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Those time estimates are a joke! Last night I was updating my AppleTV (the device, not the app) and the time estimate went from 3 minutes to 58 minutes and then 3+ hours and the entire process completed in a little moree than 7 minutes with a normal install.

Those time estimates are a joke! Last night I was updating my AppleTV (the device, not the app) and the time estimate went from 3 minutes to 58 minutes and then 3+ hours and the entire process completed in a little moree than 7 minutes with a normal install.

I had already upgraded Firefox but didn't think to update it in my profile. I don't see a way to upgrade Safari Tech Preview for Catalina. I also don't see where I can update my OS. Usually it has an update link in my Mac but I don't see one.

Software Technology Preview updates are handled through the same update mechanism as the OS. In Ventura, you will find macOS and STP updates under System Settings > General > Software update just like in iOS and iPadOS. Prior to that it was found in System Preferences > Software Update, but I don't remember if that goes all the way back to Catalina. FWIW the current version of Software Technology Preview in Ventura is Release 162 (Safari 16.4, WebKit 18615.1.18.2).

Your "Get Info" screenshot <https://imgur.com/4bXvk0Z> shows that you've got only 17.5 GB of free space on your SSD, which is not enough to allow for an upgrade + headroom.

If you want to upgrade to Monterey, you'll have to clear space by either trashing or offloading data.

Apple's new APFS file system splits your drive into two parts, one of which is labeled "Data." That part, Container disk1/Apple SSD - Data, which contains 84 GB of "something" is what you need to concern yourself with. (The other part is untouchable.) The Library has 84 folders which all look official. Nothing I put there. I've been tediously getting rid of a lot of downloads and a few documents. I also got rid of some music. It still says I have to get rid of 7+ more gigabytes. I really don't know where that would be. That's why I put up the pic of my Disk Utility to see if there is anything there that I could safely delete. I've been reading that I could get rid of user caches but I looked and there isn't that much. I don't think even a gigabyte. I already get rid of browser cache on a regular basis. I'll keep trying but it seems futile unless there is something big I'm not seeing that I can toss. I wish I I could toss apps I never use but Apple put there. They are untossable like "chess."
Under ordinary circumstances, pretty much all of the 84 GB in question will be the contents of your home folder.

You need to go through your folder and delete or offload as much as you can. (I've found Users/Rita/Downloads to be a prime repository for useless data.) I see things there but there are pics and other things I don't want to get rid of.

As Ira said, your SSD looks like it's got enough free space to accommodate the upgrade, but the problem may be that after you upgrade you won't have enough free space for Monterey to run "comfortably."

The Library has 84 folders which all look official. Nothing I put there. I've been tediously getting rid of a lot of downloads and a few documents. I also got rid of some music. It still says I have to get rid of 7+ more gigabytes. I really don't know where that would be. That's why I put up the pic of my Disk Utility to see if there is anything there that I could safely delete. I've been reading that I could get rid of user caches but I looked and there isn't that much. I don't think even a gigabyte. I already get rid of browser cache on a regular basis. I'll keep trying but it seems futile unless there is something big I'm not seeing that I can toss. I wish I I could toss apps I never use but Apple put there. They are untossable like "chess."

/Users/Rita/Library may have some trashable contents, but not enough to make it worth your while to go looking. (Hmmm... Take a look at /Users/Rita/Library/Mail Downloads)

Documents, Downloads, Movies, Music, and Pictures are where you're going to find your excess baggage.

The only things I can get rid of (or that I want to get rid of) are some of the documents and downloads. I finished the music. There are no movies. Just a few family and pet pics. Some are easy, but some have to be clicked on to even know what they are. That's what's tiresome and boring. It took awhile then I stopped at the "e's". I'll pick up again tomorrow. Thanks, Artie. I guess there's nothing that shows up in my Disk Utility that I can ditch, right?

I'd love to get rid of most of my Apple installed apps, but as you said, Apple doesn't allow it. I've tried every way know to man with no success. No I take that back: I did it once, but the process took so long, was so cumbersome, and needed to be redone with every macOS update, so I just bit the bullet.

That would be ironic. I have enough room on my external, I just didn't want to do it that way. I may have to. But if that doesn't fix my calendar alert problem, I'll just go back to my internal drive.

It would be ironic if the installer, itself, is preventing you from installing.

You misunderstood me.

I wasn't suggesting that you upgrade your external clone to Monterey, rather I was suggesting that you boot from your clone, install "Install macOS Monterey," and use it to upgrade your internal SSD. (Be sure to delete "Install macOS Monterey" from your internal if it's there and to update your clone before you upgrade your internal.)

It wasn't the original SSD. It was the clone that showed some of the my home page grayed out. Clone Home Page Also, ]Catalina thumb drive clone[url=https://imgur.com/KikWJi9]

...my Mac went out twice while typing this.