Development
Can the MacBook Air (15-inch, M4, 2025) run Xcode?
Minimum requirements
Meets minimum requirements
Operating system — supported (macOS Tahoe 26.2 or later (Xcode 26.6 supports macOS Tahoe 26.2 - 26.x)); versions are shown, not compared. Processor — no Mac processor restriction is stated.
How this was judged
Graphics chips are compared by class (an 8-tier rubric), not by benchmark score. The same tier as the requirement is only ever “likely”. Read the tier rubric and its limitations.
- Xcode system requirements · publisher requirements
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- OS
- macOS Tahoe 26.2 or later (Xcode 26.6 supports macOS Tahoe 26.2 - 26.x)
Sources and limits
How we know this · Report an error
- Apple — Xcode system requirements and compatibility (Apple Developer) · retrieved 10/7/2026
The laptop’s figures come from its verified specification page. Requirements are the publisher’s and can change. This compares the laptop with the publisher’s listed native requirements — it does not account for emulation, translation layers or cloud gaming. See how we verify the specs.
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