10.10.5 update glitch

[macuser1232]

So I just updated my Early 2011 MacBook Pro to from the last Yosemite build to the latest 10.10.5 and a strange glitch happened. My Mac shut down all of my applications like normal and restarted. The installation begin and then restarted upon completion. Then, a white screen with a large blank loading bar appeared. A few second later it restarts again with the loading bar. It continued to do this in an endless cycle until I force shut down and turned the machine back on. Upon powering up, it proceeded to complete the installation and started up normally. I've checked on "About my Mac" and I've confirmed it's on 10.10.5. I just thought that was a bit strange. Anyone else had this happen to them or have any idea what it was?

UPDATE: According to someone on reddit, it actually fully borked their 2010 iMac and they are now having to reinstall from recovery partition.

 

[TomH TX]

That would be scary. Glad you got through it.

 

[macuser1232]

That would be scary. Glad you got through it.

It was scary. I'm glad too. I hadn't made a backup in some days so it could've been bad..

 

[jbarley]

It was scary. I'm glad too. I hadn't made a backup in some days so it could've been bad..

The really scary part is you had not made a backup for some days and still decided to install a major update.
Fail!

 

[macuser1232]

The really scary part is you had not made a backup for some days and still decided to install a major update.
Fail!

Yup. I accept blame for that one. It was only a few years ago that I actually got an external hard drive and made backups. I haven't quite made it a daily routine on this machine, but I think I'll have it connected as long as it's stationary on a table.

 

[simonsi]

Yup. I accept blame for that one. It was only a few years ago that I actually got an external hard drive and made backups. I haven't quite made it a daily routine on this machine, but I think I'll have it connected as long as it's stationary on a table.

It doesn't need to be daily, it depends on how many changes you make, files edited etc and how much you are willing to risk losing. But making a backup prior to any major software update is fairly prudent.

 

[macuser1232]

It doesn't need to be daily, it depends on how many changes you make, files edited etc and how much you are willing to risk losing. But making a backup prior to any major software update is fairly prudent.

Certainly.

 

[TonyK]

I have 2 backup systems. One is via TimeMacine and the other is through ChronoSync. CS is done weekly and TM is done by its schedule.