Xcode 6.1 OSX apps using storyboard does not render window or menubar

Question

I recently ported a OSX swift based app that was using xib to storyboard. Compiling and deploying it for 10.10 works fine on a machine with Yosemite installed, the window loads. However targeting 10.9 and then running it on a VM with Mavericks installed, the window does nor the menubar loads for the app.

To further isolate the issue, I created a blank new xcode project with storyboard enabled, compiled for 10.9 and ran the app on a VM running 10.9, the same behavior is observed.

Is this a known issue with running apps on 10.9 using storyboards? Am I missing some additional runtime to execute storyboard apps on 10.9?

Answer 1

Storyboards are new to Yosemite. They don't work with Mavericks. If you need to maintain compatibility with 10.9, stick with plain old xibs for now.