All open apps have to be closed, it took an hour or so, my machine is total ssd
and takes advantage of the new file system that high sierra provides.
So far I have found high sierra to be very quick and stable, more so than
sierra.
TF
On 27/09/2017, at 3:13 AM, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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
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