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  • Slow software update on Monterey?

    From jbrennand@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 26 15:10:38 2022
    My old early 2015 MBAir is on Monteray. I am updating to 12.3.1 right
    now. Its been going for more than an hour, when the "timer" ticked over
    from 20 minutes left - to 15 minutes left...

    Is this "normal" for an "older" device !?

    Every other device is connecting and downloading from the Net as usual.

    Dont know if this is related and worrying, but when I switched it on
    this morning I had a black screen for 2-3 minutes before the logon
    option appeared.

    Should I worry and will that help :-)

    JohnB

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  • From jbrennand@21:1/5 to jbrennand on Tue Apr 26 16:22:35 2022
    On 26/04/2022 15:10, jbrennand wrote:
    My old early 2015 MBAir is on Monteray.  I am updating to 12.3.1 right now.  Its been going for more than an hour, when the "timer" ticked over from 20 minutes left - to 15 minutes left...

    Is this "normal" for an "older" device !?

    Every other device is connecting and downloading from the Net as usual.

    Dont know if this is related and worrying, but when I switched it on
    this morning I had a black screen for 2-3 minutes before the logon
    option appeared.

    Should I worry and will that help :-)

    JohnB
    Finished 3h 22 mins !!

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to jbrennand on Wed Apr 27 07:51:32 2022
    jbrennand <brennand@ntlworld.com> wrote:
    On 26/04/2022 15:10, jbrennand wrote:
    My old early 2015 MBAir is on Monteray.  I am updating to 12.3.1 right
    now.  Its been going for more than an hour, when the "timer" ticked over
    from 20 minutes left - to 15 minutes left...

    Is this "normal" for an "older" device !?

    Every other device is connecting and downloading from the Net as usual.

    Dont know if this is related and worrying, but when I switched it on
    this morning I had a black screen for 2-3 minutes before the logon
    option appeared.

    Should I worry and will that help :-)

    JohnB
    Finished 3h 22 mins !!


    And I thought a Monterey update on my 2017 MBA was slow! Still, persistence
    and patience pays off in the end :)

    --
    Cheers, Alan

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