Taking charge of those xips

1 · Erica Sadun · Nov. 19, 2019, 7:53 p.m.
Apple adopted the digitally-signed xip format for Xcode downloads a few years ago. It’s basically a signed version of zip archives. Most commonly, you download a xip and double-click. Archive Utility will open the file, verify its signature, and expand its contents. In its default settings, Archive Utility always expands files to the same folder […]...