Getting an error after downloading 15.1
Failed to prepare the software update. Please try again.
An error occurred while downloading the selected updates. Please check your internet connection and try again.
MacBook Pro 15″ 2018
OS 15.0.1 (24A348)
Internet is fine, 60gb free space
Appreciate any suggestions
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 15.0
There are factors:
Some which are beyond your control and those with are totally under your control
Slow wifi connection
Too many other people downloading at the same time and Apple Servers are overloaded
Software on the computer interfering with the download process including AntiVirus Software
Notation: Disabling the AV Software may or may not solve the issue.
Removal of the AV Software may increase the chances of the download to perform as expected.
Running behind a VPN which may increase Packet losses or corruption of the download
If via wifi & too many Other devices using the wifi at the same time reducing the Bandwidth to your computer.
Best Results are via Ethernet Cable to Router
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
Try Again using the Software Update Applet in System Preferences / Setting
Worst case - Restart in Recovery Mode and choose Reinstall macOS.
This in theory will pull the latest version of macOS this computer qualifies to run
Just a quick follow-up to say that I made no changes to my configuration or settings and was able to successfully update this afternoon. Lends credence to the theory of overloaded Apple servers. Anyway, good news.
I’m on a mac mini 2018, so intel Mac. Cant’ update to 15.1. Not running any vpn or AV
Download succeeds, but the hang in preparing for quite a while and eventually failing with the aforementioned error.
I tried;
I’m at a loss here, need my Mac for software development, so any more help/tips would be welcome! 🙏
I’ve been having same issue. Tried twice. Was reading through this thread for tips on an ipad…when I looked up and saw the installation had moved on and successfully installed 15.1. Maybe give it time and see before taking drastic action. I have a 2019 iMac
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doublezest wrote:
Thanks
No VPN, no AV and laptop connected via Ethernet cable directly to 1GB hub.
Recovery mode option is too drastic for this. Shouldn’t Apple fix the upgrade?
Updated 3 Different Apple Silicon computers from 15.0.1 to 15.1 on the day of release using the Software Update applet
Done over Wifi 6E via a 1 GB Up / Download Speed from ISP
Arrive at you own concluding as to the Remedial Actions needed to achieve the desired results
This implies, there was No Need for Apple to Fix that which was not Broken, in my setup
I’m having the same issue with 2018 MacBook Pro. Could this be an Intel chip set issue? Others on this thread reporting success are noting 2019 MacBooks, which are probably Apple M series chipsets. I’ve spent about 8 hours on this issue & yes, maybe it’s time to do the MacBook machine upgrade shuffle.
Ok, I did that and it apparently downloaded the installer. But how to perform the installation? It didn't actually install anything.
2018 MBP 15" (MacBookPro15,1) currently running Sequoia 15.0.1. Plenty of free disk space (over 300GB), very fast internet and wi-fi. I have literally tried updating at least 10 times over many days now and it always fails with the same error: Failed to prepare the software update. Please try again.
Never had any issues installing updates before. I have tried some of the workarounds listed here but nothing works.
Update with mine: I've been able to successfully upgrade to 15.1 via the normal update method. I didn't have to do anything fancy, did it with my VPN enabled with no issue. If I was to guess Apple was rolling out the Intel versions later seeing that my other 2 Macs, both M series, were updated day in date of the upgrade. Hope that helps!
Today Apple released security updates for multiple Products.
It is important to update all your Apple devices.
MacOS Sequoia 15.1.1 was released yesterday, Nov 19 2024.
I just updated my iPhone to version iOS 18.1.1
Hopefully these new updates will solve a lot of problems I have been having lately.
Same here on a MacBook Pro 17" 2019 OS 15.0.1. I've tried all the tips and tricks from various forums. No luck.
Same here
MacBook Pro 13" 2019
OS 15.0.1
Could it be M series only going forward? Seems like the Intel models aren't working.
Same issue with my MacBook Pro 13” 2019.
Any update? i have MacBook Pro1.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 plenty of storage and internet bandwidth
Thanks
No VPN, no AV and laptop connected via Ethernet cable directly to 1GB hub.
Recovery mode option is too drastic for this. Shouldn’t Apple fix the upgrade?
thank you! this worked for me as well.
Seqouia 15.1 software update error
