Recovery Assistant

Hi writermd,

It sounds like your Mac is starting to recovery, and I want to help.

I would try resetting your NVRAM and make sure that you have the correct startup disk selected:

Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac

How to select a different startup disk

If you're not able to start up normally, you may need to reinstall macOS:

How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - Apple Support

Here's more info on the screens you might see when your Mac starts:

About the screens on your Mac as it starts up - Apple Support

Let me know if that helps.

Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities.

I actually did a full SMC reset, NVRAM reset and have even tried forcing the most recent update through the utilities screen (it wouldn’t install normally on its own like it’s supposed to) and it’s still doing this. This started after the 10.15.2 update launched and wouldn’t properly install. It’s driving me bonkers.