Users often experience failure when updating macOS to the latest version. Usually, you never find difficulties updating the operating system on your Mac, but sometimes the process takes longer than usual. When your macOS stuck on checking for updates, you will see a spinning wheel or a freezing screen indicating that the update process is not responding.
If you are stuck on the same screen, there is a problem, and you need to fix it to proceed further. Updating your computer is important as it assures that the Mac is running smoothly. The updates come with security patches that keep the computer secure from online threats. The following solutions will help you get rid of the problem efficiently.
First, try restarting your Mac. This will sometimes clear up any stuck processes and allow the update to continue. If that doesn’t work, you can try resetting the Mac’s NVRAM. This will help to clear any corrupt data that may be causing the update to get stuck.
Finally, if neither of those solutions works, follow the steps below:
Let’s first discuss the reasons that might be causing the “Checking for updates…” error.
Reasons for “Checking for updates” Error:
A couple of reasons can be responsible for the freezing screen resulting from a stuck macOS update. Some of these reasons include the following:
Unstable or slow internet connection
Third-party software conflict
Unresponsive Apple server
Lack of storage space on Mac
Any internal issue interfering with the update
Let’s now discuss the ways to resolve the macOS update-related issues.
Before you initiate any of the given solutions to fix the persisting problem, make sure you have a backup of data stored on the computer. Sometimes, the problem occurs because you might not be following the update process correctly.
Some of the resolution procedures to fix macOS stuck on checking for updates errors are easy, while others demand sound technical knowledge.
Check Your Internet Connection
As mentioned above, poor internet connection can be the most common reason for freezing updates windows on macOS. Check if your internet is running fast and if you are getting the right bandwidth. Else, your computer will fail to reach the update server, and you will not be able to download the update-related files.
Check your router to ensure you are getting internet signals appropriately. Reset your router by turning it off and then on after waiting for 20 seconds. You can also try to reset network settings for more advanced resolution. Before you reset your network settings, disable the antivirus software first.
Check Storage Space
macOS update files can be big, so make sure you have sufficient space available to accommodate these updates. To check the storage on your Mac computer, navigate to the Apple menu, click About This Mac, and tap on the Storage tab. You can identify the files that are no longer needed and remove them from the storage media.
Some of the apps stored on your computer consume significant system resources while doing nothing. So, make sure to delete these apps to make space on the Mac storage media. While deleting apps manually is cost-effective, professional app uninstallers can help delete app-associated files completely from the computer.
Check Apple Server
Implementing this solution is possible only if the internet is running smoothly. On facing the “Checking for updates” error, you need to check that no outage exists on Apple’s side. If the Apple server is experiencing downtime, you can check this by visiting the Apple System Status page and clicking the macOS Software Update option.
If a green icon is displayed next to the macOS Software Update, it indicates that there is no outage. If there is a problem with Apple Server, you will see a red dot displayed with all the options on the System Status page. You can also check your internet speed before checking the server status to ensure the smooth running of the process.
Boot Mac in Safe Mode
Restarting your Mac computer can fix major issues, so it is recommended that you must do it once before initiating any other workaround. If a restart doesn’t solve the problem, boot your computer in Safe Mode. Running your Mac in Safe Mode, also known as diagnostics mode, will clear all the cache files and check the system.
If the Mac updates install successfully in Safe Mode, restart the computer and continue using it normally. On the other hand, if you still see macOS checking for updates errors, try to update your Mac again. It is worth mentioning the procedure to enter Safe Mode differs in Intel and Silicon-based Macs, so keep that in mind.
Conclusion
Updating the Mac is easy unless your computer is in good condition, the internet is working properly and there’s enough storage space available for macOS update files. Once you face any issue, the process becomes cumbersome.
Apart from the above mentioned fixes, you can try deleting macOS install data and resetting the Software Update preferences to check if these procedures can solve the problem.
Why can’t a macOS be installed in a Windows computer?
macOS, also known as Mac OS X, is a proprietary operating system developed and maintained by Apple Inc. for use on Apple’s Macintosh computers. This operating system is not designed to be installed on non-Apple hardware, such as a Windows computer. This is because macOS is specifically built to work with Apple’s hardware and software ecosystem, and is therefore not compatible with the hardware and software of a Windows computer. Additionally, Apple has put in place technical and legal restrictions to prevent macOS from being installed on non-Apple hardware.
Apple don’t want that to happen.
Not because they want to extract more money from hardware sales (Apple hardware is actually cheap for the quality you get anyway), not because they wouldn’t sell OS X as a product if they could.
It’s really simple: they did the math on the support costs of random third party hardware, and the numbers came up “nope”.
Apple actually did this long before OS X was a thing; for a short while you could actually get a licensed non-Apple MacOS computer.
To actually do this and make money, they’d have to sell OS X for a couple of thousand dollars, or maybe a subscription at about $50/month. That’s to pay for the three or four thousand developers and ten or so thousand support people they’d have to hire to deal with all the random crap hardware out there.
And it still wouldn’t meet their quality targets anyway.
So how can Microsoft do it?
They get the OEMs and hardware manufacturers to deal with most of it. Which they mostly do badly, but people have somehow become used to the resulting mess.
Making the OS itself free does mean that they don’t want people to install it on third party hardware because that would mean zero profits from the extra user (unless they use services such as iCloud in a premium fashion — more than just what’s given free).
I guess that makes the hackintoshing phenomenon an issue. Now, when the support for the last Intel based Mac ends hackintoshing will be a real issue (I mean, some explicitly limit themselves to High Sierra because of some NVidia GPUs that aren’t supported on newer versions at all…). But for now, if you have good, compatible hardware, you can reap the benefits just fine.
I am currently a hackintosher but intend to get an actual MacBook Pro (Intel based) soon. Wouldn’t have happened if I didn’t get a good hackintosh. So I’d say, don’t fight those who try it out like this and then migrate to actual Apple products, since that’s actually a profit vector. Only fight those that do it despite that.
The better question to ask is “How does Linux do it?”. You can find drivers for most of “the random crap hardware out there”… You can “google yourself” the support for most of the issues you’d run into, unlike Windows, etc. Support is a “thing” mostly for corporate users. Companies need someone to sue in case they’d somehow lose a penny because of hw/sw issues.
Using Windows would be much better than hackintoshing. Windows has its issues, it is not as reliable as macOS. However, Windows is much more flexible than macOS. It is much more programmer friendly than macOS. Most of the advantages of macOS will cease to exist once you take it out of the integration with Apple hardware.
You can, not so easily, run the OSX on a windows machine as you would run a second version of windows or Linux or any other OS. My current machine has around 4 different OS in 2 drives. The machine was originally assembled keeping in mind running it on OSX, endearingly known by the community as Hackintoshs. I did run an OSX version of Snow Leopard for a few months but didn’t have much use of it as I already own a MacBook Pro. A fun project but not without hastles.
Also, I did shift my 10+ year old MacBooks drive into the machine, before writing this reply, just for fun. Given the changes over time, the OSX failed to recognise half the peripherals which is solvable, but would need a lot of work.
You can. Such computers are called a “Hackintosh.” The procedure is totally unsupported, but I suppose it can save the user some money, when it works.
It’s not that it can’t. It’s a violation of the end-user license. If you’d like to give a try, just google out Hackintosh. I am not aware of any prosecution if you do. Definitely nothing like the infamous Microsoft initiated BSA raids on companies and individual users.
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