I always prefer a browser download over the MAS. One nice thing about downloading from the dev site and not using the MAS, is that I save the installers into a folder called (of all things) "Xcode Installers" and I will always have the installers handy just in case I am.…
- in a place with a terrible connection (hello Africa) - in a place that blocks the MAS (my last contract) - if I need an older installer that is not in the MAS - if I am paying for my time on the Internet - need an old, obscure or no longer available version of the installer The MAS is mass market and serves that purpose well. IMO, it is a terrible option for developers. If I spend the time to download several GB of whatever, let me decide if I want to delete the package. HD space is cheap. Same thing with all the WWDC videos. Every one is downloaded and recompressed if possible, so I have the library of knowledge at my fingertips, or at my SSD, as the case may be. If it's important info, make sure to save it locally just in case you need it and can't get to it easily. Cheers. Sent from my iPad. Please pardon typos. On Oct 21, 2014, at 8:53 PM, Roland King <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 22 Oct 2014, at 8:48 am, Rick Mann <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> On Oct 21, 2014, at 17:46 , Roland King <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I’ve said it often here, the MAS is fine for lots of stuff, but don’t >>> install Xcode from it. it’s slow, it hangs, it replaces things you don’t >>> want replaced, it’s not transparent what’s going on, if you have as many >>> boxes as there seems to be here you have to keep letting the store download >>> them instead of just copying the image from one place to another and >>> installing. >>> >>> Download, double-click, drag and drop, deal with the ‘verification’ in any >>> way you like and keep going. >> >> Wait, how do I not use the MAS? Where can I DL it? >> >> -- > > Are you kidding? The latest versions of Xcode have forever, since before the > dawn of the MAS been on the developer site either as direct downloads (mostly > betas, GMs and full releases for a few days after release) or by following > any of the links on those pages to > https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action?name=Xcode and > downloading. > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Xcode-users mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/xcode-users/zav%40mac.com > > This email sent to [email protected]
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