I updated my OS to Sonoma 14.6.1 yesterday and I found that the installation hanged just before the end. I switched off the MacBook and back on again and now my profile doesn’t load. It gets stuck halfway through.
I’ve tried using disk repair first aid and reinstalling the OS (same installation problem as last time). I have a backup from June but I want to avoid using it if possible.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.6
If it boots into Safe Mode, that would indicate some third-party system modification is blocking startup.
If you have any installed, uninstall them following the developer's instructions or use their uninstaller.
Safe Mode will run a disk check, clear some system caches, and block some things from loading including all third-party system modifications. If you can restart normally, then it was probably a corrupt cache. If you cannot, then you need to figure out what you have installed and uninstall it. It could be not compatible with the os update or may just need to be reinstalled.
Ok. I did mention I already tried reinstalling macOS? I can try again, sure. Do you know why it keeps hanging at the very end? I leave it for a few hours like that and it doesn’t move.
Cool, thank you
Alright. When I’m in safe mode, what should I do? Is that when I try reinstalling the OS?
I just want to let you know I don’t have time to try this today. I’ll do it tomorrow and let you know what the result is. Thanks.
Profile doesn’t load after OS update
