trouble installing monterey macOS

macOS Monterey downloads to my 27" 2020 intel iMac, but when installing it, it stops with 50 minutes left and crashes. Tried multiple times.


iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Aug 19, 2022 09:51 AM

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Posted on Aug 19, 2022 02:33 PM

mousemvr1 wrote:

macOS Monterey downloads to my 27" 2020 intel iMac, but when installing it, it stops with 50 minutes left and crashes. Tried multiple times.


Try launching the installer from a Safeboot.

Verify you have adequate free storage available for the software to unpack and expand...


SafeBoot How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support


If you downloaded the full installer it wil be sitting in your Applications folder "Install macOS Monterey.app"


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Aug 19, 2022 02:33 PM in response to mousemvr1

mousemvr1 wrote:

macOS Monterey downloads to my 27" 2020 intel iMac, but when installing it, it stops with 50 minutes left and crashes. Tried multiple times.


Try launching the installer from a Safeboot.

Verify you have adequate free storage available for the software to unpack and expand...


SafeBoot How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support


If you downloaded the full installer it wil be sitting in your Applications folder "Install macOS Monterey.app"


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