As part of the standard updates for macOS, I am being prompted to install Command Line Tools for Xcode. Why is apple pushing all users to install these tools? I am not a developer and will not use them.
The update is appearing in my Software Updates and is being pushed as an automatic update.
Mac mini, macOS 13.5
Apple is not pushing this to all users.
You probably have at some point installed XCode or other developer tools.
Hence the word: Update.
Did you install Homebrew (brew.sh), because that will install the command line tools as part of the install.
I presume that the space occupied will not be far from what it is using now, so probably there won't be much of a difference.
By the way, if you are concerned with drive space: visit your Applications folder and make really sure that XCode is not there. If it is, then it is taking up a lot more space than the command line tools will (my XCode is over 11GB). Since you don't want it, if it is there you can drag it to the trash and reclaim that space.
Ah, thanks. Don’t recall installing it. Do you know if the listed size (900 Mb) is the amount of new space that will be occupied? Or, will files be replaced so the actual amount of new hard drive space will be less?
I sure did! That explains how I got it. Thanks!
Command Line Tools for Xcode - Why Install?
