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Enaidddraig Author

Level 1

12 points

Reboot fail after installing El Capitan help!!

I Just jjust installed El Capitan on the latest Mac book pro rentina. I have tried to restart and it does not reboot. Any suggestions on the fix?

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2011)

Posted on Oct 1, 2015 2:37 PM

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Tsofa

Level 1

88 points

Posted on Oct 3, 2015 5:58 PM

I have the same problem and have restored twice with the same problem. I did run across this solution, but am to tired to try it right now. I do not plan to shutdown again until I can get it fixed on my other mac computer. Having the same problem on both. Keep you posted.

https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/21331

Either way, this is best fixed from Recovery Mode, but you shouldn't have to reinstall again to boot normally because moving the kexts in Recovery Mode should allow the boot process to continue as normal. Let me know how it goes.

So Boot into Recover Mode.
From the central menu open Disk Utility.
Then select the "Macintosh HD" partition, then the "Unlock" from the "File" menu (Skip this step if you can't see "unlock")
Select the Get Help Online link from the meunbar to open Safari.
Navigate back to this thread.
Select all of the writing in bold below and press cmd+C to copy it to the clipboard:
cd "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Library/Extensions/" ; mkdir Unsupported ; mv hp* Unsupported ; mv B* Unsupported ; cd "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/System/Library/Extensions/" ; mkdir Unsupported ; mv Elt* Unsupported ; mv ssud* Unsupported ; rm -Rf /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Library/Application\ Support/Rox* ; rm -Rf /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Library/Application\ Support/Check* ; rm -Rf /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Library/Filesystems/*fuse* ; rm -Rf /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/var/folders/*
Then go to the Utilities menu, open Terminal and press cmd+V to paste the long command into it.
Restart normally a couple of times to confirm

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Sep 9, 2016 11:04 AM in response to Gary Brandt

Interesting. There may be a new driver from Samsung you need to install. However, the greater likelihood is that there is some old application or kernel extension that does not play nice upon boot up with your El Capitan updated drive that you need to remove. Discovering what that is can be difficult. I had a similar problem with a Toshiba Apple SSD drive installed in my 2009 Mac Pro. Still have not rebooted from it now for months, waiting for another upgrade to further flush out the software. Booting up from an external backup drive for now.

Dec 26, 2016 5:53 AM in response to Enaidddraig

Soundgrid keytxt from Waves did the damage, once deleted I was running ok again,

It took 4 days out of my schedule, I suspect Apple have covered any loss of earnings claims in their T&Cs.

Def think long and hard before running any updates again

fpdesign

Level 1

4 points

Feb 4, 2017 9:31 AM in response to Enaidddraig

Follow the instruction

After 24 hours if wars with my old macbook pro 2009 finally i'm on 10.11

My not signed kext

ACS6x.kext

ArcMSR.kext

ATTOCelerityFC8.kext

ATTOExpressSASHBA2.kext

ATTOExpressSASRAID2.kext

CalDigitHDProDrv.kext

EPSONUSBPrintClass.kext

HighPointIOP.kext

HighPointRR.kext

LittleSnitch.kext

PromiseSTEX.kext

SoftRAID.kext

tap.kext

TrimEnabler.kext

tun.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/CoolBook2.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/Cruzer MAC Extension.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/EPSONUSBPrintClass.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext/Contents/PlugIns/HuaweiData CardACMControl.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext/Contents/PlugIns/HuaweiData CardACMData.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext/Contents/PlugIns/HuaweiData CardActivateDriver.kext

System/Library/Extensions/HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext/Contents/PlugIns/HuaweiDataC ardDMM.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext/Contents/PlugIns/HuaweiData CardECMControl.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext/Contents/PlugIns/HuaweiData CardECMData.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext/Contents/PlugIns/HuaweiData CardHidPort.kext

System/Library/Extensions/HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext/Contents/PlugIns/HuaweiDataC ardJUBusDriver.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext/Contents/PlugIns/HuaweiData CardJUCDCACM.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext/Contents/PlugIns/HuaweiData CardJUCDCECM.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext/Contents/PlugIns/HuaweiData CardJUCDCNCM.kext

System/Library/Extensions/HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext/Contents/PlugIns/HuaweiDataC ardJUNetwork.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext/Contents/PlugIns/HuaweiLogL evel.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/IceraUSBMassStorageBypass.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/NMHuaweiPhonesVTPCDC_106.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/NMSamsungDriver_106.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/NMSmartplugSCSIDevice_106.kext

System/Library/Extensions/NMHuaweiPhonesVTPCDC_106.kext/Contents/PlugIns/NMUSBCD CACMControl_106.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/NMSamsungDriver_106.kext/Contents/PlugIns/NMUSBCDCACM Control_106.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/NMHuaweiPhonesVTPCDC_106.kext/Contents/PlugIns/NMUSBC DCACMData_106.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/NMSamsungDriver_106.kext/Contents/PlugIns/NMUSBCDCACM Data_106.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/NovatelWireless3G.kext

System/Library/Extensions/NovatelWireless3G.kext/Contents/PlugIns/NovatelWireles s3GData.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/NovatelWirelessFilter.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/NovatelWirelessUSBCDCECMControl.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/NovatelWirelessUSBCDCECMData.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/Option72.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/OptionHS.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/OptionMSD.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/OptionQC.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/PACESupportFamily.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/PACESupportFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/PACESupportLe opard.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/PACESupportFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/PACESupportPa nther.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/PACESupportFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/PACESupportTi ger.kext

System/Library/Extensions/RIMBBUSB.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/RIMBBVSP.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/USBExpressCardCantWake_Huawei.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/Vodafone.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/Vodafone.kext/Contents/PlugIns/VodafoneData.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/ZTEUSBCDCACMData.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/ZTEUSBMassStorageFilter.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/cdc.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/cdc_ecm_qmi.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/hamns.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/hp_Inkjet3_io_enabler.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/hp_fax_io.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/speedit.kext

Jun 27, 2017 10:03 PM in response to Enaidddraig

I finally ran out of boot drives in my Mac Pro so I could no longer ignore it.

El Capitan could not get to the login screen.

There were a couple of corrupt cache files that Launch Services relied on.

After deleting them, I was able to reboot and finally reach the login screen.

See the article herein "Fix for El Capitan stuck at login" by robertk1 for details to search for the appropriate Cstore files to delete. Online articles may describe a process called "Reset Launch Services".

This may have been a problem for many OSXes. However, the files moved around and have had different names and locations.

My issue occurred before reaching the login screen.

Others were having problems after reaching the login screen and logging in.