macOS Cannot install Xcode 12 Beta 5

[SisterRay]

Hi,

I cannot install Xcode 12 Beta 5. When I click on the Xcode12beta5.xip file it begins to extract the files but then it shows a dialog which says

The archive "Xcode12beta5.xip" can't be expanded because the selected volume doesn't have enough free space.

However, I have 79.6Gb of free space on my laptop. My laptop is running MacOS 10.15.6

I suspect something else is happening here, and it is not related to the lack of disk space. Has anyone experienced this? If so how did you fix it?

Thanks

 

[casperes1996]

I actually think the message is correct. A LOT of free space can be required for these XIP extractions. I had a similar error with around 80GB free. I needed like 95. Pop it on an external disk and try extracting there or something. Once extracted it's much, much smaller

 

[SisterRay]

Hi @casperes1996,

Thanks for responding. I just made more space on my disk. I now have 109GB free. I still cannot install it. I am still getting the same message.

Can anyone tell me how much free space is need to install this. I don't have any external disks I can install this onto.

It seems crazy that to unzip a 11Gb xip file you need over 109Gb

Thanks

 

[casperes1996]

Thanks for responding. I just made more space on my disk. I now have 109GB free. I still cannot install it. I am still getting the same message.

Can anyone tell me how much free space is need to install this. I don't have any external disks I can install this onto.

It seems crazy that to unzip a 11Gb xip file you need over 109Gb

Thanks

OK if you've exceeded 100 and is still having the issue, something else may indeed be at play. I needed ~90, but yeah even that is a bit crazy.

Try with the Terminal; "xip --expand <path to xip>"
It might give more of an indication of what's actually happening or perhaps even work outright if you're lucky

 

[SisterRay]

Hi @casperes1996,

I succeeded in extracting the app using the following command

xip -x Xcode_12_beta_5.xip

The log then showed
xip: signing certificate was "Development Update" (validation not attempted)
xip: expanded items from "/Users/myaccount/Downloads/Xcode_12_beta_5.xip"

Thanks for the help

 

[casperes1996]

Hi @casperes1996,

I succeeded in extracting the app using the following command

xip -x Xcode_12_beta_5.xip

The log then showed
xip: signing certificate was "Development Update" (validation not attempted)
xip: expanded items from "/Users/myaccount/Downloads/Xcode_12_beta_5.xip"

Thanks for the help

Interesting; Did you get it straight from developer.apple.com?

 

[Abrc]

Hello. Could you please say how much minimum memory I should have to install Xcode 12? Is 40GB enough?

 

[SisterRay]

Interesting; Did you get it straight from developer.apple.com?

Yes you can download it from there.

 

[SisterRay]

Hello. Could you please say how much minimum memory I should have to install Xcode 12? Is 40GB enough?

I think it is around 40GB. This is required for the process of installing, but I think once it is installed it uses less than half that. I would suggest freeing up another 10GB at least to be safer.

 

[Abrc]

I think it is around 40GB. This is required for the process of installing, but I think once it is installed it uses less than half that. I would suggest freeing up another 10GB at least to be safer.

Thank you. I hope it will be enough.

 

[alendrew11]

Hello. Could you please say how much minimum memory I should have to install Xcode 12? Is 40GB enough?

Where I know it is required 42 GB space like 28 GB to install and a 14 GB place to have compressed app image which will be 42 GB in total. After installment completion, you can delete the compressed image. For further you can also check here: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/110533#:~:text=Xcode%2012%20takes%2028%20GB,deleted%20AFTER%20the%20install%20completes.