why is update stuck saying preparing update and nothing happened?

jcmcc137 Said:

"update to 14.8 gets stuck say preparing update but nothing happens"

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Does Apple monitor this forum? My iPad downloaded14.8 but is stuck two thirds the way through preparing the update. No error message. Just stuck! Can’t start over either.