Sorry if I said Xcode 15 - just a typo, it’s actually 11.5. But the point 
remains the same. As I have said before, it seems that Apple are offering files 
as big as the Library of Babel for no logical reason. Stephen’s idea that they 
expect you to have a fibre connection is probably true, but odd considering 
that there are so many places in the world not yet offering high speed internet.

I didn’t bother to explain that in my tiny French village, the new 
state-sponsored optical fibre goes straight past my house, but sadly on the 
wrong side of the road! I have contracted with the necessary ISP, different 
from the one I’m using now, but after an abortive visit by a very nice 
technician who announced that she couldn’t solve the problem herself, they have 
outsourced the link from one side of the street to the other to an external 
contractor, with the result that the original August installation date has been 
pushed out to November! I have even tried to organise a bit of private work to 
get the cable across but the ISP will not play ball.

In practical terms, I will either hang over my Mac for a few more hours or take 
up the sensible suggestion of getting someone else with true broadband to do 
the download for me. The point of my email though was to ask if there is a way 
of downloading a huge file by any other method than simply swallowing the whole 
elephant in one go - looks like there isn’t.

Thanks all

Graham

> On 3 Oct 2020, at 13:17, Richmond via use-livecode 
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Cripes!
> 
> xCode 12.2. beta 2 takes up 10.5 GB of space . . . wonder what the bloat is: 
> Tim Cook's unwashed laundry?
> 
> On 3.10.20 11:11, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote:
>> This is a question for people having to use XCode to generate iOS apps. I 
>> find from responses on this list that I now need Xcode 15 to have a chance 
>> of generating for iOS 14. I would ask Apple this quesiton, but I doubt if I 
>> would get a meaningful answer:
>> 
>> I'm working deep in the French countryside with an ADSL connection - 
>> although I have enough bandwidth to stream TV programs, really long files 
>> are hard to download. Downloading Xcode - which is reported to be an 8.12GB 
>> file - at a speed of between 300 and 750 KB/sec is a nightmare. If the 
>> download speed drops below some unspecified limit, the download stops and 
>> has to be resumed in Safari, but that's not the worst of it. If I leave the 
>> download overnight, having got say 4 out of 8 Gb loaded, when look at the 
>> download folder in the morning, it only contains 14 bytes, necessitating a 
>> complete reload! There isn't even anything in the Trash. What's that about, 
>> and is there any way I can simply accumulate the download bit by bit until 
>> it's all finished?
>> 
>> If anyone has any hints, I’d be grateful. Otherwise it means spending some 
>> hours keep the download pot boiling and wrecking the rest of my day.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Graham
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