Last few macOS High Sierra updates not completing

Cathy! You're a genius! I have spent so many hours on this stupid thing and your suggestion worked on the first try - took maybe 20 mins to reinstall and now it shows me at 10.13.4.

I'm still a little nervous because it's now showing I need to install Security Update 2018-001, but I'll hope for the best.

Thanks again!

Thanks Allan - here's the report -

EtreCheck version: 4.2.1 (4C020)

Report generated: 2018-04-16 09:55:35

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 6:55

Performance: Below Average

Problem: Other problem

Description:

High Sierra updates fail to complete.

Major Issues: None

Minor Issues:

These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems.

Apps crashing - There have been numerous app crashes.

Apps with heavy CPU usage - There have been numerous cases of apps with heavy CPU usage.

Small backup drive - Time Machine backup drive is too small.

Unsigned files - There is unsigned software installed. They appear to be legitimate but should be reviewed.

Low performance - EtreCheck report took over 5 minutes to run. This is unusual.

32-bit Apps - This machine has 32-bits apps that may have problems in the future.

Hardware Information:

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)

iMac Model: iMac13,2

1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-3470S) CPU: 4-core

24 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR3 1600 ok

BANK 1/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR3 1600 ok

BANK 0/DIMM1 - 8 GB DDR3 1600 ok

BANK 1/DIMM1 - 8 GB DDR3 1600 ok

Video Information:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M - VRAM: 512 MB

iMac 2560 x 1440

Drives:

disk0 - APPLE HDD ST1000DM003 1.00 TB (Mechanical)

Internal SATA 3 Gigabit Serial ATA

disk0s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB

disk0s2 - Macintosh HD (Journaled HFS+) 999.35 GB

disk0s3 - Recovery HD (HFS+) [Recovery] 650 MB

disk1 - Western Digital My Passport 259F 1.00 TB

External USB 480 Mbit/s

disk1s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB

disk1s2 - P******T (Journaled HFS+) 999.83 GB

disk2 - Western Digital My Book 1230 3.00 TB

External USB 480 Mbit/s

disk2s1 - EFI () [EFI] 315 MB

disk2s2 - W****B (Journaled HFS+) 3.00 TB

Mounted Volumes:

disk0s2 - Macintosh HD 999.35 GB (194.97 GB free)

Journaled HFS+

Mount point: /

disk1s2 - P******T 999.83 GB (40.30 GB free)

Journaled HFS+

Mount point: /Volumes/P******T

disk2s2 - W****B 3.00 TB (267.24 GB free)

Journaled HFS+

Mount point: /Volumes/W****B

Network:

Interface en0: Ethernet

One IPv4 address

Interface en5: iPhone

Interface en1: Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n

One IPv4 address

Interface en4: Bluetooth PAN

Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge

iCloud Quota: 3.12 GB available

System Software:

macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 (17C205)

Time since boot: About a day

System Load: 2.16 (1 min ago) 1.92 (5 min ago) 1.79 (15 min ago)

Security:

Unsigned Files:

Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.amazon.sendtokindle.launcher.plist

Executable: /usr/bin/stkLaunchAgent.sh

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.amazon.music.plist

Executable: /Applications/Amazon Music.app/Contents/MacOS/Amazon Music Helper

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.m-audio.usb.firmwareloader.plist

Executable: /Library/StartupItems/M-Audio Firmware Loader/MA Firmware Loader start

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.ARM.***.plist

Executable: /Applications/Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro/Adobe Acrobat Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/Updater/Adobe Acrobat Updater Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Acrobat Updater Helper

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.Service.plist

Executable: /Applications/BlueStacks.app/Contents/MacOS/bstservice Android

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

32-bit Applications:

48 32-bit apps

Kernel Extensions:

/Applications/BlueStacks.app

[Not Loaded] VBoxDrv.kext (BlueStack Systems, Inc., 5.2.0)

/System/Library/Extensions

[Not Loaded] M-AudioUSBMIDISupport.kext (1.3.1 - SDK 10.7)

Startup Items:

M-Audio Firmware Loader Path: /Library/StartupItems/M-Audio Firmware Loader

System Launch Agents:

System Launch Daemons:

Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

User Launch Agents:

User Login Items:

Backup and Sync from Google Application (Google, Inc.

(/Applications/Backup and Sync.app)

OpenDNS Updater Application (?

(/Applications/OpenDNS Updater.app)

Dropbox Application (Dropbox, Inc.

(/Applications/Dropbox.app)

ScanSnap Manager Application (?

(/Applications/ScanSnap/ScanSnap Manager.app)

goproapp.devicedetection SMLoginItem (? - installed 2017-08-18)

(/Applications/GoPro Quik.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/goproapp.devicedetection.app)

Day One Helper SMLoginItem (Mac App Store - installed 2018-04-14)

(/Applications/Day One.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Day One Helper.app)

Internet Plug-ins:

FlashPlayer-10.6: 29.0.0.140 (installed 2018-04-10)

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2017-12-07)

AdobePDFViewer: 9.5.5 (installed 2017-07-14)

Flash Player: 29.0.0.140 (installed 2018-04-10)

AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 (installed 2018-02-23)

Safari Extensions:

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Backblaze Backup (installed 2018-02-01)

Flash Player (installed 2018-03-26)

Printopia (installed 2017-09-08)

Time Machine:

Skip System Files: No

Mobile backups:

Auto backup: Yes

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB - Disk used: 804.37 GB

Destinations:

P******T [Local] (Last used)

Total size: 999.83 GB

Total number of backups: 34

Oldest backup: 2018-01-08 08:30:40

Last backup: 2018-04-16 09:32:31

Top Processes by CPU:

Top Processes by Memory:

Top Processes by Network Use:

Top Processes by Energy Use:

Virtual Memory Information:

Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):

2018-04-16 09:17:06 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent CPU (5 times)

2018-04-16 08:28:09 logd Crash (10 times)

2018-04-14 22:30:26 Last Shutdown Cause: 0 - Power loss (once)

2018-04-14 16:04:50 BlueStacks.app CPU (4 times)

2018-04-09 10:15:19 GoPro Quik.app Crash (once)

End of report

This conversation about hijacking my thread has hijacked my thread! 😉

DanielMiara - did you end up finding any solutions anywhere? I did another round of searching today and still can't figure it out.