Problems installing Big Sur 11.2 update

Totally agree

I’ve used

I don’t understand why Apple are silent about all this. Or have I missed a major press release?

Guilty as charged! : )). I have a Dlink DIR 842 and the cable modem is a Netgear CM400

This problem was reported/posted 23 days ago. Would there be a possibility that Apple will fix it ??

Starting in safe mode did not work for me :-(

NFleiszig wrote:

You can go into recovery.

Recovery is a joke if you have a M1.

Didn't work for me, it keeps failing.

This is a bit embarrassing. Not Apple style at all. It should just f*ckin work.

I tried this, pressing the shift when the Mac starts. And.......... nothing happens, it starts as usual and the update crashes as usual. And again, and again. Does this mean the safe mode does not work? Big Sur sure is a Big problem, it apparently makes the Mac malfunction.

I'm guessing you have a wireless keyboard, right? It often isn't recognized by a Mac when booting into Safe or Recovery mode.

Connect it to your Mac with its charging cable and it will act like a wired keyboard and be recognized.

That's interesting. I don't doubt your findings. Something wacky is definitely going on at the end of the download. Unfortunately, some Macbooks like mine don't have an ethernet port (I guess Apple needed to save a few dollars... on a $1500 laptop). I don't really want to buy an add-on dongle just to update my computer. Though I still prefer Mac to Windows and Linux, Big Sur is really trying my patience. Apple really needs to get a patch out to fix whatever issue is affecting the wifi connection at the last few percentiles. I know my wifi connection isn't that unreliable -- it's got to be either the Macbook or something on their end.

A couple of years ago I found that my MacBook wouldn’t play nicely with other wifi devices on the same network. So I moved my MacBook to a different network on the same router and then there was peace and harmony with the other wifi devices in my home.

Also whilst helping clients overseas I was told by them that engineers from a major internet provider asked customers to turn off any apple devices connected to their home network before they investigate any network issues.

Even some router firmware providers have suggested that if you’re using apple devices wirelessly you may need to modify some router settings.

So maybe there is an issue using wifi on some home networks affecting apple devices.

Not for me, the safe mode apparently doesn't work, it boots normally when I press shift during startup.

Tried two different broadband suppliers and it still won’t install.

I’ll wait for the next update, see if that works. This is crap Apple!! Deal with it.