Cannot update to Safari 14.1.2

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Cannot update to Safari 14.1.2

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) with Catalina 10.15.7 without Security Update 2021-004 (which, BTW cannot be installed too). Software Update report this.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 28, 2021 6:41 PM

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dominic23

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Jul 29, 2021 12:32 PM in response to Eduardo Rodriguez_Avila

From the report:

SSD too slow - SSD is showing poor performance.

Performance:

Write speed: 105 MB/s

This could be bit higher.

System modifications - There are a large number of system modifications running in the background.

Try suggestions given in this article.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212526

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Answer 2

dominic23

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Jul 29, 2021 2:24 AM in response to Eduardo Rodriguez_Avila

Download EtreCheck: https://etrecheck.com/ and post the report here.

Click, “Free Download” button and then “Click to download” button,

open Downloads folder, click on it to open, and then select ”Open”.

Choose a problem” from the popup menu box, and then “Start EtreCheck” in the dialog.

Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar and select “Copy report”.

Click the “Page” button in the toolbar at the bottom of this page and paste it when you reply.

Note: This is a diagnostic test.

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Answer 3

Jul 31, 2021 11:12 AM in response to dominic23

I'm not totally agree with the diagnosis. If there were problems with the SSD I think the error show by the Safari update would be other and I should have issues with other programs and applications, that is no the case. Any way I ran Disk Utility in Recovery Mode for both data and system partitions (my unit is APFS formated). There were some warnings or messages related with the Time Machine snapshots but at the end the resulta was that the disk is OK. I tried to update using an administrative account that should not start other services in background and no Time Machine disk attached. Same result.

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Answer 4

Aug 8, 2021 5:43 PM in response to Eduardo Rodriguez_Avila

Just for the record, I was finally able to apply this update. As the image shows, the issue reported by Software Update (or the installer) was related to the time when some file attributes were set. Thinking about this and since apparently neither there is no hardware problem with the disk nor the file system structure (and trying to update with an administrative / provided account or in recovery mode was unsuccessful), I decided temprarily

disable System Integrity Protection. After this, the update finished and Safari got updated. I know this is wierd and may not recommendable but this is what worked for me.

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Answer 5

Jul 29, 2021 11:02 AM in response to dominic23

Thanks for your assistance. Here is the report (generated immediately after an update attempt).

EtreCheck report after Software Update failure.

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Cannot update to Safari 14.1.2

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