holding D down when rebooting and it does not go into diagnosis or anything just blank white screen
but can get into Recovery by hitting R. and ran first aid on drive which seems fine
iMac 27″, macOS 10.13
Dis-attach any external drives. Boot into Safe Mode ( SHIFT key ) immediately at startup. It will attempt a disk repair, clear chase fines and only load required software to load the macOS >> so it loads very slowly so be patient. If all goes well, it will boot and present log in screen. Keep it there for maybe 5 - 10 minutes than boot normal mode
Dis-attach any external drives. Boot into Safe Mode ( SHIFT key ) immediately at startup. It will attempt a disk repair, clear chase fines and only load required software to load the macOS >> so it loads very slowly so be patient. If all goes well, it will boot and present log in screen. Keep it there for maybe 5 - 10 minutes than boot normal mode
that worked - thanks - Apple messing up lately - I am not upgrading for now to Big Sur on new iMac - many friends with horror stories
Does any one know what this process "deleted" is? see it on both my iMacs - running at 40% busy
I force quit it - and it just comes back what the heck is it ?
I am please this Safe Mode solved your issue. Enjoy.
have iMac 27 2012 - will not reboot after Catalina updated
