XCode 4 can I copy the download from one machine to another

Question

Hi I downloaded the XCode 4 which uses the app store to download and install and took over 8 hours for the 4.1 GB download to complete.

Can I copy this install from to another machine without having to do that massive download again?

Just to be clear I know how to move files between machines its more the location and what needs to be moved that I am interested in,

Thanks in advance,

Answer 1

I simply copied "/Applications/Install Xcode.app" from one machine to the other after the first machine downloaded from the App Store ($4.99 version). It worked fine.

Answer 2

I am stumped by other answers here - I have just downloaded XCode 4.3.2 for Lion (AFAIK latest at the moment) from this site:

https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action

You only need a valid AppleID (free of charge) developer account. No credit card whatsoever.

The filtering & pagination on download page do not work properly / are somewhat weird, at least in FF. But you can still find and download the 1.8GB .dmg file there and install it wherever you want.

OP has stated that he has downloaded a 4.1GB file, so the versions might be different. I do not miss anything from mine though, it works (well, mostly - but that's just the quality of Apple software... :) ).

Answer 3

For what it’s worth, if you’re a registered developer you can download a single .dmg file from Apple’s website and install Xcode from that. The disc image can then be obviously copied wherever you wish.