My Apple Watch has been “preparing” for the download/install for 12 hours

My Apple Watch has been “preparing” for the download/install for 12 hours now… should I start over??



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Posted on Aug 5, 2021 4:57 AM

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Aug 5, 2021 11:13 AM in response to Sgbaber

See fireyjack's reply to:

Apple Watch Series 3 won't update with Wa… - Apple Community

FWIW, a lot of people are having problems updating a series 3 due to lack of sufficient memory. Sometimes it takes 2 or 3 times unpairing/pairing the series 3 watch for the update to finally work. For possible solutions, see the reply to:

Problem updating Apple Watch Series 3 to … - Apple Community

WatchOS 7.4 can't be updated on Watch Ser… - Apple Community

Series 3 watch only has 4.8 of memory - Apple Community

or the replies to:

Can’t do update on watch - Apple Community

I have tried installing the latest update… - Apple Community


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