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

[danius]

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

that's just not fair!

 

[Rafterman]

The sun will come up tomorrow... You can bet your bottom dollar on it. Yeah, I'll try it then.

Yeah, then an asteroid hits us and BAM! Everyone's dead. Thanks, Apple.

 

[Belazor]

The link worked to download the installer package, that's all. If you see my other posts you'll understand that I'm not convinced and haven't used the downloaded file, so no, the issue of the upgrade is not resolved.

No, the link doesn't work to download the installer package. No-one is able to download the installer package from that link.

 

[Kyousuke]

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2020-11-12 19:13:38-04 Odyssey com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate.remoteservice[62562]: Controller: Skipping MajorOSInfo fetch as there is already a cached copy of the product key:<SUOSUMajorProduct: 001-79699>(Title:macOS Big Sur Version:11.0.1, Identifier:com.apple.InstallAssistant.macOSBigSur, IconSize:6941084, Deferred:0, Deferred Untilnull))

2020-11-12 19:14:01-04 Odyssey softwareupdated[62155]: 001-79699: Error downloading package InstallAssistant.pkg due to errorError Domain=PKDownloadError Code=14 "(null)"

 

[Unsupported]

No, the link doesn't work to download the installer package. No-one is able to download the installer package from that link.

Well I just did!

And risking everything I clicked the installer...

 

[317342]

It's a curious thing that it shows "Resolved" yet it is not resolved.

The doublespeak is starting to show.

 

[whsbuss]

View attachment 1662419
Well I just did!

And risking everything I clicked the installer...

So you didn't get the error message when you clicked the Update button?

 

[MFDoom]

This is incredibly frustrating....

 

[Babygotfont]

mine isn't not updating anymo

 

[bartoopl]

This is incredibly frustrating....

Very frustrating ...

 

[tiare.balbi]

It seems that the Big Sur is the only version that's failing... I'm using this script:

macadmin-scripts/installinstallmacos.py at main · munki/macadmin-scripts

Scripts of possible interest to macOS admins. Contribute to munki/macadmin-scripts development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

and I was able to get these links:

# ProductID Version Build Post Date Title
1 001-15219 10.15.5 19F2200 2020-06-15 macOS Catalina
2 001-68446 10.15.7 19H15 2020-11-11 macOS Catalina
3 001-79699 11.0.1 20B29 2020-11-12 macOS Big Sur
4 001-04366 10.15.4 19E2269 2020-05-04 macOS Catalina
5 061-86291 10.15.3 19D2064 2020-03-23 macOS Catalina
6 041-91758 10.13.6 17G66 2019-10-19 macOS High Sierra
7 041-88800 10.14.4 18E2034 2019-10-23 macOS Mojave
8 061-26589 10.14.6 18G103 2019-10-14 macOS Mojave
9 001-51042 10.15.7 19H2 2020-09-24 macOS Catalina
10 001-36735 10.15.6 19G2006 2020-08-06 macOS Catalina
11 001-57224 10.15.7 19H4 2020-10-27 macOS Catalina
12 041-90855 10.13.5 17F66a 2019-10-23 Install macOS High Sierra Beta
13 061-26578 10.14.5 18F2059 2019-10-14 macOS Mojave
14 001-36801 10.15.6 19G2021 2020-08-12 macOS Catalina

Option 3: Big Sur link:

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

 

[jeffu]

Is there somewhere to delete the file downloaded this afternoon? Seems like it's hung now and I just keep getting the error and can't get it to start downloading again. Anyone else originally getting the error able to get past it?

 

[bartoopl]

If this were a problem, apple would release the update to different regions at different intervals.

 

[whsbuss]

I find it ridiculous with over 1000 comments and the majority downloading Big Sur at the same damn time people are acting childish complaining about slow downloads. What did they expect? And this is just Macrumros. There are many more forums and thousands of people downloading at the same time. Glad I'm not the "Gotta have Gotta have or I'll die type of person. SMH.

Its not just about slow downloading as that was earlier. Its now about (for most) getting an installer error immediately upon click the Update button.

 

[willpowern]

I tried to download and it stopped about 4 times. On the fifth try is said this....Now I can't get past it to even start downloading. It never completed downloading. Tried restarting.

 

[whsbuss]

Is there somewhere to delete the file downloaded this afternoon? Seems like it's hung now and I just keep getting the error and can't get it to start downloading again. Anyone else originally getting the error able to get past it?

Check under /Library/Updates (system Library) - I show stuff there and I am gonna try to remove it.

 

[rldunn]

Is there somewhere to delete the file downloaded this afternoon? Seems like it's hung now and I just keep getting the error and can't get it to start downloading again. Anyone else originally getting the error able to get past it?

I thought this too, so I just switched to a different Mac for the download, one that I hadn't attempted Big Sur on before, and ... same problem

 

[gikku]

20B28 ?

 

[handsomelife]

I shot another DM on Twitter to Apple Support. I'm sure it will get little attention but gotta do something

Do you "gotta do something"? They're obviously aware and doing everything they can do get it sorted. Sending them DM's telling them it isn't working won't get you your precious update any quicker 😘

 

[decypher44]

So Apple says it's resolved, but it's not resolved. Groovy.

 

[Fjuarez]

Problems with delta update (RC2)? Try this!

https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOSBeta/comments/jt3k2x

 

[Belazor]

Do you "gotta do something"? They're obviously aware and doing everything they can do get it sorted. Sending them DM's telling them it isn't working won't get you your precious update any quicker 😘

If they were aware, the status would not say "Resolved".

 

[k.alexander]

So came across this, thoughts?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1327023082448560129

 

[Maconplasma]

I expect an almost triliion dollar company that charges a premium for its products to perform better. Amazon has literally millions of people around the world logged into their servers buying things, downloading media, streaming, etc and I can't remember the last time there was a failure. Amazon figured it out, why can't Apple?

Oh really? Try buying the PS5 today. The servers on Amazon and Walmart have been next to dead when they were available. So Amazon just says "Currently Unavailable" to relieve themselves of the pressure. And the amount of money a company has cannot control the amount of people smashing the servers. Please use some logic. 🙄

 

[joelovesapple]

So came across this, thoughts?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1327023082448560129

How will this affect future updates though as it's not from my account... seems to be downloading at a normal rate however so can't fault it...