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Does anyone know what error 702 on system installation means?

Does anyone know what error 702 is or means and/or what can be done about it. This occurred during a system installation, probably three quarters of the way through. The latest time it occurred for me was during Ventura installation. This is the message I got on a Sonoma installation. The same thing happened with Ventura.



Thanks very much.

Posted on Nov 22, 2024 10:26 AM

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Nov 22, 2024 10:45 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

I don't know what the error code is but may have a workaround for you: boot into Safe Mode according to How to use safe mode on your Mac and try installing from there. That helped me on a couple of occasions.


Note:  if you have a wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries connect it with its charging cable before booting into Safe Mode.  This makes it act as a wired keyboard as will assure a successful boot into Safe Mode.


Just some food for thought.



Nov 22, 2024 1:44 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Hey, thanks for the update. It looks like it's having a hard time downloading the needed files for the installation. Are you on wireless? If so, are you able to try a wired connection? That can also happen from the time being off in the recovery environment. This link can help you manually change it from the terminal if you're comfortable running commands.


https://www.alansiu.net/2020/08/05/setting-the-date-time-in-macos-10-14-recovery-mode/


Lastly, you could also try to reset your NVRAM. Here is Apple's article for that.


https://support.apple.com/en-us/102539?displayMode=headless



Does any of that help you?

Does anyone know what error 702 on system installation means?

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