but in Xcodes the install button is enabled.
Curious to see what would happen I clicked install on my Intel machine and it successfully downloaded and installed, but it can't actually be used in Xcode.
I considered suggesting replacing the button with 'Download' so people can use Xcodes to download the runtime for another machine, but a) they can install Xcodes on the other machine and b) clicking Install leads to the downloaded image getting deleted, so 'Download' doesn't seem to be a normally supported option anyway.
So I suggest the button is removed and replaced with a "Requires Apple Silicon Mac" label, like in Xcode.
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Research direction
Start by locating the visionOS runtime entry and the install-button handling in the XcodesApp codebase, then inspect how the host architecture is detected. Done means Intel Macs show a “Requires Apple Silicon Mac” label instead of an enabled install action, while Apple Silicon behavior remains unchanged.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, swift
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100