MacBook Air Early 2015 issues upgrading to macos Monterey

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MacBook Air Early 2015 issues upgrading to macos Monterey

I have a MacBook Air early 2015. I am already running Big Sur v11.7.10. I have 20.8G free memory. I'm trying to upgrade to Monterey. I went the the Apple Store and got a link to get macos Monterey. It opens the Software Upgrade window, but it gets stuck with a moving progress bar saying "Finding Update". It never returns. I've restarted the macbook multiple times. It hangs in the same place. Any ideas that may help?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.7

Posted on Feb 4, 2024 1:18 PM

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Owl-53

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Feb 5, 2024 2:41 AM in response to ChrisThorn21

Agree with @BDAqua on Empty Space Requirement on the Internal Drive

Having " I have 20.8G free memory "should be Empty Drive Space

Personally, am more liberal and suggest at least 50 GB of Empty Space

It will allow the Full Version ( about 12.xx GB ) to download, expand and then commence to install.

If there is Third Party Security Software installed - remove it.

It will interfere with both the download and installation process

Should one need assistance on make Empty Space on the computer

I am sure we would be willing to assist with this - just ask

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BDAqua

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Feb 4, 2024 2:06 PM in response to ChrisThorn21

I wouldn't attempt it with less than 40GB free space, have never seen the minimum req for Monterey, but the previous Mac OS required minimum of 35.5 GB...

macOS Big Sur - Technical Specifications

General Requirements

OS X 10.9 or later

4GB of memory

35.5GB available storage on macOS Sierra or later

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MacBook Air Early 2015 issues upgrading to macos Monterey

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