How to update mac in safe mode?

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Some Mac users say that an error occurs while downloading, preparing, or installing, or that the software is damaged, could not be verified, or failed to personalize. The cause of messages like these can vary, and sometimes they’re only temporary. Besides checking the storage space, and the internet connection, installing macOS from the macOS Recovery mode, preparing the startup disk, reviving or restoring Mac firmware, or directly erasing the Mac, I wonder whether I can update the Mac from macOS Safe Mode? Since I have heard that macOS Safe Mode does fix certain issues and troubles on Mac.

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That’s right, some Mac users indeed encounter trouble with macOS, especially macOS Sequoia updates stuck at preparing, downloading, and installing. This kind of issue can be fixed with Macintosh HD storage space cleaning, internet connection debug, updating the Mac in macOS Recovery Mode, fixing the startup disk, reviving or restoring Mac firmware, or erasing the Mac completely for successful macOS update. However, you cannot update your Mac in macOS Safe Mode as Safe Mode is just a diagnostic feature aiming to the slight system errors or glitches, which has nothing to do with the macOS update.

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There is no option to update a Mac in macOS Safe Mode as it is included in Mac startup options to help you troubleshoot most OS-related problems. It can be considered as a diagnostic mode of the Mac operating system. When you’re in the following cases, macOS Safe Mode helps you out of the trouble:

  • The Mac computer runs very slowly with kernel_task high CPU usage.
  • Mac is frozen.
  • The computer keeps restarting because of a Mac kernel panic.
  • Mac won’t turn on and shows a blank, pink, grey, or black screen.
  • The Mac is stuck on the loading bar.
  • Mac machine is stuck on the login screen.
  • Kernel panic while in sleep on macOS Ventura.

But it offers no way out to update your Mac when your machine gets stuck on updating macOS or software.

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I encountered an issue when I started the macOS update on my Mac, saying “Failed to prepare the software update. Please try again. An error occurred while downloading the selected updates. Please check your internet connection and try again.” How can I fix it? Can macOS Safe Mode address this issue?

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You can try the following solutions for the successful macOS update:

  1. Check Apple’s system status

  2. Restart your Mac

  3. Avoid skipping major updates

  4. Download from the Mac App Store

  5. Disable adblockers and antivirus programs

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How can I fix ‘An error occurred while installing the selected updates.’ on Mac?

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You can try the following solutions to fix ‘An error occurred while installing the selected updates.’ on Mac:

  • Wait, delete, reboot, and try it again
  • Try basic troubleshooting steps
  • Check internet connection
  • Download from the App Store or a direct link
  • Install in Safe Mode
  • Check your available storage
  • Unenroll from the beta program
  • Repair your Mac with First Aid
  • Create a macOS bootable installer
  • Install from the original SSD