After installing Monterey 12.3 (on an external SSD), the system went into a boot loop caused by a panic:
Using Monterey 12.2.1 to inspect, the 12.3 system volume has a broken seal which is likely the source of the problem:
Has anyone experienced this issue and, if so, is there a solution (I've already tried re-installing 12.3 several times with similar results)?
- Pie Lover
Mac mini 2018 or later
Referred to this in earlier posting regarding Carbon Copy Cloner and here is the actual quotation from same source. Beginning to believe this may somehow be related ?
" Apple's APFS replication utility fails on Apple Silicon Macs running 12.3
Tasks configured to use the Legacy Bootable Copy Assistant will fail on Apple Silicon Macs running 12.3 due to a "bless" failure that is internal to Apple's replication utility.
We reported this issue to Apple on February 4, 2020 (FB9880164). Apple acknowledged the report, but did not give an indication that they are working to resolve it.
Workaround: Don't configure your tasks with the Legacy Bootable Copy Assistant, configure a Standard Backup instead. Standard Backups are simpler, more flexible, and have more functionality than bootable copies of the system. Standard Backups are also compatible with Migration Assistant for performing complete restores of your system.
Update: In earlier beta builds of 12.3, this failure rendered the destination unmountable. In the final release of 12.3, that failure is now innocuous. CCC 6.1.1 will ignore the error and completes the task. That update will be available soon. If you'd like to verify the fix, you can download the beta build of 6.1.1 from here. "
Not sure that is so. If I use the startup manager to select any OS on the SSD, I get the error on all OS' I have on the SSD, but not for the original install (CopyA) on the SSD.
OK. Point is, in my case, I am only dealing 12.3.1 and 12.3. So in my case something else breaks it.
Broken Monterey System Volume Seal
