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Monterey Install

Tried to install Monterey and now our iMac is “stuck”. Black screen with the Apple logo says “less than a minute remaining” and that minute has lasted for 1 hour and 14 minutes. Help!

Posted on Feb 5, 2022 10:07 PM

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Posted on Feb 5, 2022 11:18 PM

Please be patient and wait until the morning, if it is still at one minute when you get up (I'm assuming it is late where you are) then shut it down in the morning. Then unplug it for about 30 minutes, plug it back in and hold down the power button for about 15 seconds.

Sorry you don't find that helpful but you are being impatient.

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Feb 5, 2022 11:18 PM in response to jillfromthebeach

Please be patient and wait until the morning, if it is still at one minute when you get up (I'm assuming it is late where you are) then shut it down in the morning. Then unplug it for about 30 minutes, plug it back in and hold down the power button for about 15 seconds.

Sorry you don't find that helpful but you are being impatient.

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Feb 5, 2022 11:12 PM in response to rkaufmann87

Be patient? That is not helpful especially now that the “less than one minute” has lasted for over two hours (and counting). I also now have a very loud fan noise; clearly this is not an issue of being patient.

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Feb 5, 2022 11:08 PM in response to jillfromthebeach

Let it finish and do not be impatient.

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