Black screen with loading bar after logging in (High Sierra)

I had this problem too, turns out it was a GPU driver update issue. I do not know if this applies to your specific model of MacBook Pro, but it might. I downloaded the drivers from the following two links and it now only shows my background image rather than the odd black screen with progress bar:

NVIDIA CUDA 9.0 for Mac OSX Drivers 9.0.197

Quadro & GeForce macOS Driver Release: 378.10.10.10.15.114 - for High Sierra

This will also install an updater for the Quadro/GeForce part of the mix (not CUDA) even though I have historically always updated these manually in the past.

If you have other graphics cards installed in your computers, check the original manufacturer's website for drivers.

Hope this helps.

I and another user did some tests and disabling FileVault the problem disappears. The options are two, or leave it and wait for Apple to release an update or disable FileVault and no more black screen appears.

vverloop wrote:

I can't download a driver for Mac OSX at the website of nvidia.com, for the Geforce GT 750 M.

The driver that is part of the OS is not working properly at a Mac Book Pro Late 2013 with High Sierra installed.

If you have the correct driver for us, let us know!

I have never downloaded any drivers for the GPU. I just use the ones provided with the OS.

My mac is the 2014 version, which has the same GT750M GPU as the 2013.

I don't think there is a problem with the driver.

Come to think of it, it is quite likely that the system is using the integrated Intel GPU - by default, it will use the Intel one unless one application demands more graphics power (such as with Final Cut Pro), or using more than one display. You may want to force the use of the discrete GPU and see if that makes any difference (to do that, uncheck the box for "Automatic Graphics switching" in System Preferences->Energy Saver).

Most (but certainly not all) of the problems after the upgrade end up being caused by something particular to the user's installation. Since no two are the same, this often makes it harder to pinpoint the problem. That is why we see every day many recommendations to run Etrecheck and post the report - so that the ones trying to help get to have a notion of what software is running and have a chance at spotting possible culprits.

I found the solution, disable FileVault.

Seems to be fixed in the latest High Sierra 10.13.2 update!

Fixed for me by the 10.13.2 update, too!

It also fixed an issue I had in some apps (including Firefox) where modifier keys made things very slow - e.g. copying with Cmd+C, skipping a word with Alt+arrow, closing a tab with Cmd+W would take about 10 seconds, with a spinning beach ball. We're getting there...

I was contacted back by support. Apparently, it is now a known issue and I was told the fix should be in one of the next updates and to watch for it.

I updated to latest version of osx. That's it.

I have the same problem. I also turned off file vault (2 hours) and the issue went away. I turned it back on (2 hours) and the issue came back. I have a case pending with level 2 support engineers. I sent them videos and diagnostics. I will repost when they have a solution.

Your mac can work with the NVIDIA gpu just fine with the driver that is part of the OS.

If the NVIDIA driver you downloaded is not working properly then either uninstall it or update to a compatible version if available.

I can't download a driver for Mac OSX at the website of nvidia.com, for the Geforce GT 750 M.

The driver that is part of the OS is not working properly at a Mac Book Pro Late 2013 with High Sierra installed.

If you have the correct driver for us, let us know!

Thank you for sharing your solution, but my FileVault is not even turned on and my MBP 10,1 (15" mid 2012) shows the same problem, anyways: the loading process stops when the progress bar reaches 3/4 of its length, at startup. I have installed the NVIDIA Web Driver (which is alternative to the one automatically installed by OS X). The problem persists until I reboot and restore the PRAM (cmd+option+P+R at startup), which basically means reverting back to the previous driver, which makes the NVIDIA gpu useless and the Mac only works with the Intel graphics card !

I read somewhere that High Sierra is the first Mac OS that sets 10bits for something related to the graphics (I am sorry to be this general, but I don't know more), while the Web Driver is still using 8bits, so this may cause the problem we are experiencing. I don't know how to set that value to test this out, so I can't be sure about this.

For now, I can't run any CUDA programs and my NVIDIA graphics card (GeForce GT 650M) can't be used by the system, although I can see it from System Report - Graphics/Display .

If anyone has a solution for this, I would really appreciate it.

Thank you, have a nice day.

They should definitely release a decent update, because this problem is consistent in many users! And clean install, reboot and all those other PRAM etc. restores does not solve the general problem! My MacBook is Mid 2014 and it is still a beast in terms of specs! It is absolutely insane that this stupid macOS is full of bugs and the Apple support have no clue what should they do!! People we must do something!

Check this, my login screen is not looking good (left side). I have also the blank screen with loading bar after logging in. When logged in, the desktop looks normal.

Also i had the problem with the Guest account, that i have already fixed.

Problem with the guest account is also happening at latest mac book pro 2017 of my collegue.

I'm missing the Nvidia Videocard at About My Mac window...

Energysaving window looks also not good.

You are right! My problems are fixed!

Thanks Technobeat!

For some reason also switching between applications with four fingers is slow, it is stuttering since High Sierra.

But i have to investigate myself first, maybe something is running in the background...

PS. It's missing in the Changelog at the update in the Appstore.