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Because the error contains the word you cannot ignore your CPU temperature.

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The error is intimidating to look at, but it is rarely a sign of fatal hardware failure. In 90% of cases, it is a poorly coded OEM restore package misreporting a thermal event or a simple file corruption that DISM can fix. restoretoolspkg hot

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If you recently reinstalled macOS or used the softwareupdate command in Terminal, the system stages these packages before "flattening" them into the system core. Because the error contains the word you cannot

| Error Message | Likely Cause | Resolution | |---------------|--------------|-------------| | Package database locked | Another package manager process (apt, rpm, yum) running | Kill/wait for other process, or use --force-unlock | | File conflict: /path/file already owned by different package | Layout change between backup and current OS | Restore to alternate path, then manually merge | | Hot restore not supported for this package type | Kernel/metapackage | Use cold restore | | Staging area full | Insufficient /tmp or restore cache | Clear space or redirect staging with --temp-dir | Check Time Machine / restore targets: If you