Urgent help needed "Installation of macOS could not continue."

[bobsala]

No problem! did the same, downloading right know..will update if it works. Fingers crossed

edit1: installations works. changing the name shows name,picture and license text for Monterey but installs big sur.
edit2: it worked!

so what steps did you change / how did you get it to install? could post us a guide please.

 

[MrMacintoshBlog]

The Apple instructions (linked earlier) are clear about erasing the MacIntosh HD volume group, not the drive. On M1 Macs Recovery is on a separate partition, which might get erased if you erase at drive level. Erasing at drive level was common practice with Intel. I don't know if this the cause for you but it might be. So I would be interested to know exactly what you erased.

It would seem bad if Apple even allows the whole drive to be erased and if this then causes the need for Apple Configurator 2 to restore the Recovery partition. I would hope Apple makes it impossible or gives dire warning, in which case your problem is likely to be something else.

This seems to be what some are doing, they might be only erasing macintosh hd and not the entire volume group. This is causing problems.

 

[HPad]

This seems to be what some are doing, they might be only erasing macintosh hd and not the entire volume group. This is causing problems.

I just went in an erased Macintosh HD It worked before 12.0.1 but after 12.0.1 beta it caused whats happening now.

 

[white7561]

I just went in an erased Macintosh HD It worked before 12.0.1 but after 12.0.1 beta it caused whats happening now.

Did you erase the volume group or the whole drive?? Or did you just remove the Macintosh HD and left the Macintosh HD - Data?

 

[HPad]

Did you erase the volume group or the whole drive?? Or did you just remove the Macintosh HD and left the Macintosh HD - Data?

I erased the whole drive just as I did with 12.0 which worked fine for internet restore. But 12.0.1 internet restore did not work causing the issue here

 

[white7561]

I erased the whole drive just as I did with 12.0 which worked fine for internet restore. But 12.0.1 internet restore did not work causing the issue here

Oh yeah. Tbh I still think it's prob because of the non existent full installer on the server. It's prob why it errors out trying to pull the full installer for the RC

 

[HPad]

Oh yeah. Tbh I still think it's prob because of the non existent full installer on the server. It's prob why it errors out trying to pull the full installer for the RC

Yeah I think so as well. But it shouldn’t be broken like that.

 

[white7561]

Yeah I think so as well. But it shouldn’t be broken like that.

Yeah. It's nice though to know that we can clean install everything like how we used to in Intel based Macs. Just select the disk (Apple SSD xxx) and just erase. Then just reinstall.

 

[DeanPSN]

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[DeanPSN]

No problem! did the same, downloading right know..will update if it works. Fingers crossed

edit1: installations works. changing the name shows name,picture and license text for Monterey but installs big sur.
edit2: it worked!

@HPad

What exactly needs to be changed? Can't find anything on that link.
thanks

 

[kibepo73]

There can be several reasons responsible for interrupting your Mac’s update process:

1. Lack of free space on Mac.
2. Software malfunction.
3. Internet connection with slow speed.
4. System errors interfere with the updates.
5. Non-responsive update servers.
6. Old install data interfering with updates.

However, you can try the below DIY methods to fix the issue:

1. Ensure sufficient storage space availability.
2. Inspect your Internet connection.
3. Shut down Mac and switch it on
4. Check Apple Update Server
5. Boot your Mac in Safe Mode
6. Remove the older macOS install data
7. Rectify the Software Update preferences

Hope it helps!