
Safe mode (also called safe boot) is a way to start up your Mac so that it performs certain checks and prevents some software from automatically loading or opening. When your encounter problems on macOS Monterey installing, you can try to download the combo macOS update from the Apple official site because the macOS installation package downloaded from Mac App Store may only include the essential files for your Mac update, instead of the combo updater with all the files required to update to macOS. The Mac App Store isn't the only place to download macOS from. If your Mac install stuck on Apple logo, gray/white/black screen when you were installing an App, you can go to Mac App Store to find this app and open the updates to survive from the macOS installation stuck situation. Now you should download the macOS Monterey update file faster and install it without seeing "An error occurred while installing the selected updates"message. According to Apple system status page, macOS Software Update issue has been resolved. What you should do is to wait for the server becoming available. As a result, the downloads and installation will be very slow with the large file and many people doing the same thing at the same time, and even fail during the process.


When a new OS releases, a massive number of people will go to download and install the updates in a snap. Shut down your Mac and wait for some time. It seemingly indicates that Apple are already planning to move from Intel Macs to Apple Silicon. There some features of macOS Monterey however that will only be accessible on M1 Macs. And you'd better upgrade Intel Mac to M1 Mac notwithstanding your older Intel Mac can update to macOS 12 Monterey.

Therefore, upgrade your Mac to new Mac model if your Mac is not covered in the above list. Here are the devices that can run macOS 12 Monterey:
