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Press COMMAND - R to refresh. I ran into that message when installing RC2 the other day.
Once I went to RC2 and rebooted, it then offered me a 2.21GB one which works out nicely. Says 3 mins remaining on the download.
Biggest jump yet! I'm now at 20% through the terminal. Still no issues!
Code:
REDACTED@REDACTED ~ % sudo softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 11.0.1
Password:
Downloading and installing 11.0.1 installer
SUPreferenceManager: Failed to set object of class: __NSCFString for key: LastRecommendedMajorOSBundleIdentifier with error: Error Domain=SUPreferenceManagerErrorDomain Code=1 "(null)"
SUPreferenceManager: Failed to set object of class: __NSCFString for key: LastRecommendedMajorOSBundleIdentifier with error: Error Domain=SUPreferenceManagerErrorDomain Code=1 "(null)"
Installing: 20.0%
I gave up downloading when I saw this! I think I'll wait a few days before trying again!
I'm also going to wait a few days. Not to be prudent, but because that's how long it's taking to download.
Yea, I gave up. Gonna try tonight unless it does the same ********.
in which case, might as well try Friday.
in which case, might as well try Friday.
The command downloads the regular full installer. You can upgrade from every previous version and also create a bootable USB (for upgrading or clean install).
After you download the installer if you want to keep it copy it from the applications folder before installing t gets deleted form applications once installed
also if you want a bootable installer use a 16gb pen drive name it Untitled and run 4th following script in Terminal (Before you Install It)
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled
also if you want a bootable installer use a 16gb pen drive name it Untitled and run 4th following script in Terminal (Before you Install It)
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled
Ah! the warm fuzzies! Still remember my first boxed OS X upgrade - the box for Panther looked like it meant BUSINESS! The checkout girl at PC World (UK equivalent to Best Buy) took one look at the box and asked 'What is THAT?'
No colourful boxes or stickers as one might be used to with Win XP etc. No, just intimidating, sleek, none-more-black, silver X embossed OS X goodness.
This is funny; I posted a comment when I had 2 days remaining, then immediately saw your post and was jealous. Then, I checked my progress and I had almost exactly that same amount downloaded as you (2.58 GB vs 2.59 GB). Looks like it sped up significantly, and I've also got 3 hours remaining.
