Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers. Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience. To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers. Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) Lion (OS X 10.7) Get an external drive and maybe an adapter. The macOS Mojave installer software is just over 6GB, so you need a USB external drive that can hold that. Once the installation is complete (allow about 30 to 45 minutes), your Mac automatically reboots and that’s it! “If you want to create a bootable USB key for macOS Mojave to use to install it on other Macs, quit the installer first, otherwise the installer will automatically remove the installer.”. THANKS SOOOO MUCH!!! “sudo killall installd” worked great. After almost paying the exorbitant fee apple charges for their terrible customer support and lugging a 24″ iMac into the genius bar where they were too incredibly stupid to fix it, not to mention they thought the only solution would be to wipe the entire computer and then MAYBE it would work after we reinstalled everything, I was.
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macOS Mojave is here and by now you may have installed it and started playing with some of its new features, like the new Continuity Camera that lets you use your iPhone as a scanner on your Mac, or the new Gallery view in Finder, or maybe the new screenshot tools.
However, it’s also possible, given that macOS Mojave is a very new release and still being fine tuned by Apple, that you’ve run into problems and need to reinstall. Thankfully, that’s very easy to do. Before we get to that, however, it’s worth eliminating one other possible cause of the problems you may be experiencing.
When you install an OS on top of another OS, and then do the same the following year when the next version comes out, your Mac accumulates lots and lots of files that it doesn’t need. These are added when applications are installed, when they’re run, and when applications like Photos, Safari, and iTunes are used. Over time these junk files can hamper the performance of your Mac. The solution is to give your Mac a cleanup. We recommend CleanMyMac X. It scans your Mac for junk files and recommends to delete them safely. It can claw back tens of gigabytes of disk space, and improve your Mac’s performance. Give it a go, you can download it for free here, and see how much disk space it can give you back.
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Before you reinstall macOS Mojave
There are two types of reinstallation. One installs a new copy of macOS Mojave over the current version and leaves everything else intact. The other erases your entire startup disk and installs a clean version of Mojave. The latter is more likely to fix problems and help your Mac run faster, but you’ll have to reinstall all your applications and reconfigure all your settings.
Whichever of the two options you choose, you should back up your Mac first. If you use Time Machine to backup to an external disk or a network drive, you can restore all your applications and settings from that backup after you reinstall macOS Mojave. If you plan to run a clean reinstallation, that’s definitely the simplest route. If you prefer not to use Time Machine, you can use any other backup application, or clone your entire disk.
If you’re reinstalling because you’re going to sell or give away your Mac, you should sign out of iCloud, iTunes, and iMessage first, then run a clean installation.
How to reinstall macOS Mojave
Once you’ve backed up your Mac, you’re ready to begin the reinstallation process.
The simplest way to install macOS Mojave, and the method that Apple recommends, is to go to the App Store, find Mojave in the Quick Links section on the right hand side of the front page, click it and then follow the instructions to download and install it.
If you’re having trouble with the App Store, or you need to run a clean install, you can do the following.
1. Restart your Mac using one of the following keyboard commands:
- Command+R — this will reinstall the version of the OS that was most recently installed on your Mac.
- Command+Option+R — this will reinstall the latest version of the OS that is compatible with your Mac.
2. When the macOS window appears, if you’re not performing a clean installation, skip to step 7.
3. Click on Disk Utilities and choose the Erase tab.
4. Give your disk a name, choose APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled), and if Scheme is available, set it to GUID Partition Map.
5. Press Erase.
6. When it’s finished, quit Disk Utility to go back to macOS Utilities.
7. Choose Reinstall macOS.
8. Click Continue and follow the instructions. You’ll be asked to choose the disk you want to install macOS Mojave on, if you down’t see your startup disk, select Show All Disks.
9. Select Install and wait for the installation to complete and your Mac to restart.
If you ran a clean installation, you’ll be taken to the Setup Assistant to go through the process of reconfiguring your Mac. If you made a Time Machine backup before reinstalling, make sure it’s connected.
During setup, you’ll be asked if you want to transfer data from another Mac or a backup. Choose that option then navigate to the Time Machine backup to restore data. You’ll be given the option to transfer any or all of: Applications; user accounts; other files and folders; and computer and network settings. Choose the option you want and press Continue.
If you don’t transfer data during setup, you can do it at any time using Migration Assistant in Applications>Utilities.
Reinstalling macOS Mojave is very easy. Just make sure you backup your Mac first and download CleanMyMac X(free version) to give it a good clean up!
