macOS Big Sur Installation Failed: 'An Error Occurred While Installing the Selected Updates'

[ksujoel]

After several tries, restarting, shutting down, etc - I finally got it downloaded and it’s now installing. Whew! LOL

 

[DiscoToast]

Here we go...?

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Congratulations!

You made it to the front of the first line!

You are now in the back of the 2nd line!

(I've been seeing the same page for quite a while now.)

 

[AdonisSMU]

Ok its done downloading hopefully it works this time.

 

[W4cnv]

I can download it in less than 5 minutes. But i'm still getting the installation error. Funny it's the same error I was getting trying to install the beta version.

 

[movieator]

Tick tock...tick tock.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Fully installed and wowwwwwwwww. The install errors are inexcusable but it was worth the wait it looks amazing...

The OS looks better feature wise than Catalina but, that stock wallpaper is hideous.

 

[movieator]

Look at you, humans!!

And you want to explore the universe by travelling and populating other planets.
Can’t organise a global download though hahah

This is fair.

 

[honeycrisp]

After many download attempts, finally installing for me.

 

[DiscoToast]

Apple engineers watching us stare at the "12.18 GB of 12.18 GB" completion status for over 15 min:

 

[OverSpun]

Congratulations!

You made it to the front of the first line!

You are now in the back of the 2nd line!

(I've been seeing the same page for quite a while now.)

Only if it actually installs... I feel the downloading bar is inaccurate when it is already downloaded. Will see...

 

[iambrandoom]

 

[jtrenda33]

Anyone getting this message...? Earlier today I was able to start the download then it failed like everyone else's. But now, this...? I guess I should restore but this is odd.

 

[macenvydotcom]

Installed no issues on a Mac Pro 2013

 

[AlliFlowers]

I started again about a half an hour ago and it seems to be working now.

 

[Wxchaser]

Brutal delay at 12.18 GB

 

[cmaier]

Install taking quite awhile. Now on the apple with progress bar, no indicator of time remaining, and the progress bar has gotten to the end and moved backwards a couple of times, and now isn’t moving.

This is quite a fun update experience,.

 

[mjschabow]

Install taking quite awhile. Now on the apple with progress bar, no indicator of time remaining, and the progress bar has gotten to the end and moved backwards a couple of times, and now isn’t moving.

This is quite a fun update experience,.

I’ll get there. I had that and it finally changed to about 8 minutes left.

 

[DCswitch]

Anyone having trouble downloading Big Sur, I uploaded it:

macOS Big Sur Installation Failed: 'An Error Occurred While Installing the Selected Updates'

For anyone unable to download, I uploaded it from a genuine download from Apple. Here are the download links. You'll need a program like The Unarchiver or Keka to uncompress them. https://we.tl/t-H9LaAq8NMX https://we.tl/t-2RZpEaql6m https://we.tl/t-ad5gDxDYCm https://we.tl/t-SrVDHEW8Y3...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[uniquestevejobs]

I found a weird bug/s:
1)When restarting mac it restarts normaly but when you stay in the lockscreen couple of sec later it does a soft restart again. Not happening when your shut down normaly.

2)Profile pic is low resolution when shutting mac completly down(not on standby)

3) Lockscreen pic always changes to default after shutting down completely an start again.(dont happen in standby)

 

[monkey28]

Toronto here done downloading now.

 

[jableskg]

Brutal delay at 12.18 GB

Same for me but at 8.18 GB

 

[Blowback]

Just installing. Yes, a brutal delay at the end (12.18gb).

 

[macyoozer]

Installing from Australia and got to ~6.2GB. Tried the App Store cache clear, updates to Catalina and Safari. Still got the Error. But then I connected by VPN and it's flowing. Slow but flowing - almost 8GB now and says 50min.

 

[dohspc]

Here we go finally. U.S. No VPN.

 

[Cyberius11]

Finally installed. Big Sur is really nice, so far it was worth the wait.