Xcode update stuck at waiting

In the Store menu there is a Check for Unfinished Downloads...

I had this issue, found that, clicked it, got a message that all my purchased downloads had finished and clicked ok.

I had expected that to be the end of it, but lo and behold, after clicking ok, the Apple XCode update started downloading promptly.

Hope that helps someone needing their XCode update!!!!

Copied from my answer in the developer forums:

Going to Applications in Finder and moving Xcode to the trash bin fixed the problem for me. As soon as I entered in my password to confirm moving Xcode to the trash, the App Store prompted me on whether or not I wanted to cancel the update or delete the app. I opted to delete Xcode, and the App Store immediately began downloading the update.

Hope this helps anyone else who's having the same problem.

Thank you, thank you and thank you. Worked. I have done so many terminal commands to try and remedy this issue but this did the trick.

I still hate Mac App Store Apple. It *****.

from terminal run

xcode-select --install

Perhaps the message should read 'Please wait' instead of 'Waiting.'

My download and installation eventually started for Xcode 7.3.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

New Xcode releases are stored on a windows server in Antartica, and are transferred by penguins. Every single time, there is this interminable waiting... that won't change for minutes or hours. I gave up for a day, and then after a brief waiting... period, the download began as it should have 24 hours earlier.

As there are millions of developers, the server and penguin load must be horrendous.

Penquins? So the servers must be running Linux.

This worked immediately. One second and download started. Thanks.

Thanks. This helped me. I accidentally clicked 'Continue' instead of 'Delete' but it did the same thing, it automatically started the download, after being paused/waiting for 10 minutes.

Moving the old Xcode to trash launched the install; who would have known!!! Thanks, Daniel.

Seif

Everything is much more simple... Do not cancel anything, open AppStore, then click on the "Store" in the top-left menu and choose the following option - "Check for Unfinished Downloads...". Enter your Apple ID and password and you everything will be up and running.

The reason is that XCode does require additional confirmation before download.

Hope that helps.

Yours Sincerely,

Arturas Taleikis.

Strangely enough, what worked for me was to open Xcode, then try to do the update. It asked me to shut down Xcode and after I did, the download started.

I have the same problem with update 7.3.1

Wasting time.................................................................

Apple, please fix this !!!

This fixed it for me. On the app store window where Xcode is stuck at "waiting..", go to "Store" on the top left, select "reload page". Then click update on Xcode again.

This is what worked for me