Monterey update 12.6.1 will not install

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Monterey 12.5.1 is installed and running well.

I receive a notice every day that I should install the update to Monterey 12.6.1 shown below:

I click download and shows its downloading, the iMac restarts but it is still running version 12.5.1

I have 300 GB storage free of a 500GB startup drive

I have deleted previous Mac OS installer apps from the iMac

Only Apple apps are installed

Ran disk First Aid from recovery partition

Etrecheck does not show any warnings or notes and performance is marked as Excellent

My Mac is eligible for Ventura so a Monterey update should be compatible.

As this update contains security updates I would normally update, but I cant

Should I just ignore this update?

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Posted on Nov 30, 2022 11:44 AM

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Answer 1

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FWIW, you should be able to download the full installer by running this command in the Terminal.

softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 12.6.1

It will download the installer into the Applications folder. You can run it from there.

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Answer 2

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That worked, so easy with your guidance.

Thanks a lot.

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You're welcome.

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