Unable to directly update via appstore (No clover boot option after restart)

[RehabMan]

Brightness working now after kext cache rebuild, not quite sure what to do about broken sleep though!

Off-topic.
Open a separate thread.

And when you do, describe "broken sleep" in detail and...
Read FAQ, "Problem Reporting"
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/faq-read-first-laptop-frequent-questions.164990/