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| Chopperone Member Since: 13 Nov 2016 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 396    | 
 I have recently tried to do a software update (10.14.5) & the update is stuck part way through.
 I have tried rebooting etc & I cannot for the life of me delete the partial update to then reload it. A search on on the web hasn't helped me. Any ideas how to get everything back up & running smoothly. TIA Guy May your life be like toilet paper ; long & useful. | ||
|  28th May 2019 3:05pm | 
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| plusnq Member Since: 06 Feb 2015 Location: Brisbane Posts: 10    | |||
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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3788      | Yep, been there. I love Macs but after 4 or 5 years I don’t update them anymore as they just can’t take the complexity. I’ve had two E Macs and an I Mac go this way. | ||
|  28th May 2019 6:29pm | 
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| Balvaig Member Since: 19 Feb 2016 Location: Fife Posts: 737      | You need to enter recovery mode, then reinstall a fresh version of osx.
 Restart your mac and hold down cmd and r until the Apple logo appears. You should enter recovery mode and have the option to reinstall osx. | ||
|  28th May 2019 7:51pm | 
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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2544      | Sorry I cannot help you resolve the problem but you do have my sympathy.  Every time I update my Macbook Pro I suffer from having  between a day and two days of the thing continually crashing.  After a couple of days at most it's back to normal until I update the software again.  It's been like that ever since I updated from High Sierra to Mojave. Defender 90XS SW
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|  28th May 2019 8:24pm | 
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| Chopperone Member Since: 13 Nov 2016 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 396    | Hi
 Balvaig had the right answer ! Previous attempts at starting up in safe mode didn't work but CMD & R did. About an hour of re loading & then it still showed that an update was required. Fortunately this small update went through so all sweetness & light now   guy May your life be like toilet paper ; long & useful. | ||
|  30th May 2019 10:55am | 
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| Balvaig Member Since: 19 Feb 2016 Location: Fife Posts: 737      | Glad you are sorted and back in action.
 Bit frightening when it happens though. Hope you have backups and time machine switched on! | ||
|  30th May 2019 6:57pm | 
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| Sulisuli Member Since: 30 Oct 2016 Location: South west Posts: 4808      | This forum is a wealth of information    nice that forum members help each other out  2015 HT XS 90 2008 SVX 90 2000 XS TD5 90 | ||
|  30th May 2019 7:19pm | 
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