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There are two ways to install Xcode from GUI interface just double click on Xcode xip file or form terminal using xip tool, first copy downloaded Xcode xip file into /Applications directory: # sudo xcode-select -switch /Users/someuser/Downloads/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer It is not big deal to have Xcode in different directory than /Application/Xcode.app, but you need to specify different Xcode.app active developer directory after installation using xcode-select tool, for example: When download is completed, copy xip file to /Applications directory, otherwise Xcode will be installed in the directory, where Xcode xip file is located.
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How to install Xcode from xip file? First download Xcode xip file, the file size is several Gigabytes so it may take a few minutes. So currently Apple Store does present different versions of Xcode in xip format: In the same time xip is the name of Mac OS X tool, which can be used to create or extract a digitally signed xip archives:
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An xip file is analog of zip file which can be digitally signed for integrity. In that moment I had no idea what xip files were, but currently I know. I went to Apple Store to download a new one and found that there is no Xcode dmg files, but Xcode xip files instead. Recently I decided to upgrade my Xcode on my Mac laptop, I sent installed Xcode into trash. It is not possible to know everything, but it is quite accessible to learn something new everyday.