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.
What's wrong with the Xcode storage size???
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:
- the zipped file : 11 GB that you can remove at the end
- the expanded (about 32)
- then some files during install (if I remember well, the 18 GB compressed form)
So, don't confuse what you need during installation and final footprint.
May read this:
https://macpaw.com/how-to/why-xcode-so-big