Cannot install Xcode 12 Beta 5

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Created Aug ’20

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Hi,

I cannot install Xcode 12 Beta 5. When I click on the Xcode12beta5.xip file it begins to extract the files but then it shows a dialog which says

The archive "Xcode12beta5.xip" can't be expanded because the selected volume doesn't have enough free space.

However, I have 79.6Gb of free space on my laptop. My laptop is running MacOS 10.15.6

I suspect something else is happening here, and it is not related to the lack of disk space. Has anyone experienced this? If so how did you fix it?

Thanks

Answered by looccm in 628246022

Hi All,

Here's the solution

I succeeded in extracting the app using the following command

xip -x Xcode12beta5.xip

(For some reason this forum is stripping out the underscores from the filename)

The log then showed
xip: signing certificate was "Development Update" (validation not attempted)
xip: expanded items from "/Users/myaccount/Downloads/Xcode12beta5.xip"

Regards

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Answer 1

looccm OP

Aug ’20

Accepted Answer

Hi All,

Here's the solution

I succeeded in extracting the app using the following command

xip -x Xcode12beta5.xip

(For some reason this forum is stripping out the underscores from the filename)

The log then showed
xip: signing certificate was "Development Update" (validation not attempted)
xip: expanded items from "/Users/myaccount/Downloads/Xcode12beta5.xip"

Regards

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Answer 2

Ferlinghetti OP

Aug ’20

I tried the console command to expand it and still got the "not enough space" message, even though I had 96 Gig free.

I moved the .xip file to an external drive that had 300 Gig free and I was able to expand it there, and then move the Xcode-beta.app file, which is 17.72 Gig, back to my main drive and it appears to be working fine.

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