Big Sur upgrade

Just tried to upgrade my imac with latest Big Sur, the upgrade downloads but it won´t install and freezes out everything....

Anyone else experience this?

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Jun 5, 2021 11:13 PM

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Sharhari

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Jun 6, 2021 12:00 AM in response to Paul KL

macOS - How to Upgrade - Apple

The following models are supported:

MacBook (2015 or later)
MacBook Air (2013 or later)
MacBook Pro (Late 2013 or later)
Mac mini (2014 or later)
iMac (2014 or later)
iMac Pro (2017 or later)
Mac Pro (2013 or later)

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