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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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Oct 8, 2019 10:58 AM in response to Deangelis

I have frozen before the setup screen

should I reboot?

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Oct 8, 2019 2:11 PM in response to Deangelis

Also followed your suggestion. Seems to have worked, so far. Thanks.

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asher161

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Oct 9, 2019 7:30 AM in response to Deangelis

Had the same problem. I had to hard-reset it and it worked fine. It’s a bug though...

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Oct 11, 2019 1:32 AM in response to Jim Slade

Just been told by my very smug partner that the Touch ID pad is also the power button. Who knew!! 🙄😁

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