5/17/2023 0 Comments Downloading macos big surIn my experience, Apple macOS updates are cumulative in downloads. That 12GB of space should be a partial download of Big Sur. Just continue the Big Sur download and run the update. Is there any command to purge these update files? Seeing as there is no change in the amount of free space after restarts, what can I do next? But if so, restarting should clear out the temporary files since - as I understand it - a shutdown/restart involves deletion of temp files, yes? It is most likely that the update stored as temporary file(s) while downloading. However, before starting the update for the first time around it would refuse unless at least 15.95GB was free, and now it shows no such warning. I doubt re-downloading is wise the download GUI indicates that the download starts from scratch. This 5GB of free space remains the same even after multiple restarts. The problem is when I check my MacBook now, only 5GB remains free. Which makes sense, since the network does not stay connected when put to sleep. It says something likeL: “Update failed due to network issues.” Midway through that process I shut the lid of my MacBook the update to fail. I had 17GB of free before triggering Big Sur update from System Prefrences > Software Update > Upgrade Now.
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