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Big Sur and Monterey downloading at the same time, how to stop Big Sur?

I'm downloading macOS Big Sur on my new laptop and accidentally started downloading macOS Monterey at the same time. Is there a way to cancel the Big Sur download and continue to download Monterey?






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MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 5, 2022 6:27 AM

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Posted on Jan 5, 2022 8:30 AM

mayu241 wrote:

I'm downloading macOS Big Sur on my new laptop and accidentally started downloading macOS Monterey at the same time. Is there a way to cancel the Big Sur download and continue to download Monterey?


Hover your mouse pointer over the download window and click the X

this will stop the download

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Jan 5, 2022 8:30 AM in response to mayu241

mayu241 wrote:

I'm downloading macOS Big Sur on my new laptop and accidentally started downloading macOS Monterey at the same time. Is there a way to cancel the Big Sur download and continue to download Monterey?


Hover your mouse pointer over the download window and click the X

this will stop the download

Big Sur and Monterey downloading at the same time, how to stop Big Sur?

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