MacOS Big Sur 11.2 Update

Have been trying to do this update for several days now — without success! Always gets as far as Preparing macOS Big Sur 11.2 update . . . With 10 minutes to go . . . . And never gets any further. As suggested on the Q&A page, I have tried the Force Quit/ Safe mode option without any success. Plus Command L — just tells me I am up to date.!! Then the Software Update indicator comes back up. Also tried Command R but that didn’t do anything for me.

What am I doing wrong? Apple, why are so many people having this problem?

Is there a way to install from scratch ? Not via System Preferences?

Thanks, Sue

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 4, 2021 8:00 AM

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Feb 4, 2021 8:45 AM in response to Susan4HelpXOthers

You are probably not doing anything wrong.

I had trouble updating too. In several tries, it failed to download.

I then restarted in Safe Mode and applied the update: success.

Feb 4, 2021 1:19 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Thank you so much. I tried in Safe Mode. I didn't think it was working at first, but then it eventually did. Whew!

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