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For a MacBookPro with El Capitan - 10.11.6.

About Xcode, according with Xcode Releases the latest acceptable release is:

  • Xcode 8.2.1 for macOS 10.11.5+

Once logged on Apple Developer at https://developer.apple.com/download/all if is used as search criteria:

  • Command Line Tools 8.2.1: does not appear a result
  • Command Line Tools 8.2: appears among many results the Command Line Tools (macOS 10.11) for Xcode 8.2 result
  • Command Line Tools 10.11.6: does not appear a result
  • Command Line Tools 10.11: appears among many results the Command Line Tools (macOS 10.11) for Xcode 8.2 result

For the same result if is expanded View Details, it shows some generic info and indicates that the .dmg file has a size of 147.51MB

Now, at Xcode Releases the Xcode 8.2.1 for macOS 10.11.5+ record has the Download link which targets to download the Xcode_8.2.1.xip file. If the web browser starts to download, it has a size of 4.2GB

Currently my Mac has Xcode with the 8.2.0.0.1.1480973914 version

Question

  • Why the Xcode 8.2.1 explicit version does not appear at Apple Developer Download?

Extra Questions

  • Should I download the Xcode_8.2.1.xip or .dmg (8.2 version) file?
  • Why the huge difference about sizes? 147.51MB vs 4.2GB
  • Does my mac really have the latest Xcode 8.2 version? I am not sure if 8.2.0.0.1.1480973914 is the same available as the .dmg file
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  • 'Why' is probably because there is little to no active curation of releases so far behind supported versions. El Capitan went out of support 5 years ago. You're trying to find something Apple simply ceased caring about a long time ago.
    – Tetsujin
    Commented Oct 20, 2022 at 17:13
  • Even when you are correct, Xcode 8.2 was available at 12 Dec 2016 and the 8.2.1 was available at 19 Dec 2016 just 7 days later. So the latter should available too in the results
    – Manuel Jordan
    Commented Oct 20, 2022 at 20:25
  • Just for the record, I installed the .dmg file mentioned, the version returned is the same - 8.2.0.0.1.1480973914
    – Manuel Jordan
    Commented Oct 20, 2022 at 20:40

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The https://developer.apple.com/download/all page works as expected.

It was a confusion of terms by my side (consequence of many hours of work), if the search criteria is used as:

  • Either Command Line Tools 8.2 or Command Line Tools 10.11 returns among many results the Command Line Tools (macOS 10.11) for Xcode 8.2 result
  • Xcode 8.2.1 that returns as unique result the expected Xcode 8.2.1 mentioned at Xcode Releases

Therefore is different Command Line Tools (macOS 10.11) for Xcode 8.2 vs Xcode 8.2.1. Therefore as conclusion the Xcode term appears alone - and within the Command Line Tools term

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