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I’m sure the entire problem was the install was accidentally stopped in the beginning. and then started again. I reread the info on bootable using USB and terminal, and it seems that if I can get Big Sur to download to the uSB, I can then use it without having to do the terminal steps. Yes r no?

What happens is it attempts to reinstall the Big Sur that stops. It’s four hours now. that it’s been sitting on installing.. So, just wanted to confirm that the message I get from the T.M is telling me that everything will revert t the last Mohave and data that worked … and that was about 2pm...

It gets to that spot and stops. I’ll let it go overnight. I can do command r and restore from time machine is a choice. I tried To reinstall Big Sur and it started from where it got to at 4pm, then goes to the screen where the white line is halfway. So, the thing about T.M. that is...

Well this was fun. I’m now frozen and no OS. Can’t use computer. So if u can share what to do next that would be great. All my stuff is backed up on time machine but ofif course it’s Mojave and I don’t know how to get to it. I assume I hold something down to start in safe mode or restore or ???

I didn’t want to do this bec it was already in the process and didn’t have any clear directio as to whether I should cancel or not. I got to here about 30 mins ago. How long should I wait? Can I just try to reboit? Do I do command r?

If I’m able to use the computer after this , or if I have to use someone else’s, I’ll do this and reinstall. Hopefully I won’t run into issues as it just restarted again, which is as u know, fairly normal in an upgrade got to here. This was third restart 20 mins so far. Do I give it an hour...

Less than a minute remaining for 10 minutes so far

Yes it’s the fusion drive

According to the Drive there’s 135 GB left but there should be a lot more. Because in theory my files that are downloaded are supposed to be in dropbox, but when I run the internal clean up program, that comes with the OS, it shows there’s a bunch of stuff that’s on the hard drive

Suddenly everything sort of unclogged. A whole bunch of stuff started moving in the log and now I’m staring at the apple with a little bite out of it and 14 now 7 minutes remaining. as I had said, one of my concerns was canceling or stopping and then trying to start again and that’s why I was...

And, now ... this is a late 2014 Mac Mini. Time left: 12 minutes. I feel like I"m in a movie and we're about to run into the death star :-)

Hoops. Just got another retrying after 4 failure ... started download package again ... time changed to 32 minutes remaining ... maybe it's actually doing its thing? But this is the log as well.

I had gone to the app store first. Then I read where I should upgrade thru the system prefs. I found the install xxxx.app when I searched fro install assistant.pkg. I deleted those files. The install apparently was still running in the background, so I didn't stop it. I haven't yet as there...

I (in theory, as it shows it this way) have my Downloads being saved in Dropbox. I have 1Tb of space and have only used about 3.5gb. But, when I ran the Apple "look under the hood" interface, it shows I have 665gb of downloaded stuff. Ah, okay ... but here's the thing. In theory, all that is...

I finally decided to upgrade to Big Sur. Getting "null" set and error. I'm in Mojave. Do I need to go to Catalina first? I don't want Monterey yet. I just got comfortable with Big Sur. I'm upgrading (supposedly) from the System Preferences. FYI: When I first clicked on the "upgrade to Big Sur"...

Figured it out. Was looking at the libraries all at once vs which library was open. Duh.

What's up with this? I have three iMovie libraries. I say "move" or copy" and I now see the project three times, but in the drop down on the left, nothing has copied or moved. But the project does show up in 2021 under iMovie Library so at least that is showing up now. Was this a big change in...

I'm working on some old DV tapes (from a Sony Digital 8, circa 2000). I've been doing this on and off for a number of years. Trying to get everything in so I can upgrade to Big Sur because I'm sure iMovie and this camera (most likely) won't talk to each other any more. And the camera is starting...

That makes sense in theory. I swipe down and see "SIRI" suggestions and recent apps I have used. I'll try it the next time I get any notifications. Interestingly, I went into the notifications and played around with the choices, so which aren't intuitive Notification Grouping (apps or...

If you have four or five notifications, maybe calender, news, update, whatever... and you accidentally swipe the phone, or touch it wrong, or you intentionally read one, how do you go back to look at the others? Had this happen again this morning. They vanished so quickly I can't tell you where...