Copy the expanded file to your main drive. Download Xcode from the Xcode Releases site onto an external drive and expand it there.Some ways to free up disk space and work around space limitations include the following: If you get an error message saying there isn’t enough free space to install Xcode, free up more disk space until the error message goes away. If you have a Mac with a 128 GB drive, you will have a tough time installing Xcode. You need enough free space to temporarily store both the compressed and expanded files. The file you are downloading is a compressed file. You need 4–5 times the size of the Xcode download to install it. Xcode requires a lot of disk space to install.

Why does Apple say I don’t have enough disk space to install Xcode? If you are installing Xcode from the Mac App Store, you can see the progress of the install from the LaunchPad app. Even with a fast Internet connection, it will take 1–2 hours to install Xcode.Ī Twitter thread explains why expanding takes so much time and provides a tip to speed up the expanding. Verifying and expanding it takes a really long time. I have not used Xcodes, but many people swear by it, saying it installs Xcode much faster than the App Store. Xcode Releases also lists the minimum version of macOS required for each Xcode version.Īnother alternative to the App Store is to use the Xcodes app to install Xcode. You can also use the Downloads page to install the latest version if you run into problems with the Mac App Store.Ī faster way to find Xcode download links is to go to Xcode Releases, a site that has download links for every version of Xcode. If your Mac can’t run the latest version of Xcode, go to Apple’s Xcode Downloads page and install an older version. The Mac App Store has the latest version, which usually requires the latest version of macOS. The easiest way to install Xcode is from the Mac App Store.

This post collects these questions and answers them. People learning iOS development without prior programming experience have a lot of questions on installing Xcode, Apple’s tool for developing iOS and Mac apps.

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