How-to update to macOS High Sierra
13 Feb 2018Hint: this is NO HowTo, just a rant!
- the night before download the 5 GB file to save time during the day
- 8:00 do this important thing that needs to be done on the Mac, maybe the update will take a bit longer
- 8:30 click on update to High Sierra
- 8:35 ok, lets do this other thing from the ToDo-list I can do on any other PC
- 10:00 lets see what this High Sierra looks like
- 10:05 hmm, the update is still not finished, just the loading screen with a loading bar and the apple
- 10:10 ok, there are certainly some other things on the ToDo-list that can be done without the Mac
- 12:30 still the loading bar, but nearly full. Time for lunch.
- 13:00 still the loading bar, lets see what other people say what to do when the update is stuck: “Hit Ctrl+L” to see the log. OK, lets try this –> nothing happens, but when I come back the loading bar is around 70% - great!
- what do other people say? “if you leave it for a few hours it could finally get to the end of its task” .. “Sometimes updates can take 16 hours or more” - great news! What else is on my ToDo-list?
- 15:30 still no progress, time to go outside
- 18:30 back home, still no progress … WTF
- 18:35 time to bring the big guns in: long-press Power-Button to power off .. wait few seconds and power on again … the loading bar at 70% again .. lets do something else
- 18:45 come back and there is the High Sierra Login Screen …. finally
- 18:50 start writing this rant