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I am trying to install Xcode 7 for the fifth time. I always complete the download but the installation does complete. Currently, I've been waiting for over 3 hours for installation and it's still not done.
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Why does Xcode take forever to install? Xcode is a huge app. Verifying and expanding it takes a really long time. Even with a fast Internet connection, it will take 1–2 hours to install Xcode.
Installation takes 8 minutes on a 2021 Mac M1 Mini, with a 100Mbps Internet connection. It's significantly slower on Mac Intel over a slow Internet connection. You'll see a confirmation message when installation is complete.
While you can install Xcode with a simple click, using the Mac App Store is very slow, and the download might hang indefinitely or return cryptic errors. The best alternative way to install Xcode is to download it from Apple's website. If you are proficient enough, using the command line is the fastest.
Xcode is quite large system, so it depends on your Internet connectivity. Xcode is HUGE and updating it requires the re-writing of thousands of files.
It's not the installation that is actually taking the most time, but verification of Xcode, once it's downloaded. Like yourself, I was wondering what was going on, but found it best to let it run its course. It would be better if there were some type of progress indicator during the process.
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Seems to be a memory issue, for 4GB ram will take about 3 hours, and for 16GB ram will take about 30 minutes
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I was fighting with the same issue for few days, and I found out that none of above answers is complete.
Unless you follow those steps you might end like me - being redirected over and over again to the appstore page (and download there was never ending)
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