Not the thread for it, but I have 45GB of “other” storage and can’t figure out what it is. Can’t upgrade. Any ideas on a fix for this?
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macOS Big Sur Installation Failed: 'An Error Occurred While Installing the Selected Updates'
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When we have had that happen on teacher computers at school, IT has had to wipe the devices to fix the problem.
Yes, I have pretty much the same machine as you and I am finding it so much smoother than Catalina! I absolutely love it
Today I updated all my Macs, with few problems, on my MacBook Pro I had to start downloading the update twice.
On my iMac the update was downloaded much faster than I expected, maybe the a part of it was already downloaded in the background?
Does anybody know, if the integrity of the downloaded installer is checked somehow, before the update ist started?
On my iMac the update was downloaded much faster than I expected, maybe the a part of it was already downloaded in the background?
Does anybody know, if the integrity of the downloaded installer is checked somehow, before the update ist started?
I downloaded a copy of the Catalina installer today, just in case. However, I think if I do anything with it, would be to put it into a VM. I haven't seen anything at all making me want to go back. Things as I have said before just seem to work. What doesn't is simply because the developer hasn't released the updated version for big Sur yet.
So far, after today’s use of the sur, it runs equal to Catalina in terms of snappiness. Fairly minimal UI changes for a light user imho.
I was still having trouble downloading this evening, and I ran across a python script that lets you to download operating systems directly from Apple. Github page is here: https://github.com/munki/macadmin-scripts
A screenshot of the various download options is attached.
1. Open Terminal app
2. Enter "wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/munki/macadmin-scripts/main/installinstallmacos.py"
3. Enter "sudo python installinstallmacos.py"
4. Enter "3" for Big Sur 11.0.1
5. Enter "open ~/Downloads/content/downloads/50/49/001-79699-A_93OMDU5KFG/dkjnjkq9eax1n2wpf8rik5agns2z43ikqu/InstallAssistant.pkg" to install the "InstallAssistant"
6. The "Install macOS Big Sur" app is now in your Applications Folder. You can delete the "content" folder in your Downloads folder.
A screenshot of the various download options is attached.
1. Open Terminal app
2. Enter "wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/munki/macadmin-scripts/main/installinstallmacos.py"
3. Enter "sudo python installinstallmacos.py"
4. Enter "3" for Big Sur 11.0.1
5. Enter "open ~/Downloads/content/downloads/50/49/001-79699-A_93OMDU5KFG/dkjnjkq9eax1n2wpf8rik5agns2z43ikqu/InstallAssistant.pkg" to install the "InstallAssistant"
6. The "Install macOS Big Sur" app is now in your Applications Folder. You can delete the "content" folder in your Downloads folder.
Updating Big Sur but stucked at Apple logo for 4 hours. How should I do
I restarted and it worked just fine.
external boot. me bought 480 gb ssd nvme external . last time 256 ssd sandisk.
Hi guys, so basically I still can't install it.
The same error occurs.
But I noticed that it just doesn't download it anymore since the first error at day one.
It just quickly goes to 12.18GB in about 3-4 minutes, and then it gives an install error. The same install error.
Can I solve it or it will solve by itself?
I fear my download bugged, corrupted in some way. So I don't know what to do to update.
The same error occurs.
But I noticed that it just doesn't download it anymore since the first error at day one.
It just quickly goes to 12.18GB in about 3-4 minutes, and then it gives an install error. The same install error.
Can I solve it or it will solve by itself?
I fear my download bugged, corrupted in some way. So I don't know what to do to update.
Can it due to RAM replacement that I've done myself?
Hey guys, got a question. From my understanding: under Big Sur, Time Machine now supports APFS for the back up drive. However, my TM drive is HFS+ from of course coming from macOS that didn't support APFS for Time Machine. Can I simply convert the drive to APFS and continue on with my current backup, or will I need to reformat and start over? I know the third option is to just leave the drive as is and continue on as well. What would suggestions be here?
Thanks
Thanks
Just loaded it on my 2015 15" and had no issues loading it. Just not sure I like it. It screwed up mail again and so far I really don't like the new mail layout. Also the widgets are not that great. Now I have to decide if I want to load in on my new 2020 16". As of now I'm holding off for a while..
how bout this one? not too helpful? anyone else seen or remedied? I've already downloaded Big Sur 6 times, and blown my ****** rural internet limits several times over. This will be one very very expensive upgrade.
Exactly the same here Magic. Tried it twice on slow rural network. It took five hours each time and the same message. Brand new iMac. Now on to Apple support - been waiting 30 minutes so far.
iMac here too. late 2019, so pretty new. 40GB memory + 2TB hard drive space...
Good luck. Let me know if apple has any ideas.
While I've updated and everything is fine here. I was reading comments and future posts here. Does someone who has successfully downloaded Big Sur have any sort of hosting service? My thoughts are, you could download the installer app and put a link to it here on another server other than apple's until the issues are resolve. Might help some be able to upgrade if they can download from another trusted source until these issues are ironed out. I have in the past sent people who need an older version of the Mac OS who can't get it easily from apple by way of Google drive or similar sharing. Just a thought, and as long as people installing it have a genuine mac, and the install package hasn't been tampered with after download, I don't see any violations here. Just a thought
Hi all,
today I contacted Apple Support by chat. I explained that the Big Sur Installation fails with the message "An error Occurred While Installing the Selected Updates" and also I've tried every possible solution (Safe Mode, New Account, Reinstall Catalina, OPTION + CMD + R etc...) so after a while I was contacted by Level 2 Engineer. She said me that looking at Apple Server Log the problem seems due to a Firewall in my network or modem/router but I have not any Firewall activated. So I disconnected and reconnected my modem just to obtain a new public IP and the Big Sur download worked without any issue...
I have not idea what really happened but something was wrong with my public IP and Big Sur server because with the old IP I was able to install Catalina!!!
Hope this info helps you all.
today I contacted Apple Support by chat. I explained that the Big Sur Installation fails with the message "An error Occurred While Installing the Selected Updates" and also I've tried every possible solution (Safe Mode, New Account, Reinstall Catalina, OPTION + CMD + R etc...) so after a while I was contacted by Level 2 Engineer. She said me that looking at Apple Server Log the problem seems due to a Firewall in my network or modem/router but I have not any Firewall activated. So I disconnected and reconnected my modem just to obtain a new public IP and the Big Sur download worked without any issue...
I have not idea what really happened but something was wrong with my public IP and Big Sur server because with the old IP I was able to install Catalina!!!
Hope this info helps you all.