An update on the big freeze - - - Left Mac mini installing High Sierra with “30 minutes” remaining for about 7 hours, then shut down Mac. Normal boot gave flashing question mark icon. Used Recovery mode Disk Utility to run First Aid on startup disk (OK). Question mark icon on restart. Reinstalled OSX from Recovery Mode. Now have High Sierra 10.13.4 and all (?) my files which seems to work OK. Will test it out more thoroughly tomorrow.
Had a secret fear that installation may have crashed during file re-formatting and I would end up with Finder giving me lists of hex gobbledegook! Cheers A relieved Alan. > On 3 Apr 2018, at 3:23 pm, Alan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Attempting to install High Sierra on an SSD 2017 Mac mini. Installing > progress has been frozen at “About 30 minutes remaining” for 2 hours. I > downloaded macos from the App Store, presumably v.10.13.4. This is first > High Sierra installation over factory-fitted Sierra, not an update. > > WAMUG advice to impatient users seems to be “just leave it - overnight if > necessary”. > > Some blog sites suggest proving if Mac is frozen or just slow by invoking > Command-L to view the install log. I tried this as it seems the least > invasive of suggestions. No log appeared immediately (or after 1 hour) so > the keyboard may not be talking to the Mac, which may indeed be frozen. > > Doesn’t sound quite right. Would Command-L to view system log be possible? On > a Mac that hasn’t yet got an os?! I tried Command-L back in Mountain Lion > days and recall difficulties getting the log started, even for a normal > download. > > Earlier today I installed High Sierra on a 27 inch fusion-drive iMac with no > problems - around 30 minutes download and 35 minutes installation. This was > first High Sierra installation (v.10.13.4) over Sierra. > > Cheers > Alan > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
