Apple Releases macOS Big Sur With Fresh Design, Control Center, Safari Privacy Report, Messages Updates, Maps Overhaul and More

[TheNormsk]

Not happening for me on a late 2017 iMac. When I try, I get this.

EDIT: It appears I have a Catalina 10.15.7 update that wants to restart first. That is probably the cause of the error...

 

[mkrizan4]

Because it install the original OS your mac came with ....

Nope. Option + Command + R should install THE LATEST AVAILABLE for my Mac. So why is it not there?

 

[Dephibio]

After the third installation failure, I'm giving a direct download through the browser a go at the same time as the normal system update. The Safari download does stop with a network timeout, but at least I can hit refresh and it picks up where it left off. URL:

http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/50/49/001-79699-A_93OMDU5KFG/dkjnjkq9eax1n2wpf8rik5agns2z43ikqu/InstallAssistant.pkg

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I've used this link and downloaded the whole installer in like 10 mins. Thanks!

 

[Unsupported]

All the issues seem to be resolved now, excxept the macOS Software Update

Apple - Support - System Status

Status for all planned and unplanned events for Apple Services.

www.apple.com

 

[gluckett]

Well, Apple Card, Apple Pay, iMessage, and Maps are all fixed. Maybe it won't be long for the update to be fixed as well.

 

[ossifer]

All Apple services are back on status page EXCEPT:

macOS Software Update​

Kind of gives you hope more people will be available to fix this...

 

[colinwil]

I'm seeing the same thing and dug in a bit deeper. Getting a TCP Denied from a23-194-213-143.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com which has me wondering if akamai hasn't finished replicating the update to all its warehouses.

Yeah - I'm seeing that in the Install.log in Console.

But those console logs are hard to read(!). Looking at them it could be that the TCP_DENIED comes from http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/50/49/.../dkjnjkq9eax1n2wpf8rik5agns2z43ikqu/InstallAssistant.pkg

ps... http ?? Well at least its not a certificate issue then

 

[Kyousuke]

I bet Jason used his machete on the apple servers.
Friday the 13th is nearing

 

[ghboard2010]

Wonder if this might happening with Apple servers:

DNS cache poisoning, the Internet attack from 2008, is back from the dead

A newly found side channel in a widely used protocol lets attackers spoof domains.

arstechnica.com

 

[JaJaWa]

 

[antonrg]

Reached 3,8 GB and crashed. Now it wouldn´t even restart, just goes straight into the error. Restarted the MacBook 3 times. Same garbage. I’ll try tomorrow 😂
location: France

 

[N0ughtsAndCr0sses]

Has anyone in the UK managed to download and install?

Ef it. I gave up. Tomorrow is another day. Cheers.🍻

 

[gluckett]

Status now says it's fixed, so hopefully it should start working soon.

 

[Unsupported]

I've used this link and downloaded the whole installer in like 10 mins. Thanks!

The package is much smaller... does it then download the entire installer?

 

[JaJaWa]

After the third installation failure, I'm giving a direct download through the browser a go at the same time as the normal system update. The Safari download does stop with a network timeout, but at least I can hit refresh and it picks up where it left off. URL:

http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/50/49/001-79699-A_93OMDU5KFG/dkjnjkq9eax1n2wpf8rik5agns2z43ikqu/InstallAssistant.pkg

Even the link is dead

 

[Unsupported]

Status now says it's fixed, so hopefully it should start working soon.

Correct, but I'm still getting that error...

 

[diego.caraballo]

Catalina was just better 😂

 

[Unsupported]

Even the link is dead

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That's what I got using a Private Window, try with just "New Window".

 

[anshuvorty]

Armchair analysis - the servers are crashing because the backbone of the internet is experiencing major usage surges. Why? Think about it:

• Apple releasing their latest macOS update, Big Sur
• Apple releasing their next iOS betas - ios 14.3, watchOS 7.2, and tvOS 14.3
• Playstation 5 launch day - day 1 updates to almost all new games releasing at launch with the console
• Xbox Series S and Series X - they launched 2 days ago, but I am sure players are still downloading day 1 patches to games today too

So, just those 4 aspects alone, I can imagine the backbone of the internet crippling with traffic.....Thoughts?

 

[antmarobel]

Downloaded, installed, all the applications I use, installed. Everything working pretty fine. No problems whatsoever...so far...

 

[Sparkie_e]

• Playstation 5 launch day - day 1 updates to almost all new games releasing at launch with the console
• Xbox Series S and Series X - they launched 2 days ago, but I am sure players are still downloading day 1 patches to games today too

I would say those 2 alone are the pressure. The numbers of Big Sur and 14.3 would be minimal compared to the Xbox and the PS5

 

[Ravi_MR]

Downloaded, installed, all the applications I use, installed. Everything working pretty fine. No problems whatsoever...so far...

Congrats, but did you face the error before or you tried downloading first time only after the issue was resolved?

 

[ghboard2010]

Status resolved; still no joy

 

[Jordan Klein]

 

[mzeb]

Yeah - I'm seeing that in the Install.log in Console.

But those console logs are hard to read(!). Looking at them it could be that the TCP_DENIED comes from http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/50/49/.../dkjnjkq9eax1n2wpf8rik5agns2z43ikqu/InstallAssistant.pkg

ps... http ?? Well at least its not a certificate issue then

They are hard to read. I'm suspecting that they have some internal infrastructure around this logging and don't expect us to ever dig into it.

Also, I'd guess that when the installer connects to actually get the install data the server will do a reverse checksum of the install binary to make sure everything is kosher.