Same failures here. I’ve been trying for hours and and at first it seemed to be downloading, but now I just get the same failure messages as everyone else.
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macOS Big Sur Installation Failed!
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I haven't seen anyone who is able to install. I am shocked they haven't pulled the update.
Same rebooted and my MacBook had weird issues like 2 minutes to open Safari, same for iTerm.
I'm starting to think this launch is brought to you by Playstation.
Good thing the kept pushing back the release to make sure everything was solid while really building up the anticipation for the release date!
An Apple rep just replied in Message. "I was actually checking the Apple System status and it seems we are experiencing some issues with the MacOS Software Update server". They also said that once it's fixed, we should be able to download and install without a problem. We'll see. He was asking if I had a backup. I told them Time Machine backups. I asked if I would have to go to one of those backups and they said no. Hmm..
Same here, thought I was going crazy, also had major lag, from what seemed to be something involving trustd and the update servers, luckily I had to update the command line tools and that seemed to rectify that part. What a mess, in decades of dealing with Apple, as well as doing every update they ever did after they gave them away for free, I must say this is by far the worst, incredibly embarrassing, and another item on my list of things driving me away from the brand that seems to have been exponentially growing as of the last couple years.
Installation still failed, but I was able to get through to the apple site and order a new macbook pro.
Was able to trade my 2017, 256g, 8g ram for a new M1 with 512g, 16g ram for $1279. Will take 2-3 weeks to get, but I think it will be worth the upgrade.
Was able to trade my 2017, 256g, 8g ram for a new M1 with 512g, 16g ram for $1279. Will take 2-3 weeks to get, but I think it will be worth the upgrade.
