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Catalina setting up screen takes forever

When trying to upgrade my MacBook Air to Catalina, the screen with Setting Up Your Mac... has been on Setting up... stage for more than a day.


Anything I should do to take back control, other than waiting?


Thanks

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 21, 2019 3:54 AM

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Posted on Oct 21, 2019 3:56 AM

Hello, in this situation you can force a restart on your Mac or even reset the smc


article to reset smc: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201295

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Catalina setting up screen takes forever

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