# How to monitor progress of Xcode installation from App Store

It feels that installing Xcode from App Store takes forever. You can see a progress bar in your Mac's Launchpad but it is hard to tell if there is any progress :(

![Progress in Launchpad](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1647361632214/h_H5xb8Fg.png)

I was worried that the installation process got stucked. I wondered if there are more detailed progress information available so I googled and I found this great [answer on Stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/a/69437989).

- Open the "Console" app (not the "Terminal", but the "Console")
- Go to the "Search bar" and type "App store".
- Push "Start" button.
- Keep an eye out for updates (e.g. "Completed: 976 of 1000")

![Detailed progress about Xcode installation viewable in Console.app](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1647361487678/9whO-pC2m.png)

Additional log lines will be added over time showing you how the installation process goes. Eventually I saw progress ("Completed: 978 to 1000") which gave me peace of mind. So I left my Mac alone and the next morning the installation was successfully finished.

P.S.: Generally I recommend to use [Xcodes](https://github.com/RobotsAndPencils/XcodesApp) over the App Store to install Xcode as it appears to be faster and it allows you to install various Xcode versions