I install new versions of Xcode about every two weeks on average. The amount of time it takes to have a new Xcode running is at least an hour: first you download a massive XIP, then the system "verifies" it forever when you try to open it, then it takes forever to unarchive because it's huge, then you need to copy it from ~/Downloads to /Applications which takes another couple of minutes. Then you hit the component installation part… (I think this step has something to do with installing new MobileDevice frameworks?)
Re:MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?
by Throwaeay2928 on Friday May 22, 2020 @01:06PM
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Forcibly relocated to a refugee camp tent with leaking water pipes next to your air mattress. But at least everything around you in your tent is white, flat, and material and your coffeemaker works.
I'm literally halfway there as I type this, Xcode 'installing components'. Having to upgrade essentially everything just to get the right dev tools for the current iOS is madness, feels like buying a new house to fit the new coffeemaker...