Ventura won't install after download
Ventura downloaded, but during install it said it could not complete and try again. I hit "ok" and it did not work. What now?
iMac 24″, macOS 12.6
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Ventura downloaded, but during install it said it could not complete and try again. I hit "ok" and it did not work. What now?
iMac 24″, macOS 12.6
Check in applications folder for a possible Damaged or Incomplete Application call " Install Ventura "
If it is there, Drag and Drop to Trash.
Empty Trash
1 - Restart 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 - Try Again using the Software Update Applet in System Preferences
Check in applications folder for a possible Damaged or Incomplete Application call " Install Ventura "
If it is there, Drag and Drop to Trash.
Empty Trash
1 - Restart 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 - Try Again using the Software Update Applet in System Preferences
I’m not trying to get Apple Recommended. There is so much that might happen so instead of rewriting it it is better to just give the article. And the Support Communities are not for judging and making meaningless comments.
Thank you for the suggestions. I got the update to proceed after restarting in "safe" mode. Appreciate the help! I am now running Ventura 13.2.1.
For anyone else having this issue, the exact wording of the error message was:
"An error occurred preparing the update.
Failed to prepare the software update.
Please try again. <OK button>"
Good work there 👍
Friendly suggestion 😀
To possibly garner Apple Recommended (AR) only links just will not work any more
The suggestion was in a friendly manner
If it was offensive sorry about that
We can allow the Moderators discern the " value "
Oh, I didn’t know. Sorry! 😔 I have OCD and it makes me interpret things differently.
We ( you and me ) are all good.
Between us ( U and me ) I think we have the OP covered with their computer issue 🤞
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Ventura won't install after download