updating Tahoe versions stuck 26.0.1 - 26.1

Strawhatguy wrote:

updating Tahoe versions stuck 26.0.1 - 26.1

I am, as I write this staring at the black in-progress update screen for Tahoe. I then went for a 45 minute walk. MacBook hooked up to power.

I come back, and I find the progress bar basically around the 10% area and it hasn’t moved.

This happened on the 26.0 to 26.0.1 update and I had to go to the Apple Store to get it revived, which I don’t want to have to do every time Tahoe updates.

any thoughts on why it might be getting stuck? And it would be nice to have some magic key sequence to see what it is doing, like a log of some sort.

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Original Title: MacBook Tahoe

—Well you could wait another 45 minutes...

the Mac typically shuts down and restarts more than once on its own during the update process, so walking away you will not be clear on where it is at in that process

—you can force a shut down and reboot and see where it leaves you...

You can always force quit a shutdown by holding the power button/TouchID for ~6-10 sec.

Force Shut down your Mac. Shut down or restart your Mac - Apple Support

—You can try again from a Safeboot your point-update...

SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support

Strawhatguy wrote:

Yeah tried the second option before I saw your post, rebooting, and now it needs to be revived again; which is a tricky process to get right at home (when to hold down keys and such, and there’s little to no feedback).

Take it in if you have issue that you can not resolve on your own

How to revive or restore Mac firmware - Apple Support

How to revive or restore Mac firmware - Apple Support

macOS 26.1