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In Snow Leopard if you try to install a program while another is installing you get an error message saying “Waiting for other installations to complete.” But what do you do if the message stays there after the program has finished installing?
Today I was stuck with this message even though there was no installation in progress. The computer won’t’ restart as it wants’ to wait for the update to finish first!
Today I was stuck with this message even though there was no installation in progress. The computer won’t’ restart as it wants’ to wait for the update to finish first!
The first option around this is to ‘force quit’ the installer. Press Apple-option-esc then select ‘Software Update’ and ‘Force Quit’.
If that doesn’t work try deleting the following 2 files from your Library/LaunchDaemons.
com.apple.RemoteDesktop.PrivilegeProxy.plist
com.apple.RFBRegisterMDNS_RemoteManagement.plist
com.apple.RFBRegisterMDNS_RemoteManagement.plist
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Search problems in Mail applicationHow to install OSX Lion on multiple computersHow to install Lion from scratch if you don’t have Snow Leopard.Enable FTP Server in MavericksShould I upgrade to Yosemite?MWsays:November 27, 2009 at 3:26 pmI have this problem. These files do not exist!
ReplyESsays:January 24, 2010 at 8:37 am Same here. None of the files exists but still hangs
Replystephansays:February 4, 2010 at 2:48 pm Didn’t work (files are in the /System/Library folder, btw); “sudo killall installd” did. Restart should also resolve it.
ReplyJBsays:April 7, 2011 at 7:01 am Worked well for me, was needed after a crash during Snow Leopard update process. After this trick the installer sailed through very smoothly.
ReplyCarlossays:July 22, 2011 at 12:21 pm Removing files from “Library/LaunchDaemons” worked for me, thank you very much!
Replymooksays:July 23, 2011 at 5:43 am “sudo killall installd” worked
ReplyBrynsays:July 29, 2011 at 12:18 pm how do I run this command?
ReplySloaneSsays:![Mac Waiting For Other Installations To Complete Osx Mojave Mac Waiting For Other Installations To Complete Osx Mojave](/uploads/1/2/6/5/126591424/504911223.jpg)
Open Terminal in /Applications/Utilities and type “sudo killall installd” with no quotes. It will then prompt you for your password. Type it in and it should do it.
Mac Waiting For Other Installations To Complete Os X Mojave Problems
Frustratedsays:September 4, 2011 at 12:20 pm‘sudo killall installd’ worked for me!
ReplyLion Sucks Sometimessays:October 20, 2011 at 6:02 pm I just held the power down and restarted, then relaunched the update and it’s working fine :-)
ReplyPasha Souvorinsays:April 7, 2012 at 8:34 am Osx Waiting For Other Installations To Complete
Force quitting and then restarting and then checking for updates again worked for me, too. I didn’t need to go into Terminal. This hang for me happened at the same time that I was doing an update using the App Store App. Both updates stopped working at the same time. This solution fixed both of my problems. BTW I got a “hard disk almost full” message right after the fix. This could have been a definite factor in updates hanging.
ReplyGagandeep Singhsays:December 25, 2012 at 12:11 pm sudo killall installd worked, thanks for the tip :)
ReplyKCsays:January 12, 2013 at 4:37 pm I tried “sudo killall installd” and the first time it asked for my password but stopped responding, and after that it never prompted me for my password.
ReplyStrausssays:February 10, 2013 at 5:09 am i did force quite it and update then again open the installer, and now they stuck on waiting for other installation to complete.
any ideas?
ReplySLsays:May 5, 2013 at 8:16 am any ideas?
THANKS SOOOO MUCH!!! “sudo killall installd” worked great. After almost paying the exorbitant fee apple charges for their terrible customer support and lugging a 24″ iMac into the genius bar where they were too incredibly stupid to fix it, not to mention they thought the only solution would be to wipe the entire computer and then MAYBE it would work after we reinstalled everything, I was glad to find this.
ReplyMac Waiting For Other Installations To Complete Os X Mojave Compatibility
Davesays:December 4, 2014 at 3:44 amsudo killall installd worked for me too!
ReplyPer Johanssonsays:May 14, 2015 at 11:52 am Restart of my iMac solved the problem. Did not try ‘sudo killall installd’ first though.
ReplyCosmina Gherghesays:June 2, 2019 at 12:27 pm ‘sudo killall installd’ doesn’t work and the process will restart every time i kill it no matter how i do it. Couldn’t find the 2 files so I don’t know what to do now. Suggestions?
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