macOS Xcode installation location.

[MacMan988]

Hi, I just installed Xcode and I have had installed it few months ago. As I remember, the last time I had it installed the Xcode was not in the application folder, but in some other places that was created for developer stuff. It was in a separate application folder that isn't the regular application folder. And there were some more folders with a folder named as developer tools.

But when I today installed Xcode its in the regular application folder just like other apps and all I could see is just the Xcode app and nothing else.

Is this the normal way it should be? Why is it different now?

Thanks in advance.

 

[lloyddean]

It is now, yes.

 

[PatrickCocoa]

Bundle Up!

The Xcode app in your Applications folder is really a bundle. The bundle contains several folders and many individual files.

In OS X the are thee types of Finder objects: files, folders, and bundles. You're familiar with files and folders. A bundle acts like a file in that it runs an app when double-clicked, but also acts like a folder in that it contains files and folders.

 

[MacMan988]

The Xcode app in your Applications folder is really a bundle. The bundle contains several folders and many individual files.

In OS X the are thee types of Finder objects: files, folders, and bundles. You're familiar with files and folders. A bundle acts like a file in that it runs an app when double-clicked, but also acts like a folder in that it contains files and folders.

Thanks for the information. Can you please verify that Xcode is installed in the correct location (default location) ? Cos the last time i had it i remember it was in a different place (developer tools) and there were a lot of separate folders and stuff made with it. it was definitely not in the Application folder.

 

[szymczyk]

Apple changed the way it packages Xcode in Xcode 4.3. Starting with Xcode 4.3, Xcode is packaged like most Mac applications, as a single application installed in the Applications folder. Packaging Xcode as a single application makes installing and uninstalling it easier.

 

[MacMan988]

Apple changed the way it packages Xcode in Xcode 4.3. Starting with Xcode 4.3, Xcode is packaged like most Mac applications, as a single application installed in the Applications folder. Packaging Xcode as a single application makes installing and uninstalling it easier.

Thanks. This solved my confusion.