Xcode seems fill every remaining space left on disk.

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Xcode seems fill every remaining space left on disk.

MacBook Air 2018 with 128GB SSD, nothing installed but just Xcode, and there is no space left.

Moving Xcode app on external ssd is a pain, long opening time due app verification (after a reboot) and less then 10GB of space left on disk.

Xcode is a disk space eater and should never be installed on 128GB ssd.

Manage Space -> Other don't show where and who is allocating space on disk.

Apple Xcode engineers should focus to optimise Xcode to run on "low budget" Macs and add incremental updates for apps with big bundle.

Any solution but sell the MacBook Air and replace with a new one with more disk space?

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 1, 2020 9:22 AM

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Urquhart1244

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Mar 3, 2020 2:40 AM in response to yeppayeppa

My MBP with a 2 TB disk is using ‘only’ 58 GB at this time, including Xcode. While not exclusively used for coding, I don’t *keep* other stuff on it. I did get the larger disk because I realized that the minimum size would become a limiting issue over time (same for my smart phone and tablet).

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