Mac OSX Update Not Progressing

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mneylon

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Running OSX Big Sur and trying to install an update.
It's been stuck on this screen for hours

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I've tried restarting the MacBook a couple of times but it makes no difference

It's rather frustrating!

Any suggestions?
 

shortword

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it takes about an hour to "Prepare for install". Patience level required = 4 cups of coffee for Michele
 

mneylon

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it takes about an hour to "Prepare for install". Patience level required = 4 cups of coffee for Michele
Well it's been stuck like that for the last couple of days

I might try a command line update as this isn't a matter of my patience - I'd left it running on the laptop and come back hours later and no change
 

mneylon

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Hmmm okay I might have to try that if the command line update doesn't work
What's adding to my frustration is that the updates worked absolutely fine on the desktop
 

mneylon

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Okay the command line update worked once I'd restarted the MacBook in "safe mode"
Code:
sudo softwareupdate -ia
Worked fine did restart several times, which was a little odd. It's "happy" now though :)
 
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