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Add a better notification when you need to accept Apple's terms on the website
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- Swift
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Description
When I tried to download Xcode, I got the error "Unable to install Xcode; if you continue to have problems, please submit a bug report in the help menu". It turned out that I needed to sign into the Apple Developer website and accept their terms, and then I was able to download it.
It would be nice if Xcodes detected this error case and gave a more informative error message, or if it's not possible to detect, it could list that as a possible fix.
I recently changed my Apple ID password, which may be why I was required to accept the terms again.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the Xcode download failure described in the issue and inspect how Xcodes currently reports download errors. The work is done when this Apple terms case produces an informative message or the error guidance lists accepting the terms as a possible fix.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, swift
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100