Why when my Mac says over 40 GB of free space, I can't download Xcode because the app is saying theres not enough free space. I've tried everything. Nothings working, how much space do I actually need????? I've had the app before too.
You need about 60 GB to download, unzip and install Xcode.
Wow, that is ridiculous! Maybe that should be updated somewhere. I wouldn't have even considered downloading it if I knew it was that large.
No, 60 GB is not the final size on disk, it is a rough (and safe) estimate of what you may need during installation. At the end it is effectively much less.
Looking at Xcode 13.2 installed on my Mac: 32 087 104 955 bytes (17,94 GB on disk) - Xcode is stored compressed and expanded in memory on demand
So the final foot print is 18 GB.
But during installation, you have:
So, don't confuse what you need during installation and final footprint.
May read this:
https://macpaw.com/how-to/why-xcode-so-big
