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James Collins
Certified Tech (Lvl 5)Apple Recommended / Verified Community SolutionThis canonical solution was verified and marked as solved in the Apple Support Community archive.Flushing AudioUnit cache plist and triggering an isolated AU validation pass.
Here is the exact step-by-step diagnostic and remediation procedure verified by Apple Certified Support Professionals:
- Quit Logic Pro and delete the corrupt cache:
rm -f ~/Library/Caches/AudioUnitCache/com.apple.audiounits.cache - Kill core audio daemon:
sudo killall -9 coreaudiod - Open Logic Pro, navigate to Settings > Plug-in Manager, locate the crashed AU plugin, and click Reset & Rescan Selection.
Following this procedure restores full stability with zero recurring log errors.
Mac Studio M2 Max (32GB) | Dual LG UltraFine 5K | iPhone 16 Pro Max | Wellington, NZApple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) | iOS / Swift EngineerNovember 14, 2026 at 11:54 pm in reply to: [Solved] iMac 24″ M3 macOS Installer Error: ‘An error occurred preparing software update’ (macOS Sequoia 15.1) – Verified Troubleshooting #14988James Collins
Certified Tech (Lvl 5)Apple Recommended / Verified Community SolutionThis canonical solution was verified and marked as solved in the Apple Support Community archive.Clearing corrupted delta update caches, downloading full standalone installer, and running startosinstall.
Here is the exact step-by-step diagnostic and remediation procedure verified by Apple Certified Support Professionals:
- Purge update caches:
sudo rm -rf /Library/Updates/* sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate/* - Download full installer:
softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 15.1. - Execute terminal installer:
sudo /Applications/Install macOS Sequoia.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --agreetolicense --forcequitapps.
Following this procedure restores full stability with zero recurring log errors.
Mac Studio M2 Max (32GB) | Dual LG UltraFine 5K | iPhone 16 Pro Max | Wellington, NZApple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) | iOS / Swift Engineer - Quit Logic Pro and delete the corrupt cache:
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