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xcode stuck on installing

hi,

I was downloading xcode from the app store. (on big sur, m1)

After a while I wanted to stop the download (it was really slow) so I clicked on the stop icon (on the app store), nothing happened so I went to the Application folder and deleted xcode.

After reboot the xcode icon was gone but when i try to reinstall xcode the icon appear again in the same "installing" state.

Can you help me please?

Terminal solutions are welcomed!

Thanks!

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Dec 11, 2020 6:21 PM

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Posted on Jan 20, 2021 1:04 PM

Same for me. Whenever I restart my computer the download resets but then when I try to reinstall it, it goes back to where it was before. I've tried downloading it off of apple's dev page but the download freezes as well. Is it normal for it to be frozen for 5 hours?


Link to try: https://developer.apple.com/download/more/

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Jan 20, 2021 1:04 PM in response to pich127

Same for me. Whenever I restart my computer the download resets but then when I try to reinstall it, it goes back to where it was before. I've tried downloading it off of apple's dev page but the download freezes as well. Is it normal for it to be frozen for 5 hours?


Link to try: https://developer.apple.com/download/more/

Dec 18, 2020 5:26 PM in response to dhruv287

Sorry to hear that.

I've just waited and it finished installing after a few hours.

The only thing i did at first was long press on the xcode app icon in the launchpad, click on the x to delete the app, go to the application folder to be sure xcode is not there, restart the computer, open the app store again and click on the xcode download play button, then just wait.

This is what I did.

I suggest to open another request.

Good luck.

Jan 9, 2021 2:25 PM in response to steve_zm

Yes waiting did help. I was using Norton Security so I had to uninstall that as that got in the way and was the reason for the XCode installation crashing the computer. But make sure you don’t have any third party security software on your MacBook. Just press install and let it run mine took about 1.5 hours to 2 hours. 👍

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