Do I need an Apple Developer account?

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user1616720 picture user1616720 · Aug 22, 2012 · Viewed 53.1k times · Source

I am newbie in Xcode and Mac. I can make programs working well on simulators but cant make dmg files . Somewhere I heard I need an Apple Developer account ( 99$) for that but I dont want to publish my file on App store. I just need to install it on 1 or 2 other Macs.

Answer

Roberto picture Roberto · Jun 9, 2015

With Xcode 7 you are no longer required to have a developer account in order to test your apps on your Mac and/or iOS device:

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Check it out here.

Please notice that this is the officially supported by Apple, but you'll have to use Xcode 7 or later and your iCloud account.

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