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I received notification that my late 2015 27 inch iMac has an update available. When I click on Software Update, the "Checking for updates" spinning thing never stops and goes no for days. How do I get past this?

I received notification that my late 2015 27 inch iMac has an update available. When I click on Software Update, the "Checking for updates" spinning thing never stops and goes on for days. How do I get past this?

iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Jun 13, 2022 9:32 AM

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Posted on Jun 13, 2022 10:30 AM

Try rebooting the computer. If that still does not help, then boot into Safe Mode which will prevent third party software from automatically launching during boot & login (perhaps even some Apple drivers as well). See if Software Update will be able to finish checking.

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I received notification that my late 2015 27 inch iMac has an update available. When I click on Software Update, the "Checking for updates" spinning thing never stops and goes no for days. How do I get past this?

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