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MAcBook Air Hung on 10.13.6 Update

I stupidly didn't back up my MacBook Air before apply the 10.13.6 update (from 10.13.5) and for the last hour its just been sitting there with a black screen and all the keys lit up; nothing appears to be happening.


What's the best way to try to recover this without having to re-install the operating system?

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.13

Posted on Jul 23, 2019 5:31 PM

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Posted on Jul 23, 2019 10:35 PM

I contacted Apple support via chat line. They had me power off the machine, and do an SMC reset by holding shift-option-control-power for 10 seconds.


Then I started the MBA by pressing the power button, and the install completed in a few minutes, without any further problem.

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MAcBook Air Hung on 10.13.6 Update

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