why won't 10.15.3 install?
why won't 10.15.3 install?
Try it in Safe Mode...
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?
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This is actually a really helpful suggestion.
It 'looks like' the online updater in the MacOS is not reporting errors correctly - so it fails and keeps failing without reporting the error. Hence the cyclic update - restart - update - etc.
So I downloaded the 10.15.3 update combo pack as recommended.
When run (in my case) - it failed - but reported an error.
This seems to be a big update, or certainly the combo pack is and it was failing on my laptop with "Insufficient Disk Space" error.
When I cleared space - it took quite a while to run and I think download some additional files.
BUT - the update completed successfully after the restart!
Thanks for the suggestion!
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FYI: it's generally recommended to maintain about a minimum of 20 GB or more of free space to facilitate optimal system and application performance.
Needed 20GB free space. Free up than it worked
I had the same problem. Forcing the update through Terminal gave the error message: You need 13.49 GB for the update. Once there is enough space, the update went forward.
why won't 10.15.3 install?