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Unable to install MACOS Catalina 10.15.4on my Macbook Air

I have 18.22 GB available and the update requires 4.75 GB storage.

 

I start the update and it looks fine and requests a restart. After the restart there is still a message to install the update. I have done this three times. Any suggestions?




MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 27, 2020 1:02 PM

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Jul 27, 2020 8:21 PM in response to cora55

Please tell me as much as you can about the attempt including any errors or alerts. I think you may not have enough free space to complete the installation. You need at least 20-30GBs of free space during the installation.


Something you might try before attempting the update:


Repair the Drive for El Capitan or Later


  1. Restart the computer. Immediately, at or before the chime, hold down the Command and R keys until the Apple logo and progress bar appear. Wait until the Utility Menu appears.
  2. Select Disk Utility and press the Continue button.
  3. Then select the indented (usually, Macintosh HD) volume entry from the side list. 
  4. Click on the First Aid button in the toolbar and wait for the Done button to activate. Click on it, then quit Disk Utility.
  5. Select Restart from the Apple menu.


How to Free Up Space on The Hard Drive


  1. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
  2. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
  3. Also, see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
  4. What is 'Other' and 'Purgeable' in About This Mac?
  5. Files That Make Up the 'Other' Storage Category, and How to Remove Them
  6. Free up storage space on your Mac.
  7. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
  8. Be sure to Empty the Trash to recover the space.
  9. Replace the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
  10. Use OmniDiskSweeper or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.


Unable to install MACOS Catalina 10.15.4on my Macbook Air

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