# MacOS update could not be installed

DevFeed: [MacOS update could not be installed](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/macos-update-could-not-be-installed-28664.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://jeroenmols.com/blog/2017/12/26/macosupdate/>)

Author: info@jeroenmols.com (Jeroen Mols)

Published: 2017-12-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Jeroen Mols](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeroen-mols.md>)

Topics: [macOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/macos.md>), [boot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/boot.md>)

Tags: [apple](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apple.md>), [blogs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blogs.md>), [boot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/boot.md>), [download](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/download.md>), [install](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/install.md>), [mac](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mac.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [troubleshooting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/troubleshooting.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>)

## AI overview

A troubleshooting guide for resolving a macOS 10.13.2 update boot loop by selecting the main startup disk and installing Apple's latest combo update.

## Source excerpt

Tonight after a routine MacOS update (10.13.2) disaster struck and my Mac got stuck in an update boot loop. After a few hours of panic, reading online and trial & error I managed to resolve it.