Stuck in a restart loop. Upgraded Big Sur today to 11.2.1. Computer won’t start. What do I do?

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iMac stuck in restart loop after upgrade of Big Sur to 11.2.1

Stuck in a restart loop. Upgraded Big Sur today to 11.2.1. Computer won’t start. What do I do?

Posted on Feb 9, 2021 2:58 PM

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TWalsh1701 Author

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Feb 10, 2021 4:43 PM in response to TWalsh1701

Reading in another thread it was suggested to restart the computer in safe mode. Which works but when you go to reboot normally the problem re-occurs.

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iMac stuck in restart loop after upgrade of Big Sur to 11.2.1

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