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Catalina install stuck on "About 9 minutes remaining ..." for 24 hours

Like others have reported, my Catalina install is stuck on the black screen with the white Apple logo and displays "About 9 minutes remaining ..." for the last 24 hours.

I read that people had to wait a very long time. I'm wondering if anyone has waited longer than 24 hours and had success. I'm hesitant to hard reboot because I have pictures that have not been backed up and I don't want to risk losing them. I know, my own terrible mistake for not backing up.

Any suggestions are much appreciated.

MacBook Pro 15”, macOS 10.14

Posted on Nov 25, 2019 2:55 PM

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ifrog3c Author

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Posted on Nov 26, 2019 3:45 PM

Update: I waited 48 hours, then performed a hard reset. After the hard reset, it looked like a normal login screen. After logging in, my computer restarted the Catalina install, but this time it completed without hiccup.

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