Restart to update to Catalina 10.15.7 is restarting without updating
My mac is asking me to restart to update on Catalina 10.15.7. The Computer is restarting but is not booting with the updated software but with the previous version.
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My mac is asking me to restart to update on Catalina 10.15.7. The Computer is restarting but is not booting with the updated software but with the previous version.
First, open About This Mac from the Apple menu. Verify the version of macOS that is installed. To update to 10.15.7, you must have 10.15.6 already installed. To update from any prior version of .Catalina, you need to use the 10.15.7 Combo Updater - Download and Install the macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Combo Update. I recommend always using Combo updaters because they cause few problems.
Second, use Disk Utility to run First Aid on your startup volume:
Repair the Drive for El Capitan or Later
Third, look at this check list:
.Before You Upgrade macOS
First, open About This Mac from the Apple menu. Verify the version of macOS that is installed. To update to 10.15.7, you must have 10.15.6 already installed. To update from any prior version of .Catalina, you need to use the 10.15.7 Combo Updater - Download and Install the macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Combo Update. I recommend always using Combo updaters because they cause few problems.
Second, use Disk Utility to run First Aid on your startup volume:
Repair the Drive for El Capitan or Later
Third, look at this check list:
.Before You Upgrade macOS
If you are currently running an earlier version of Catalina, then updating requires using Software Updates preferences. You may also try Downloading and Installing the macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Combo Update.
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Thanks you for your comment and advice! I am sorry that my English is not better, I am Swiss German native speaker. But I think the point is clear. I downloaded the update 10.15.7 and restart as told in the window. The mac restarts but is not starting with the new version. Meanwhile I saw other posts, several hundreds, which have the same problem. If there is a specific need for minimal GB left, how much is this and if I have plenty of GB in the icloud is this helping or not?
I was running the first aid. Apparently ok, I freed up memory space to have more than 15 GB. Then the update did work. Probably it is a question of having enough space.
Restart to update to Catalina 10.15.7 is restarting without updating