MacBook Pro not able to get past Drive selection screen (i9 MacBook Pro 16in 2019)

A few days ago, I was attempting to boot from windows back to Macos, but every time i tried to select my drive with macos on it, my computer would power off and turn back on to windows. I was able to go into recovery mode, and I did 2 things. I formatted the partition with windows, since it was no longer needed, and I attempted an update for Macos. I check my macbook 10 minutes later, only to find it boot looping. I attempted another update, and after checking it again, I found it bootlooping, this time however, every time I attempt to go into recovery mode or boot into mac os through the drive selction screen, the computer shuts off a few seconds in and begins bootlooping.


I've tried reseting the pram, which played the power on sound, but still bootlooped

I've reset the SMC, with no difference,

I've held down command+D while it was booting up, which after putting in my wifi password, turned off after a few seconds


I don't know what else to try at this point, and any help is appreciated.



MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.0

Posted on Mar 19, 2025 2:44 AM

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AimingForAlex wrote:

A few days ago, I was attempting to boot from windows back to Macos, but every time i tried to select my drive with macos on it, my computer would power off and turn back on to windows. I was able to go into recovery mode, and I did 2 things. I formatted the partition with windows, since it was no longer needed, and I attempted an update for Macos. I check my macbook 10 minutes later, only to find it boot looping. I attempted another update, and after checking it again, I found it bootlooping, this time however, every time I attempt to go into recovery mode or boot into mac os through the drive selction screen, the computer shuts off a few seconds in and begins bootlooping.

I've tried reseting the pram, which played the power on sound, but still bootlooped
I've reset the SMC, with no difference,
I've held down command+D while it was booting up, which after putting in my wifi password, turned off after a few seconds

I don't know what else to try at this point, and any help is appreciated.



You can try again Internet Recovery...


Key combinations for an Intel-based Mac


Command (⌘)-R: Start up from the built-in macOS Recovery system.


Use Option-Command-R or Shift-Option-Command-R to start up from macOS Recovery over the internet.

 macOS Recovery installs different versions of macOS, depending on the key combination you use. 



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How to revive or restore Mac firmware - Apple Support

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Mar 19, 2025 8:56 AM in response to AimingForAlex

AimingForAlex wrote:

A few days ago, I was attempting to boot from windows back to Macos, but every time i tried to select my drive with macos on it, my computer would power off and turn back on to windows. I was able to go into recovery mode, and I did 2 things. I formatted the partition with windows, since it was no longer needed, and I attempted an update for Macos. I check my macbook 10 minutes later, only to find it boot looping. I attempted another update, and after checking it again, I found it bootlooping, this time however, every time I attempt to go into recovery mode or boot into mac os through the drive selction screen, the computer shuts off a few seconds in and begins bootlooping.

I've tried reseting the pram, which played the power on sound, but still bootlooped
I've reset the SMC, with no difference,
I've held down command+D while it was booting up, which after putting in my wifi password, turned off after a few seconds

I don't know what else to try at this point, and any help is appreciated.



You can try again Internet Recovery...


Key combinations for an Intel-based Mac


Command (⌘)-R: Start up from the built-in macOS Recovery system.


Use Option-Command-R or Shift-Option-Command-R to start up from macOS Recovery over the internet.

 macOS Recovery installs different versions of macOS, depending on the key combination you use. 



no resolve— try the Revive feature


How to revive or restore Mac firmware - Apple Support

How to revive or restore Mac firmware - Apple Support


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