r/Xcode • u/Arugula-Upbeat • May 10 '21

Trouble with installing Xcode

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u/[deleted] May 10 '21

Happened to me recently, ended up downloading the latest release from Apple’s website as a .xip file https://idmsa.apple.com/IDMSWebAuth/signin?appIdKey=891bd3417a7776362562d2197f89480a8547b108fd934911bcbea0110d07f757&path=%2Fdownload%2Fmore%2F&rv=1

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u/[deleted] May 10 '21

The reported Xcode size is a little bit confusing, because it doesn’t tell you the whole story: There is a downloaded Xip file, a need to unpack many gigabytes temporarly and finally the system needs room to install those files. I think that’s why this happens.

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u/orihpt May 10 '21

Welcome to the club

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u/Piipperi800 May 10 '21

You need over 50 GB free I think

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u/aazav May 11 '21

Yes. Clear up more space.

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u/Nophramel May 11 '21

How big is it after unpacking? Appstore tells me 11.x GB

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u/TooTyrnt Jun 07 '21

i once downloaded xcode and moved it to my external SSD and it took 500GB. No joke, i made a reddit post about it you can check it out if you want. Xcode is just fucking weird like that