Security Update 2019-001 for High Sierra - Mac can't shut down

No - that is just the tip of the iceberg.

The downloaded update will not install at all. No message or whatsoever. Just no install.

Thanks for the report. :)

Thanks for the report! :)

Quite possibly the cause.

Quite unusual boot time, were you able to ask for help at that time?

Thank you very much christianfrommellingen !

This worked for me and solved this annoying issue :)

These Updaters are a P.I.T.A.! There seems to be no quality control at Apple anymore.

My "update" ended in a log file which should tell me what went wrong. Iwas able to start up (when holding down the option key) with the "current" installation, but at every re-start the system wanted to install the update again - and couldn’t do it.

Shame on Apple...!

You know, that sounds an awful lot like the supposed Security Update was in fact trying to install Mojave... there have been reports of that happening or being attempted even on Macs that can't run Mojave!

I too had this issue. Still have the folder left over. Got a log file at startup and was unable to boot to the startup drive. I rebooted to another drive with os clone on it and then ran disk first aid on the drive and it did boot up. Seems that the security update did NOT install and left the folder there. I am holding on updating until more people reply on this issue. My mac is a mid 2010 Mac Pro running Hight Sierra. I am kinda sick of these security updates breaking my macs. Last one was a couple months ago with a security update that prevented safari and MS office from launching. Apple pulled that update a day or two later and then re-issued it and it fixed the issue. Hope they do same. Apple please let us know! Anyone else have this issue with an older mac. Anyone else had luck with 'christianfrommellingen' repair? I am afraid to run it else it could put me back in same boat (not terrible) or worse! worse is why i wait :)

For my case, I am running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 on a MacBook Pro 17-inch (early 2011). I also have a AirPort/Bluetooth board transplanted from a MacBook Pro 2012 model with modified system driver to support Continuity, so SIP is disabled (or rather only kext checking is disabled) on my system. I also had a failed update to Security Update 2019-001 leaving a "macOS Installer Data" folder, and my Mac automatically booting into the Update installer boot disk.

I restart my Mac holding the Option key to boot into my regular "Macintosh HD", visit "System Preferences" > "Startup Disk" to choose "Macintosh HD | macOS 10.13.6" and click Restart... button.

After it restarts automatically into my regular "Macintosh HD", I restart my Mac again holding the Command-R key to boot into the Recovery Mode; if I did not do the "Startup Disk" process above, I cannot seem to go into Recovery Mode properly. In Recovery Mode, I use "Disk Utility" to check and make sure my folders and files are intact, then use Terminal to disable SIP via the command "csrutil disable".

With another restart, I can now remove completely the "macOS Installer Data" folder from the root directory.

Download the "Security Update 2019-001 High Sierra" from Apple Support web site, and then run the update. After a while my Mac will restart, the Apple logo and progress bar will appear, and a short while later, the screen will go dark. Leave your Mac as it is for a couple of hours--I left mine overnight--as it is actually doing the update in the background. On newer system, the Apple logo and progress bar will actually remain on screen and countdown towards the end of the update installation--because of this behaviour and on a hunch, I left my Mac overnight to see if the update completes, and it did.

I had the same problem with a mid-11 MacBook Pro.

My solution was initial to boot up in the Safe-Mode. This allowed me to at least have access to the system.

I deleted the content in the MacOS Installer program (what I could) as in the previous posts on this topic.

I then downloaded the Security Update 2019-00 from the Apple Website and started the installation from my hard drive. After a few reboots during the install program (Dark Screens, Beep etc) I was at least able to get the installation process going again with the Apple Logo and progress screen. The progress bar stated approx 30ish minutes to complete and after a few more dark screen reboots my system came back fine.

Hope this helps!!!

Just when I thought part of the problem was fixed, am back to black screen start up. It looks like when I unplug my computer and plug it back in I am back to the original problem (brick walled computer) plus of course sudden dead battery and SMC issue. Very frustrating.

Hello,

I am using the Macbook Pro 2017 also the 15 inch and after the security Update 2019-001 on 10.13.6 my macbook reboots and wont start anymore it just stuck at the apple logo at 100%. I had to manually install from usb again the high sierra over the old one without the security update to make it work again without losing any data or application.

had the same issue and i think it has something to do with the ATSUTIL and cache.

what worked for me was:

installing the update and rebooting through terminal with the following commands:

softwareupdate -ai

shutdown -r now

after which i encountered not being able to shut down.

then i typed the following commands in terminal and that seems to fix it.

bear in mind that these commands do reset some of your user settings like app folders in launchpad.

and remember a few restarts may be necessary. my mac needed 3 restarts and after that it worked fine

rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/*

rm -rf ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/*

sudo rm -rf /Library/Caches/*

sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/*

atsutil databases -removeUser

atsutil databases -removeUser

sudo atsutil -remove

sudo atsugi server -shutdown

sudo atsutil server -ping      #has to be: ATSServer is running

sudo rm -rf /var/folders/*

Me too.

MacPro 2010. SSD Samsung. 24 Gb RAM. 10.13.6

And no other solution...:-(