Why havent i got access to xcode 4 when I paid for it?

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Why havent i got access to xcode 4 when I paid for it?

I have just rolled back my mac book pro to snowleopard due to performance being unbareable on mountain lion. Now I discover that I cant install xcode 4 on snowleopard because apple on see to like supporting their software on anything but their latest hardware/OS versions. I bought xcode 4 when it first came out and apple was charging for it so surely I have some rights to access to what I had paid for. Can I get a refund or can you please make it availible to me. I know theres at least a couple of versions that where compatible with snowleopard.

Thanks

Brian

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jul 23, 2013 2:05 PM

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mende1

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Jul 23, 2013 2:08 PM in response to BrianJohnWilliams

Welcome to Apple Support Communities

When Xcode 4 was released, Apple said that it was only supported on Lion and Mountain Lion, not Snow Leopard.

All purchases you do at the App Store are final purchases, so you won't get a refund, more when you used the app. Anyway, you can try this > http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/contact

Download Xcode 3 at the Developer site when it's working

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Answer 2

Jul 23, 2013 2:32 PM in response to mende1

Im pretty sure when I bought it I was running snowleopard.

I will have to when they are back up and running. Thank you for ignoring the typos.

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etresoft

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Jul 23, 2013 2:43 PM in response to BrianJohnWilliams

It would be best to identify what problem you are having with Mountain Lion and fix that.

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Jul 27, 2013 10:58 AM in response to etresoft

Buying a new laptop that runs perfectly well under snowleopard but awfully under mountainlion just so I can type text in an IDE? Hahah yeah sure thats a great sollution. Thanks though 🙂

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etresoft

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Jul 27, 2013 11:52 AM in response to BrianJohnWilliams

Xcode 3.2.6 works great. If you choose to roll back your system software, you may have to return to old version of other software too.

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