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However, sometimes when you click Go on an update things go a bit pear-shaped. The Mac tells you there's an update available via a pop up in Notification Centre - in some cases (depending on your settings) it's even downloaded it already and just needs your go-ahead to install. Installing new versions of macOS on a Mac should be a pretty simple exercise. What to do if macOS could not be installed on your computer