Xcode update stuck at waiting

Dear All,

An update to my update - the latest update of X-Code has installed after many pauses and an error message that said it couldn't be installed and to try again. So, the moral of the story seems to be that you should have patience, don't believe everything you read, check after a few hours/days, and success just might be yours -- and I'm not really using it anyway, so what's the problem?

This was the only way that I found to get Xcode to update / download. Seems the previous application bundle wouldn't allow the update to pass through to the App Store to begin updating.. w.e at least it worked lol

Worked perfectly. Tried for several times, cleared the cache of the app store, restarted, waited for an hour. Nothing... Then after confirming the deletion, the update started immediately. thanks!

This worked for me too—thank you DH!—but you need to keep AppStore running while you delete Xcode. On my first attempt, I first quit the AppStore, then deleted Xcode, and relaunched AppStore. In that attempt it didn't show that I had an Xcode update. So, quitting the AppStore, restoring Xcode from trash, relaunching AppStore again showed me the Xcode update, again stuck at Waiting. This time, I deleted Xcode while AppStore was running, and it automatically took off. FWIW, this is for Xcode 8.

I put the Xcode from the Application folder into the trash, then the download started. I quickly pulled it back out of the trash and restored it to the original location (remembering I don't want to reinstall all of my credentials).

I had the same problem with Updating Xcode 8.1, and what I have done to fix this is:

1) Go to https://developer.apple.com/download/

2) Launch app in the AppStore after press Download button

And this will refresh AppStore status from waiting.. to downloading..

This problem even came back on a brand new latest model MacBook Pro. Please, please – please(!) fix this . I've had this for years now. It seems related to my account ID, although that's probably impossible...

I just went into the applications folder and renamed xcode to xcode.old and the download started immediately.

This worked for me as well for 8.3.1

I have this problem when trying to update from Xcode 8.2.1 to Xcode 8.3.3 on macOS Sierra 10.12.5.

Did not work for me... still hanging...

worked, thank you

This worked for me too. Thank you!

Thanks, this worked for me on 12/11/2017 uploading Xcode to a vintage MacBook pro late 2008 running El Capitan,

Thank you, you said what I want to say.