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CuchCuch Author

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Pop up message with ""A critical software update is required for your Mac" comes up while updating MacBook Pro.

When I opened my laptop today it starred at me with a screen to connect to the wifi - then after it tried to do an update until finally giving me this message : a critical software update is required for your mac

I have a Touch Bar Mac Pro 2017.

I tried to update the software in safe mode as well. I’m lost

can anyone help?

when I restart the lights on the keyboard or the touchpad come on either in case that helps ?

thanks in advance

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Posted on Aug 11, 2023 7:20 AM

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bradleygoodwin

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10 points

Posted on Feb 5, 2024 12:28 PM

Finally found an easy fix after not being able to use my mac pro for 3 months! As a designer that's pretty annoying, anyhow..... After a bit of digging and troubleshooting, I found out that in simple terms it's the update not communicating with the servers properly. So, how I managed to get around this was, I simply went into WIFI settings and forgot all my wifi network... restated and VOLIA, bypassed the screen asking for wifi and started with no problems. This fixed my issue.

Hope this helps!!!!!

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