I cannot update to OS Catalina on my iMac. I click upgrade now and the status bar shows the progress of 8.23 gb. Once 8.23 gb is downloaded it just stops. There is never an error message the screen just refreshes to "upgrade now." I've tried multiple times - even after restarting my Mac. I am currently running macOS Mojave
And what does Upgrade Now do?
Look in Applications for Install MacOS Catalina.
Let me caution you about having updates automatically run on your Mac. If you're in the middle of an important project and run into something like now, it could seriously compromise the project or the schedule. I prefer to monitor updates manually and apply them when I'm not involved in critical work. It lets me clean up the Mac, i.e. run First aid from the Recovery volume, before running major updates or upgrades.
Just some food for thought.
Thank you. This was the fix. I did not realize that I needed to go into Applications to find the "Install MacOS Catalina." Everything else about Mac updates are so intuitive, you would think it would prompt the user to do this instead of just bringing up the "upgrade now" again.
Thank you, again. I appreciate it.
Very good advice. :)
im having the same problem! Tried to upgrade it before transferring from old Mac. Still doing it before and after!
Search “Catalina” in finder and you SHOULD see the “Install MacOS Catalina” as BDAqua mentioned.
Thank you. I disabled it.
It is strange, but great news & good luck.
Normally when the file is downloaded it automatically launches and starts the installation. Sometimes the installation gets interrupted and one has to go looking for the file to relaunch it.
I cannot update to macOS Catalina on my iMac.
