

Success! Run through the package installer or update as usual. Services/Locate the app named “Installer. From the Finder in Mac OS X, hit Command + Shift + G and enter the following path: /System/Library/Core. If you know the installer package is legitimate, completely downloaded, and not corrupt through hash verification or otherwise, proceed as usual.

The very first step should be to re- download the pkg or dmg in question, and always get it from a trusted source (for example, get the installer or update directly from the developer and never from a third party downloads site). Re- download the installer: Before anything else, you should consider that the downloaded.

If the process is still stuck and unchanged an hour or so later, it’s probably stuck. If you aren’t sure if the “Verifying” process is stuck on the Mac, open the package, disk image, or installer file as usual and let the verification procedure run for a while, it can take many minutes or longer to complete. This is not a troubleshooting guide for merely slow verifications or for those who are simply impatient, this is only for cases where “verifying” process is completely halted and not working at all, thereby preventing the intended installer from running. Note: the “Verifying” process for packages, installers, and updates can take a while on any Mac. If you ever run into the package stuck on verifying issue within Mac OS X, we’ll show you how to fix the problem and get the package update to install on the Mac anyway. This is a strange issue that can cause some alarm, because it can happen with both third party packages and installers, as well as updates and packages that come directly from Apple. The effect is the package or installer won’t run as it never completes verification, making it impossible to install.

Stuck on “Verifying” in Mac OS XMac users may find that a system update, installer, or package (pkg) can get completely stuck in a verification sequence, with a pop- up alert that says “Verifying.
