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10.15.6 is not updating

Having trouble updating to 10.15.6. Any solutions?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 22, 2020 6:38 PM

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Posted on Aug 7, 2020 9:23 AM

I tried that more than once. It wasn't the solution.

Ultimately, I had to free up significantly more storage than specified.

Then I had to wait for the system to figure out that storage was free. Somehow that was overnight.

Then I downloaded again and it worked.

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Aug 7, 2020 9:49 AM in response to havingtroublewithmacos

You should maintain an absolute minimum of 10 - 15 GB of empty space at all times for the OS to function properly - realistically that means you should have at least 30 - 40 if you need to download a large update which needs about 20 to expand for the install. Your drive is not just simply storage, it contains your OS and all system files, so it needs empty space to read/write with everything you do.

10.15.6 is not updating

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