I’ve been participating in Apple’s Public Beta programs for both iOS and macOS for the last couple years, and generally it’s been a pretty smooth experience. But there’s often some trickiness when it comes to getting off the beta—and this year, that’s where I hit a speed bump.
When macOS 10.14.1 arrived yesterday, I fired up Software Update—newly relocated in Mojave to a pane in System Preferences—to install it on my MacBook Air. Lo and behold, however, Software Update insisted that my current version of macOS Mojave 10.14 was the most recent, and no updates would be forthcoming, thank you very much.
I’ve heard of issues like this in the past, so I cast about to find a download link to the standalone updater, which was graciously provided by Twitter follower Paul. Problem solved!
Or so I thought. See, when I opened up the installer, I was met with another roadblock: an error message telling me that my Air “does not meet the requirements for this update,” with no further information. More and more puzzling.
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