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software update keeps checking

My Big Sur 11.6 is trying to update and keeps checking continuously.

iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Apr 3, 2022 11:09 AM

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Apr 4, 2022 3:09 AM in response to MartyKona

1 - Suggest restarting in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.


2 - Does the issue present in this mode ?


3 - The Software Update Applet in System Preferences of Big Sur has been iffy at best IMHO.


4 - Since the computer is already running Big Sur 11.6 - there has been several updates to Big Sur since then. The current version of Big Sur 11.6.5


5 - Suggestion in the Terminal Application use this command without Quotation Marks


"  softwareupdate --list-full-installers " and what is the output of this command ?

software update keeps checking

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