Apple security update 2018-002 10.13.6 fails on Mac Pro

I took the dive and followed the steps from chelidon (page 3) to update my MBP 2016.

And it worked!

After the commands via terminal did the reboot followed by

sudo softwareupdate -i -a --verbose

Terminal ended with a notification to immediately reboot. After that the update run for about 10 min.

Another automatic reboot and I could login.

The App Store showed that 2018-002 security update has been applied and Safari is now on version 12.0.1.

Credits to chelidon! Thanks man!

I will do my iMac 27 late 2015 tomorrow.

Glad to help, glad it worked! This update seems to have been a real mess for a lot of people, including both older and more recent computers. I'm not sure what the common factor was, and there's clearly more than one problem going on.

Yeah, I tried your method but it did not work for me.

it gets stuck downloading the security update after I type the verbose line on the terminal.

i might have to restore from my time machine backup. Choosing a date prior to the security update fiasco.

hopefuly that will work Ando can restart and shutdown my MacPro without glitches.

Did you reboot between terminal commands and software update command?

You might try the steps proposed in post #40 of the following thread from the macrumors forum:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/new-high-sierra-security-update-2018-002-10 -13-6-wont-install.2151143/page-2

I don't have the knowledge about these terminal commands, so try at own risk.

Shame on Apple for publishing such a dreadful update!

I did, the computer restarted and the Security update screen came in and updated the whole thing.

the problem persists though. I can only shutdown pressing the power button. Restart is ramdom, with few times working and other not working.

At this point I think the best option is to restore the system using an older version of the software prior of this bad update. I have it on my Time Machine.

Honestly this is a total mess from Apple. I’m hoping they have an update coming soon fixing this issue since it seems is affecting many people.

Thanks

I believe I did it.

I’ll try again.

right now it says I have installed the latest security update and OS. If I go to App Store, confirms it.

Does anyone know if I restore from TM to the previous update prior to this lame latest security update i’ll Solve this issue?

Thanks

This is what I did (TM Restore), after the 2018-002 security update I fixed the initial boot hang (by selecting 'Macintosh HD' from the utilities menu within the stalled Installer application). However I was then left with the 'macOS Install' folder at Root level and my Mac appeared to be running hotter than what I'd expect to see (both CPU & GPU), therefore I decided to restore from TM to pre 2018-002 update (the first time I've ever had to run a full TM restore).

The restore was fairly painless, I had to do some minor maintenance/relinking with Backblaze/Dropbox/Google Drive. The 'macOS Install' folder disappeared as expected and my system build is now showing as 10.13.6 (17G65), the App Store is also asking me to Install the 2018-002 security update (no thank you!).

Interesting my Mac (iMac 2017 5K) remained running hotter than I would expect, especially coming out of screen saver or sleep. As a temporary fix to this issue I've disabled 'power nap', which so far appears to be working.

Today I successfully updated my iMac 27 inch Late 2015 using the steps from chelidon! (thanks one more time)

The App Store shows the Security update 2018-002 as well as Safari version 12.0.1 as part of the installed updates.

I'm glad I have taken this hurdle. So far no issues at all.

One surprise though: my wife's MacBook 12inch still needed the 10.13.6 update. After that update, the Security update 2018-002 did not show up in the App Store. I wonder wether it is not relevant or it will show up soon...

2011 MBA was stuck on this update as well, only way to get out of it was copying my files from terminal command line. So much for Apple's Graphical UI and foolproof OS. Time to switch to Windows 10, that seems to be way better.

We're all ticked off about this, but honestly, Windows 10 is way worse. Recently an update deleted documents of users. You can't even stop Windows 10 from updating itself (and rebooting), unless you have the Enterprise edition.

I end up erasing my hard drive, reformatting it and restore using TM. It was a mess, after attempting many of the solutions provided here.

Now everything is well.

I will not update anymore until Apple fix this mess.

Yes same here iMac Mid 2011, High Sierra, V10.13.6. Software Update available 2018-002 10.13.6

Every time i try to install it iMac restarts with grey screen and NO ENTRY sign.

COME ON APPLE GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER.

Its bad enough that we can't move upon to Mojave, and now the security updates don't work.

So, has anyone noticed if the newest security update supersedes the bad one? Security Update 2018-003 is out, and I wonder if those who haven't updated get the option for both 002 and 003, or just the most recent one?

I didn't write down the efi rom version before updating to see if this update also updates the firmware again.

On my iMac i went from having a 2018-002 security update a safari update to a combo safari and 2018-002 and now that has been replaced by a combo safari and 2018-003 so it looks like the 003 supercedes the 002. Not touching it !

I did not install 2018-002 and now 2018-003 shows as an available update. I also notice they got the file name itself correct by including "high" in the file name. The size of the download also shows correctly on the info page.

Anyone download and run yet?