The 'TERMINAL' application will be used in the process. THE WHOLE PROCESS WORKED FOR ME, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA IF IT WILL WORK FOR YOU AND YOUR MAC.
IF SOME STEP IS UNCLEAR, CALL SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE IMPLICATIONS OF SAID STEP. I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS, LOST DATA, ETC. So I'm going to list here the steps I can remember I did.Ġ.- FIRST OF ALL, THE NEEDED DISCLAIMER: DO A BACKUP OF YOUR MAC SENSITIVE DATA, ETC. I said: 'what would it happen if I tried to install the cumulative update via Recovery mode, from some spare USB I have?'Īnd that's exactly what I did. I had tried everything under the sun, and I was starting to think about not trying the update anymore. Some days ago I was in the same situation as the original poster.