can't update my MacBook Air 11 inch early 2014

I have downloaded Big Sur and it will not let me select my HD drive in install that has over 80GB of availability...what can I do?

MacBook Air 11″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Dec 27, 2020 06:08 PM

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InfluencerBlake Author

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Posted on Dec 27, 2020 07:11 PM

just realized my computer was in the process of fire vault encryption. Had to wait for that to complete.

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Dec 27, 2020 07:11 PM in response to InfluencerBlake

just realized my computer was in the process of fire vault encryption. Had to wait for that to complete.

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Dec 27, 2020 06:10 PM in response to InfluencerBlake

What version of OS X is currently on the system?

Dec 27, 2020 06:31 PM in response to liquidmice

macOS Sierra 10.12.6

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