I'm trying to upgrade my Macbook pro late 2011's hard disk to an SSD from Corsair.
I have inserted the USB stick with the OSX Mavericks installer, and everything went great: I made a GUID single partition table, and then erased the disk as Mac OS X Journaled. Then I clicked Install OSX Mavericks and selected the SSD. After 13 minutes, the blue bar is complete, and on top, it says: 'Preparing to install. Your computer will restart automatically.'. Below the blue bar, it says 'About a second remaining'.
It's stuck on this state, with the mouse on the spinning wheel mode, for over a full hour. I'm really starting to worry.
I looked online and found a guy with a similar problem, but he only waited for half an hour. What should I do? Thanks!
MacOS – Macbook pro stuck on ‘About a second remaining’ for an hour
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Best Answer
The problem with the upgrade script is the timing only estimates how long it takes for Apple's software to install.
You can (and should) open the log file while upgrading/installing and press Command-3 to show all logs, not just the errors.
You can see that during this "about a second" it's really migrating user files and handling all the things you've brought to the Mac that isn't part of the base system.
Basically, let it run as long as you can stand - especially if the log file shows progress being made. If progress isn’t being made, consider connecting to the internet via a wired connection if possible or making sure the wireless network is operational before interrupting what looks to be a paused or stopped installation.