I'm in admin side and see there is a new update, and now its just stuck on the  Preparing your update... for abotu 30mins, tried multiple times.

I don't get why a board can have so many problems, one thing after another.

 

Is there a way to download just the new update?  not on the admin side.

Please try again, sometimes on release days the server can get bogged down and take a while to get your download started.

If that does not work, you can download the complete new version in your Client Area.