El Capitan Combo Update

I installed El Capitan and since then my iMac won't start up - it hangs at the grey screen with Apple logo and loading bar. I have literally tried and researched everything;

Unplugged the computer and waited

Unplugged and held in the power button

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  1. If upgrading from macOS Sierra or later, your Mac needs 35.5GB of available storage to upgrade. If upgrading from an earlier release, your Mac needs up to 44.5GB of available storage. To upgrade from OS X Mountain Lion, first upgrade to OS X El Capitan, then upgrade to macOS Big Sur.
  2. OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 Update The OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 update improves the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, and is recommended for all OS X El Capitan users. This update:. Adds the ability to passcode-protect notes containing personal data in Notes.

For your information, in the past, combo updates have been issued starting with the OS X 10.X.2 release, which might occur months after the original release. Anyway, I suggest 'waiting for the combo update' is not the appropriate solution for you. Instead, you could try a clean install of OS X El Capitan.

Tried to start up in Safe mode - it won't

Tried the startup manager (Option key at startup)

Tried OS X Recovery mode (Cmd + R at start up)

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Tried Cmd, option, P and R

Removed my extra ram and replaced it...

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I know there is nothing wrong with my hardware as I did run the First Aid test and no errors were found - discs work perfectly. My thought is that it should be the OS that causes this as I had no errors beforehand.


I have read here that if I install the combo update, this might solve my issue. My question is: when will it be released?


I have made an appointment at my local Apple store but before then I want to try and solve this myself (I only have backups of my most important files, so if I can avoid erasing my disc, this would be awesome).


Thanks in advance.

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), OS X El Capitan (10.11)

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Posted on Oct 6, 2015 12:40 PM