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extract Xcode.xip to a customed volume
By default, when extracts the Xcode.zip,
macos will create tmp file in `/private/var/folders/v2/tbmrn60d2910x3w23ys5fgs00000gn/T/com.apple.AUHelperService`.
Sometimes, the /private has no ehough space to hold 19GB Xcode.app.
Thus we can create a soft link named `com.apple.AUHelperService` in the tmp dir.
Steps:
1. BACKUP `com.apple.AUHelperService` in `/private/var/folders/v2/tbmrn60d2910x3w23ys5fgs00000gn/T/` to `com.apple.AUHelperService_BACKUP`
2. mkdir named `com.apple.AUHelperService` wherever you have enough space,
3. ln -s /your/absolute/path/com.apple.AUHelperService /private/var/folders/v2/tbmrn60d2910x3w23ys5fgs00000gn/T
4. double click the Xcode.xip
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