macOS 10.14.3 Update can't be installed on this disk...

"FWIW, speculation, conjecture, guesses, as to what Apple may or may not do are not permitted."

Can you please tell me where that rule is posted?

I am not doubting you, but as President Reagan said "Trust, but verify."

Thank you.

Thank you for the clarification.

In my (humble) defense I thought I was on topic via my assertion that it is a fact that only a small minority of Apple users employ the Combo and that is why up to now the issue has not been a priority to Apple.

I did not equate the "it is this, thus that" logical construct would be interpreted as a speculation on Apple policies or procedures. But I was obviously wrong and apologize for my bad judgement.

I shall cease active participation in the dialectic and simply lurk.

Thank your kind reply... and for the use of the hall.

Tried both methods, from recovery partition and from internet recovery, no change problem persist.

The issue started when I upgraded to High Sierra, I suspect it has something to do with the conversion from HFS+ to APFS, I have not found a solution that does not include formatting HD and doing clean install.

It has an updated distribution list inside (more macOS builds can be updated), a different size (2.51 GB) than the original one (2.49 GB), and the pkg installer has been saved January 24 (vs. January 16) … ;-)

Chris [macfix.ch]

Bummer, still no joy. When I try to install the new one on my MacBook Pro 2018 it churns for a bit then says: "The installation failed. An error occurred installing the update." I'm going to try downloading it again to see if that makes any difference.

Hi.

I was able to install the update over Mojave 10.14.2 on my Macbook Air ( Early 2015 ) using the Terminal utility in

Applications\Utilities folder by running the command

sudo softwareupdate -i -r

Hope this helps.

Well after several attempts, I was able to finally get the new Combo Update to install. Not sure what was giving me the failure messages before, but it does have a different number than when I did did the update and then Combo update on other machines. This one shows as: 10.14.3 (18D43)

When I did the update and applied the Combo after the build showed as 10.14.3 (18D42). So one digit more for the newer Combo update.

In my case the OTA update didn't work. When I click on 'Update Now' it prompts me to 'Download and Restart' (even though its downloaded already. I can see it in /Library/Updates). When I click on 'Download and Restart' it goes back to "An Update is available for you". Nothing happens. So, that's why I'm trying to download the Combo Update.

FYI, it worked fine on my 2017 MacBook Pro, but it doesn't work on 2018 MacBook Air.

If you just select the Mojave upgrade it will download and install the latest version of Mojave. The issue with the 10.14.3 combo update has been fixed but you can't upgrade from 10.13 from that you have to use the full installer.

software update doesn't work either :( it actually tells me "no updates available"

either apple has not sorted it out yet, or this is their way to push me into buying a new laptop instead of my 2011 MacBook Air that is still perfect for my needs. disappointing.

andrea

Hi.

I was able to update my daughter's Macbook Air to version 10.14.3 using the Terminal command and giving the command below:

sudo softwareupdate --install --all --restart

Please open the Terminal command window and enter the above command. After following the on-screen instructions, the command will find all available updates and install them. After installation, your comp will restart.

Hope this helps.

No, you are better off waiting for Apple to fix the Combo update.

Or go here and download alternative downloads to get your Mac up to 10.14.3.

Apple - Support - Downloads

Try downloading the update: Download macOS Mojave 10.14.3 Update

If you are running security software, try updating in Safe Mode.

Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac - Apple Support

The Combo updater macOS 10.14.3 (Mojave) has been fixed and a new release is available:

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1992

Chris [macfix.ch]