![]() ![]() I say "basic" because it was all brand new to me but I made sure not to do anything too risky. It went back through the same cycle - starting at 29 minutes left, but instead of getting stuck, the update completed and I'm back in business without losing any data. I was able to use some "basic" text commands to locate a couple of large unnecessary files in my Downloads folder, delete them, and then restarted the Mac again. After checking available storage in Disk Utility, it was clear that lack of space was likely the issue (only 15MB free). There is! I restarted the Mac and got it into Recovery Mode. I took to the web to see if there were any last options to avoid erasing the disk and losing all my data. So I didn't have enough time via the other Mac I hooked up to get into the files and delete anything to try the update again. I tried Target Disk Mode, which worked for about 15 seconds before cycling back into the same routine starting over at 29 minutes again, and ultimately failing each time. I didn't have a Time Machine backup and though I had my most important files backed up elsewhere, I wanted to avoid wiping the disk. ![]() Why it doesn't make sure there's enough space before starting, I don't know, but that's what it came down to.Īpple Support's only options were to try Target Disk Mode or erase the disk and start over. After 2 days of researching and a couple of hours with Apple Support on Chat and Phone, came to the conclusion that there wasn't enough space on the drive to complete the update so it was just stuck in this cycle. I was stuck in a cycle starting at 29 minutes where it would get as close as 5/6 minutes left before erroring out and giving me the same options: greyed out "restart/reinstall" option and then the option to go into Target Disk Mode. Full story below, but in short, Apple Support was no help to me and using a combination of booting into Recovery Mode and commands via Terminal was the solution to making space for the update to complete successfully. I was having a similar issue to others in this thread but I didn't get lucky like the OP. ![]()
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