"If your Mac isn’t capable of running the current release of macOS, or you’re dependent on key hardware or software which is incompatible, then the decision is

"If your Mac isn’t capable of running the current release of macOS, or you’re dependent on key hardware or software which is incompatible, then the decision is made for you." Since I need Mac for building iOS apps, unfortunately I couldn't rely on old Mac systems (say > 8 years old). Apple regularely increase the minimum OS version for running Xcode. Since v13.3, you need to have Monterey installed. https://developer.apple.com/support/xcode/ https://developer.apple.com/support/xcode/