How do you update Xcode on OSX to the latest version?

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Evan R. picture Evan R. · Mar 14, 2013 · Viewed 520.5k times · Source

What is the easiest way to update Xcode on OSX?

I see this in the terminal:

$ brew install xxxxxxx
Warning: Your Xcode (4.3.3) is outdated
Please install Xcode 4.6.

But when I go to open up Xcode > Preferences > Downloads, it says there are no updates?

Answer

jjn picture jjn · Mar 14, 2013

  1. Open up App Store

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  2. Look in the top right for the updates section (may also be in lefthand column "Updates"..)

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  3. Find Xcode & click Update enter image description here

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