Rosetta 2 Not installing.

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Rosetta 2 Not installing.

Hi Apple community!

I just bought this M1 Mac Mini a couple days ago and after I updated it to the latest version I tried to load some of my Intel based apps (Spotify) and when it asked me to install Rosetta.. I click install and it opens another dialog but waits about half a second and errors out.

I've tried the commandline: /usr/sbin/softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license errors out with "Install failed with error: An error has occurred. Please try again later.Rosetta installation" failed!

I found the Rosetta 2 updater file in S/L/CoreServices/Rosetta 2 updater and that errors out as well.

I'm wanting to know if this is a bug or was the file removed for other reasons. Should I reinstall MacOS?

Thanks, Scott.

Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Mar 27, 2021 2:07 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 2, 2021 4:18 AM in response to zoomos

Hi. Just bought A MacBook Air with M1. Same problem with Rosetta not installing and customer care told me that it’s a very strange error... they told me to try at a friend home with a different internet operator ?!?!? So you reinstalled OS from the beginning?

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Apr 2, 2021 11:30 AM in response to Pinguina82

I use a proxy to get online and even though I set the proxy in Network, some services do not go by that so I had to use my cellphone hotspot and it worked.. but not before I reinstalled everything twice which I guess wasn't necessary.

I would take it to a coffee shop or a place that offers internet and try to install it there. I live in out in the sticks and have very limited internet.

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Mar 27, 2021 8:16 PM in response to zoomos

This has been resolved.

Bad configuration. Reinstalled and all is right in the mac world.

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