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Donkichot Weird install 11.2 on my Mac Mini M1 SSD-512 8G memory:
-after more then 2 hours it said update failed...
-it offer me to reinstall with time machine...
-but it did not accept any of my TM backup...
(Don’t remember the exact message)
-so the only option offer is to install BS...
So I didn’t had any other choice so go...
That’s meaning I will have to Download and install all my applications... (not happy at all).
But at the final reboot all my files and applications where there intact and functioning... (very happy !)
And the weirdest of all when I checked the version it was update to 11.2... ?!?!?
No idea what happened...?!?!?
Sounds to me like your operating system volume got corrupt and reinstalling simply put those files back in place.
Your apps, your files and your preferences live in a completely different volume, so as long as you don't erase the drive during the installation, they shouldn't be touched.