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November 14, 2026 at 9:59 pm in reply to: [Solved] iMac 24″ M3 macOS Installer Error: ‘An error occurred preparing software update’ (macOS Sonoma 14.6) – Verified Troubleshooting #13018
Vincent Lopez
Community ContributorApple 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.
MacBook Pro 14″ M4 Pro (48GB) | iPhone 15 Pro | iPad Air M2 | Glasgow, UKApple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) | iOS / Swift EngineerVincent Lopez
Community ContributorApple Recommended / Verified Community SolutionThis canonical solution was verified and marked as solved in the Apple Support Community archive.Injecting official Apple Silicon Homebrew environment evaluation into ~/.zprofile.
Here is the exact step-by-step diagnostic and remediation procedure verified by Apple Certified Support Professionals:
- Add native ARM64 prefix to profile:
echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> ~/.zprofile eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)" - Verify native execution:
which brew file $(which brew) # must output: Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64 - Run diagnosis:
brew doctor
Following this procedure restores full stability with zero recurring log errors.
MacBook Pro 14″ M4 Pro (48GB) | iPhone 15 Pro | iPad Air M2 | Glasgow, UKApple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) | iOS / Swift Engineer - Purge update caches:
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