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CSerpent Author

Level 1

22 points

Boot failure after High Sierra Update

Originally I updated my 2012 Mac Mini to High Sierra and quite frankly... it broke! I did a full recovery and an install of High Sierra from scratch and system has ran fine.

I have however since applied the 10.13.1 update from App Store onto it... and it's failing to boot.

Black screen with Apple logo at boot, won't go any further than the 100% thermometer.

Went into verbose mode, and the following is showing:

Synced /var/db

Warning: couldn't block sleep during cache update

Warning: proceeding w/o DiskArb

/dev/disk1 on / (hfs, local, journaled)

bash: /etc/rc.server: No such file or directory

tzinit: New update not compatible or older version: 2017c.1.0 vs 2017c.1.0: No such file or directory

Date/Time localhost com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] <Notice>: Early boot complete. Continuing system boot.

pci pause: SDXC

Waiting for DSMOS...

And there it hangs.

I really don't want to have to rebuild this Mini again!

Mac mini, macOS High Sierra (10.13.1)

Posted on Nov 7, 2017 11:40 AM

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Claudio P.

Level 1

22 points

Posted on Dec 2, 2017 10:32 AM

Hi everyone, I have exactly the same problem!

migrated successfully to High Sierra about two or three weeks ago. Only now happening. Disk and iMac are ok, the disk utility runs ok. But I am stuck with the progress bar “all white“ and nothing happens.

Already tried to to reinstall from recovery the latest macOS version. No success, same behavior.

I have a question: if I restore from an old Time Machine backup, can I restore simply the operating system or will the process erase all newer files? I never tried this... is the process selective?

Thanks a lot in advance

Best regards

Claudio

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An335

Level 1

4 points

Mar 28, 2018 10:21 AM in response to John I. Clark

I tried all the methods suggested. The first time this happened with my Mac pro (mid 2012) I reinstalled OS and I was told my Mac isn't compatible and it got downgraded to sierra automatically. The second time nothing worked. Took it to icare (India), they deleted all my data and reinstalled El Capitan. So basically my Mac isn't compatible with high sierra. Be prepared to lose all your data if you have no backup. There is no other solution as far as I can tell apart from downgrading OS....

Apr 3, 2018 11:45 AM in response to John I. Clark

I´d really like to follow what you find out about the Macbook Pro 15 Retina Mid 2015.
Experiencing the same issue with boot failing, but after about 50 tries of restarts it starts up with an error message about some kernels being deactivated and a log to be sent to apple(i forgot to save this one). If its helpful i can try reboot and provide this log for you.

I´m clueless when it comes to troubleshooting a mac, but il post my hardware details if it might be helpful

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook Pro

Model Identifier: MacBookPro11,5

Processor Name: Intel Core i7

Processor Speed: 2,8 GHz

Number of Processors: 1

Total Number of Cores: 4

L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB

L3 Cache: 6 MB

Memory: 16 GB

Boot ROM Version: MBP114.0177.B00

SMC Version (system): 2.30f2

PRP_53

Level 10

91,519 points

Nov 9, 2017 10:57 AM in response to CSerpent

Do you have a SDXC memory card inserted somewhere during to upgrade process?

pci pause: SDXC

Waiting for DSMOS...

CSerpent Author

Level 1

22 points

Nov 9, 2017 11:41 AM in response to PRP_53

No SD inserted, nor has there been.

brenden dv

Community Specialist

Nov 10, 2017 6:33 AM in response to CSerpent

CSerpent,

Due to the nature of the issue, we recommend that you reach out to Apple Support for further assistance.

Take care.

CSerpent Author

Level 1

22 points

Nov 10, 2017 10:42 AM in response to brenden dv

Will they resolve this free of charge?

TracyJr

Level 1

4 points

Dec 3, 2017 12:27 AM in response to Claudio P.

You're welcome. I forgot you said you had a Time Machine backup. That's better than nothing! Hope it goes smoothly for you!

CSerpent Author

Level 1

22 points

Dec 4, 2017 5:39 AM in response to CSerpent

So, Apple staff.

There is clearly an issue here with the slightly older Macs and High Sierra. What are you going to do about it?

rnl04

Level 1

8 points

Dec 18, 2017 1:24 PM in response to PRP_53

What happens if this is the case?

rnl04

Level 1

8 points

Dec 21, 2017 8:28 PM in response to PRP_53

Hi P. Phillips,

In response to your question In my case I did have a sd card at the time. Is there a fix for that?

Dec 23, 2017 6:27 AM in response to CSerpent

Both my iMacs 27” (2011 and 2012) failed to boot after High Sierra update. I’m livid! Both hard drives failed for whatever reason. My iPhone 6 has gone bonkers too after the last few updates.