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I spent a good five hours on the phone with Apple in the US trying to find a solution, but was unsuccessful.

Unfortunately, I got the “critical software update is required for your mac” when I was traveling outside of the US in South America where there are no Apple Stores. Like I said, none of these solutions worked for me, but your mileage may vary.

Last resort: wipe disk with Disk Utility and reinstall macOS.

Reinstall macOS via Internet Recover Mode: reboot and hold Command + Option + R.

Reinstall macOS via Recovery Mode: reboot and hold Command + R.

Boot into Safe Mode and check for updates: reboot and hold Shift.

Connect to the internet via ethernet in Other Network Options and try again.

Connect to another Wi-Fi network and try again.

Although none of these worked for me, they might work for you if your issue is slightly different than mine. Here are some troubleshooting steps I took to try and fix the critical software update issue. Ultimately, I had to take my MacBook Pro to an Apple store and have the Logic Board replaced, but we’ll get into that later. My research tells me that sometimes this issue can be resolved by reinstalling macOS in recovery mode, but that was unfortunately not the case for me. It’s official, your MacBook Pro is stuck in an infinite update loop. A minute or so later, the same error message pops up. Well, we don’t want to Shut Down, so I guess let’s Try Again.

But after doing so, you get another puzzling error message.Ī critical software update is required for your Mac, but an error was encountered while installing this update.Īt this point, there are only two options: Let’s just hop onto a Wi-Fi network and install the update. To install this update you need to connect to a network. Select a Wi-Fi network below, or click Other Network Options to connect to the Internet using other network devices. Here’s the situation: when you turn on your MacBook, even before it gets to your desktop, you’ll get the following message.Ī critical software update is required for your Mac. A Critical Software Update is Required for Your Mac It took me years to switch over from Windows to Apple, but that was all crushed when I got this error message on my 7 month old MacBook Pro when traveling abroad in Peru. Oh the dreaded Mac error message that single handedly made me despise Apple: A Critical Software Update Is Required for Your Mac, but an Error Was Encountered While Installing This Update.