You can search for this or go to this site. MAC OS X 10.8X Mountain Lion ISO that has a boot loader included.A computer that supports virtualization.More of a note to self since I will have to do this in the future and can never remember how I did it. The whole point of this article is to describe what it took for me to setup a MAC OS X development environment on my Windows 8.1 computer so I can develop IOS applications. Ok, I am done with my rant and can get on with the article.
While Microsoft doesn’t have an exclusive native SDK for MAC to develop for Windows Phone they do have several walk through documents on how to install and setup a development environment in MAC OS like this one. They do not provide a Windows version of their toolset Xcode that is used to develop IOS apps. My Surface is so much more as I can pretty much do anything on it that I can on my desktop or laptop.īesides all of that the biggest reason for my hate is that Apple makes it real difficult to develop for IOS if you don’t have a MAC.
In the corporate world though as a developer it is useless to me. I love my Windows Phone and will never buy another iPhone and I also love my Microsoft Surface Pro and will never buy another iAnything.(at least willingly) I do realize iPad can be a great device for those people who like to surf the internet, check email and play with basic apps. That was until I got a new Windows Phone 8 and also decided to start developing for the mobile platform.
I actually used to be somewhat of an Apple fan boy with my lavishing new iPhone, iPad and a ton of apps. Let me preface my hate for Apple before I start. Please make sure you own a legitimate copy of OS X. I do not endorse or approve pirating of any kind.