I don't want to start a panic or make people afraid to upgrade to High Sierra
but I just had a failed attempt last night. All I know at this point is that I
clicked the install button and the restart button - and sat and sat and sat. I
tried doing vo-f5 thinking that I would hear voiceover since my computer was
still running but there was no voice. I sat there waiting for some time and
even tried toggling voiceover on and off several times. I even just about fell
asleep waiting, probably did doze. Finally I had no choice but to force the
computer to turn off and then turn it on again. Nothing came up, which is
probably understandable. I put in my backup disk and booted into that and found
that my other drive still mounted and had a Users folder and other folders that
showed the installation must have been at least begun but no system at all was
now installed. It is important to note that I was installing on an external
drive because my hard drive has been dead for some time but in all the installs
I have done this has not been an issue. Anyway I am now using superduper to
copy my backup drive to the drive on which I attempted to install, having
erased it completely. I am sure eventually I will try the upgrade again but it
will probably be a while. I know this can happen at any time but because this
upgrade wasn't billed as being such a major new release I somehow wasn't
expecting a problem. Again, I have done many, many installs - on my own and on
other people's computers - without a problem but I thought I should report this
as a reminder that caution and proper preparation of backup options is always
essential.
--
Cheryl
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
(Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
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