mac is stuck in "Setting up Your Mac" during Catalona installation

I am installing Catalina on my one-year old MacBook Pro and it has been stuck in the setup screen that says “Setting Up Your MAC...”. It’s been unchanged for 90 minutes or so. How do I fix it?

Posted on Oct 7, 2019 2:46 PM

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Posted on Oct 8, 2019 5:52 AM

Yes. As per my previous post my Mac os Catalina install was hanging with the display "Setting up your Mac".

The following occurred:-

  1. I pressed the power off button until my MacBook pro switched off. This was instruction from Deangelis above.
  2. I waited for 10 sec or so
  3. I then pressed the power on
  4. The system rebooted and completed the full Catalina install.


I hope the above helps.

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Oct 8, 2019 10:41 AM in response to Deangelis

Just did the Catalina update on both my MacBook Air and my 2015 Mac. Both locked up on the “setting up your Mac” screen. Forced shutdown on both by holding in the power button. When they were turned back on, both completed the installation with no issues. All works normally now, with nothing lost. This does seem to be a very widespread issue, so something is off with the installation.

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