Latest version of Xcode stuck on installation (12.5)
Solution 1:
As a first test to check if everything is just going fine but really slow, try this:
- Open the "Console" app (not the "Terminal", but the "Console")
- Go to the "Search bar" and type "App store".
- Push "Start" button.
- Log lines will be added from time to time showing you how the installation process goes. In my case, I saw "... Completed: 825 of 1000", and some time later I got "... Completed: 826 to 1000", and so on.
That way you can at least check if everything is working, although really slow. You can then guess how long it will take to the "Completed: 1000 to 1000" step in your own situation.
Solution 2:
This is weird behaviour everyone face nowadays when installing from AppStore. Instead of that download dmg of required xcode version from apple developer account and install.
Please refer below link to download XCode versions.
Xcode download link for all versions.
Above link contains download link from XCode version 1.0 till the latest.
Solution 3:
Had the same issue after updating my MacBook to Big Sur and trying to update Xcode to version 12.5. Tried to reinstall, reboot my Mac, delete the app and install it again from App Store.
Decided to leave the installation overnight and it helped! In the morning Xcode was installed successfully.
Solution 4:
I had exactly the same situation, I updated MacOS and then updated Xcode to 12.5.1 and it got stuck on 7.2GB of 7.2GB. I left it for 4 hours with nothing happening (but in Activity Monitor 'installd' was working away). I left it overnight and it had sorted itself out by the morning.
Solution 5:
in my case force quit installd, close and open appstore, run update again