error while installing macOS big sur

within a second of trying to upgrade to Big Sur, I get an error right away that says error installing. Haven't even gotten to download yet. Anyone else? 2019 16" MacBook Pro

MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Nov 12, 2020 3:22 PM

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Niel

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Nov 12, 2020 3:27 PM in response to Timothy Lambert

Apple's servers are getting flooded. Try again in about an hour.

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Nov 12, 2020 3:35 PM in response to Niel

Kind of what I assumed, but the system status was showing up and running. thanks.

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