Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.systems,uk.comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Updating macOS Ventura v13.6.9 to v13.7 got stuck when I was out. :/ Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 07:54:01 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:54:02 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5d9e21da88486fa5af27cab9bfd158f2"; logging-data="121743"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+rQmoC8LX0LBGsdXff4+P7kTwL7LRNzNw=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:FUa1DW+zCyqxsxd97Aokcb9i7jc= Content-Language: en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3137 On 2024-09-17 23:09, Jörg Lorenz wrote: > On 17.09.24 15:09, Ant wrote: >> In comp.sys.mac.systems Alan Browne wrote: >>> On 2024-09-17 00:55, Jörg Lorenz wrote: >>>> On 17.09.24 02:14, Ant wrote: >>>>> Updating macOS Ventura v13.6.9 to v13.7 got stuck when I was out. :/ >>>>> Basically, I told 13" Intel 2020 MBP's macOS to update its Safari and >>>>> macOS Ventura to v13.7 while I was out since it takes a while to >>>>> download, prepare, upgrade, and finish. I came home and MBP was >>>>> asleep. I thought it was done so I woke it up and the screen blinked >>>>> and showed me >>>>> https://matrix.zimage.com/_matrix/media/v3/download/ross154.net/rJetbpwFfEkNGXPcPaJwxlmU/FullSizeRender.jpg >>>>> (photo). I waited for 15 minutes, and it was still there at the same >>>>> status. MBP wasn't even warm so it's not doing anything I think. >>>>> Usually, upgrades makes MBP warm/hot. :( >>>>> >>>>> So, I held the power button to force a shut off, booted back up, but >>>>> nothing. I tried again without power AC, monitor, and 3.5mm speaker >>>>> cable. Now, it worked. That scared me. I was able to boot up and log >>>>> into macOS Ventura v13.6.9. >>>>> >>>>> So, should I try again since I never had this issue before? :/ Thank you >>>>> for reading and hopefully answering soon. :) >>>> >>>> Upgrade to 15.0 "Sequoia". >>>> What you are doing is utter nonsense to upgrade to a system out of support. >> >>> macOS Sequoia (15.0) was released to the public on 2024-09-16. >> >>> Your nuts are numb. Again. >> >> Ventura is still supported. I will update to newer major version later on. > > You understand not much: > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/apple-clarifies-security-update-policy-only-the-latest-oses-are-fully-patched/ > > And you are fiddling around with an OS which is 2 generations behind. > So what? Why is that important?