OS X El Capitan Recovery Update 1.0

…which seems designed for beta testers to install before installing El Capitan.

It's not.

The description says nothing about "beta" and in fact states it is for "all users running El Capitan."

Where did you get the idea it was for beta testers?

This keeps coming up as an available update even though at this time I have it listed as being installed 3x under the "Updates Installed".

Miadlor1 wrote:

This keeps coming up as an available update even though at this time I have it listed as being installed 3x under the "Updates Installed".

That's been a problem with the update system for a while now for various updates. Search here for posts by Linc Davis about the same subject. There is a folder you can delete which should resolve the problem. I don't remember off-hand where it is.

I'm having the same issues. OS X El Capitan Recovery Update 1.0 appears to not install but the download history has it downloaded quite a number of times. This clearly isn't normal. If there's a way to fix this by deleting a folder like you said I'd really like to know which folder to delete. I looked through Linc Davis' past posts and I haven't seen anything in regards to this glitch.

Above is the path to the folderthat needs to be removed.

The folder is normally hidden, so you may not see it.

In Finder use the G To Folder item under Go and type in private/var/folders in the text box

and from there navigate to zz and then the folder zyxvp........ ending in 68, control-click and then Move To Trash, don't delete

you could also drag it to the desktop before for extra safety.

Restart the Mac and relaunch the App Store and see if you are able to download now. The folder and files within it are regenerated on Restart.

If you are happy you can then empty the Trash and delete the one on the desktop if you did that.

That seemed to have done the trick. Downloaded the Recovery update for what I hope is the last time. 🙂 Now that pesky "1" icon can stay away from my App Store app, at least until another proper update rolls around.

Thanks, Rouge!

Give yourself a raise on this one!

After a fresh a install of El Capitan, I also had this Ver 1.0 Recovery Update stuck at "Calculating". A google search brought me here, and Eau Rouge's suggestion worked perfectly for me. I deleted that exact named folder, restarted, and 1.0 immediately downloaded and installed fine.

Thanks Eau Rouge. Perfect.

When I use the Go To Folder item under Go and type in private/var/folders in the text box I get "the folder can't be found."

The App Store says the Recovery Update 1.0 is available.

Updates installed shows it has been installed 15 times in the last 30 days.

What am I missing here in the instructions?

The folder is hidden. Normally it can't be seen. But it CAN be revealed through a free app called ShowHiddenFiles; that's what I used to find it and delete the offending files that was causing the glitch. Here's where to download it.

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/32882/showhiddenfiles

From here it should be academic. Good luck. 🙂

Thanks Ken, that was exactly what I was missing. Worked like a charm! Thank you!

yep you're right, should be /private/var/folders

but anyhow you got there.

I have downloaded Show Hidden Files what do i do next?

read the posts above.

I had the same problem on my mbp 2015 after installing el captain, and I searched google and was linked here. I followed your instructions and it worked perfectly for me! Thank you. I did have to install show hidden files to find it, but it installed fine, thank you.