Re: [MacGroup] Twice-failed install of new macOS X update (ver. 10.13.3)

2018-02-02 Thread John Humphries
Don't know if this applies, but if the computer is past a certain year (and time of year) it will not take the new OS. *John Humphries* On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 1:14 AM, preston@twc.com wrote: > Tried twice to do the update/install for the new macOS X update (ver. > 10.13.3) for my desktop.

Re: [MacGroup] Twice-failed install of new macOS X update (ver. 10.13.3)

2018-02-02 Thread Lee Larson
On Feb 2, 2018, at 2:14 AM, preston@twc.com wrote: > Tried twice to do the update/install for the new macOS X update (ver. > 10.13.3) for my desktop. Previously existing OS is ver. 10.13.2. > > Any indications anyone knows of WHY this update/install is failing?

Re: [MacGroup] copy text in a PDF file

2018-02-02 Thread tom
Thanks John and Russ. That worked. Tom Guenthner > On Feb 2, 2018, at 12:04 AM, John Robinson wrote: > > Tom, > > On the Mac I use Acrobat from Adobe, you can copy text from a PDF with that > software. > > I’m winding down for the day when your question came in, so I loaded a PDF > from a

Re: [MacGroup] Twice-failed install of new macOS X update (ver. 10.13.3)

2018-02-02 Thread preston....@twc.com
Lee, Used AppStore source, and another specific for existing ver. 10.13.2 . Observed all expected actions during d/l, restart, and install — but the result is that sys 10.13.2 is retained. Mac mini (mid-2010), using 10.13.2 . -russ > On Feb 2, 2018, at 8:47 AM, Lee Larson wrote: > > On Feb

Re: [MacGroup] Twice-failed install of new macOS X update (ver. 10.13.3)

2018-02-02 Thread tom holloman
I have mini mid 2010 and it installed fine. Have you ran disk warrior? > On Feb 2, 2018, at 6:59 PM, "preston@twc.com" wrote: > > Lee, > > Used AppStore source, and another specific for existing ver. 10.13.2 . > Observed all expected actions during d/l, restart, and install — but the > res

Re: [MacGroup] Twice-failed install of new macOS X update (ver. 10.13.3)

2018-02-02 Thread John Robinson
Russ, I’ve owned several older Mini’s & they cannot be upgraded beyond El Capitan, some can take Sierra but not High Sierra. Apple doesn’t allow us to download anything other than the current OS, so I’ve taken a few to The Genius Bar & had them load on the latest version the Mini can use, b