gfolz.blogg.se - This update requires macos version 10.13

Confirm this action and boot AFTER HAVING REMOVED YOUR USB STICK (in case it was bootable, in case you didn't do it before). Once it finishes (let's hope sucessfully), your Recovery Boot will ask you to reboot your machine. The whole process takes around 10 minutes. Once the long 'installer.' command starts running, a text mode installation will start. DOUBLE CHECK THE NAME OF YOUR WORKING HIGH SIERRA MOUNT POINT, typically it is "Macintosh HD", but you might have changed it.Īgain, we will finally double check on screen all the parameters of this command are as expected.

The "target" will be the disk where our working High Sierra installation lives, typically a mount point under the Volumes folder.

pkg file name BETWEEN QUOTES just in case. pkg file I typed above is invented, just type whatever name your.

-allowUnstrusted parameter is probably not needed (as the.

We should launch this 'installer' command with "sudo" but, as booting from Recovery and launching Terminal already makes us root, there will be "no need for sudo".

Installer -allowUntrusted -verboseR -pkg "10.13.6_incremental_update.pkg" -target /Volumes/OUR_HIGH_SIERRA_DISK_MOUNT_POINTīEFORE YOU TYPE THIS COMMAND, some additional explanations:

Now, still in Terminal, we will must launch the unatended. do some "ls -alcrt" and double check our "10.13.6 incremental update.pkg" file can be found there. Typically it should appear under /Volumes/USB_STICK_NAME. Once we are inside "Terminal", we need to go where our USB stick is mounted. Once you do it, it will present you with some random tools on the upper part of the screen, we should look for "Terminal", and launch it. If you already know, go to the next step, if not google it.īoot your Mac in Recovery mode. Learn how to boot your Mac into Recovery Mode. Get a spare USB stick (with at least as much free space as the size of our new. Once it finishes downloading, double click onto the. dmg file we want to install from Apple, in our case "10.13.6 incremental update" from Apple If using it seems as black magic for you, call someone who understands how to launch programs and commands via Terminal.ĭownload the. The "TERMINAL" application will be used in the process. THE WHOLE PROCESS WORKED FOR ME, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA IF IT WILL WORK FOR YOU AND YOUR MAC.

IF SOME STEP IS UNCLEAR, CALL SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE IMPLICATIONS OF SAID STEP. I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS, LOST DATA, ETC. So I'm going to list here the steps I can remember I did.Ġ.- FIRST OF ALL, THE NEEDED DISCLAIMER: DO A BACKUP OF YOUR MAC SENSITIVE DATA, ETC. I said: "what would it happen if I tried to install the cumulative update via Recovery mode, from some spare USB I have?"Īnd that's exactly what I did. I had tried everything under the sun, and I was starting to think about not trying the update anymore. Some days ago I was in the same situation as the original poster.