Latest version of Xcode stuck on installation (12.5)

Question

I just updated my mac to macOS Big Sur, and am trying to update to the next version of XCode. It has been on 75-80% progress for hours:

Also, when I go to launchpad I see this:

Is anyone else having this issue or know how to fix it?

Answer 1

As a first test to check if everything is just going fine but really slow, try this:

• Keep the App Store window open (thanks to @Dhruv Saraswat to point this out).
• Open the "Console" app (not the "Terminal", but the "Console")
• Go to the "Search bar" and type "App Store".
• Push "Start" button.
• Log lines will be added from time to time showing you how the installation process goes. In my case, I saw "... Completed: 825 of 1000", and some time later I got "... Completed: 826 to 1000", and so on.

That way you can at least check if everything is working, although really slow. You can then guess how long it will take to the "Completed: 1000 to 1000" step in your own situation.

Answer 2

This is weird behaviour everyone face nowadays when installing from AppStore. Instead of that download dmg of required xcode version from apple developer account and install.

Please refer below link to download XCode versions.

Xcode download link for all versions.

Above link contains download link from XCode version 1.0 till the latest.

Answer 3

mine was stuck for about 3 days and even rebooting didn't help! i was trying to update to xcode 13.2.1 on MacOS Monterey what i did was:

1- opened Activity Monitor and force quitted "installd" (not sure if it was necessary though!)

2- opened Launcher, held Option key (to make the icons jiggle) and clicked the x on xcode's corner! asked me if i want to delete the app and i confirmed but magically it stayed and when i opened it it was updated to the latest version! so basically it was done installing just didn't know it.