Am I an idiot for not creating a backup before installing beta software on my computer? Yes, I am.
Now that we have established my idiocy, I am hoping someone can help me get my Macbook Air working again. I have been running the High Sierra since public beta 3, I believe. I have updated each time a new public beta was released. Yesterday, I saw that public beta 6 was released and chose to update once again. After downloading the newest public beta, I hit restart. When the computer restarted, it said that I did not have the ~11 GB required and continued to boot as normal. I proceeded to clear up a little over 12 GB of space and attempted to initiate the installation again.
When the computer restarted, it looked like it was installing fine until I was greeted with a screen that read "macOS could not be installed on your computer" and below that "the path /system/installation/package/OSinstall.mkpg" appears to be missing or damaged. If I click restart, the same thing happens.
I then booted up in recovery mode and tried reinstalling macOS. I click through a couple of screens and then it asks me to unlock my HD. I enter my password and it unlocks. Then when I click the HD, it says "You may not install to this volume because it is currently being encrypted." I left the computer on all night and it still says the same thing.
What should I do now?
Now that we have established my idiocy, I am hoping someone can help me get my Macbook Air working again. I have been running the High Sierra since public beta 3, I believe. I have updated each time a new public beta was released. Yesterday, I saw that public beta 6 was released and chose to update once again. After downloading the newest public beta, I hit restart. When the computer restarted, it said that I did not have the ~11 GB required and continued to boot as normal. I proceeded to clear up a little over 12 GB of space and attempted to initiate the installation again.
When the computer restarted, it looked like it was installing fine until I was greeted with a screen that read "macOS could not be installed on your computer" and below that "the path /system/installation/package/OSinstall.mkpg" appears to be missing or damaged. If I click restart, the same thing happens.
I then booted up in recovery mode and tried reinstalling macOS. I click through a couple of screens and then it asks me to unlock my HD. I enter my password and it unlocks. Then when I click the HD, it says "You may not install to this volume because it is currently being encrypted." I left the computer on all night and it still says the same thing.
What should I do now?