eli5: How does the OS upgrade during the upgrade process?

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Like say you upgrade from MacOS 13 to 14. How does the OS still run when files are theoretically being replaced while the OS is still running.

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It doesn’t. That’s why updates require restarts. The update software runs independently of the OS and modifies the OS files while the OS isn’t running.

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