Progress Bar Stuck on 100% on boot High Sierra

There is a solution described in the question:

High Sierra: qmasterd/opendirectoryd: Too many corpses being created

See a solution to the issue from frankv or another similar from rew10000, also look at: http://capitoladesign.com/2018/02/10/osx-too-many-corpses-the-30-minute-fix-no-d ata-loss/

Here is probably the quickest solution from frankv:

If you want to remove all users (without removing home folders)

If you suspect that the local database which stores user accounts is damaged, follow the steps for the version of OS X you're using below. These steps remove all user accounts without removing their related Home folders, and make Setup Assistant open again.

Start up in Single-User Mode by holding Command-S when you turn on the computer. Wait until white text appears.

At the prompt, type each of these commands on single line as they appear below, and press Return at the end of each line.

mount -uw /

cd /var/db

mv dslocal dslocal.old

mkdir -p dslocal/nodes

cp -Rp /System/Library/DirectoryServices/DefaultLocalDB/Default dslocal/nodes/

rm .AppleSetupDone

reboot

Once the computer restarts, complete Setup Assistant to create the administrator user account again. When creating the account, the short name entered into the Account Name field should match the name of the user's home folder in /Users, so that the new user will use the existing home folder.

After Setup Assistant, open Terminal and type this command:

sudo chown -R username:staff /Users/username

Note: There is a space before "/Users/". Replace "username" with the user's short name that was entered in Account Name field during the previous step.

If there was more than user on the computer, use the Accounts pane of System Preferences to re-create any remaining users. When creating each account, the short name entered into the Account Name field should match the name of that user's home folder in /Users, so that the new user will use the existing home folder.

Hello, I have also experienced this very frustrating problem. I have tried all the steps mentioned in this thread multiple times. The only thing that worked was to restore a Time Machine backup to a previous OS version number.

I have a 2011 IMac, if this issue is due to the fact my machine is relatively old then Apple need to be advising users. I’m just happy we had a recent backup to avoid losing the 15k+ photos we have on there.

I hope that you get a satisfactory resolution to your issue.

Thank you for posting this. I did what you suggested and it worked. I was talking to Apple and they were somewhat helpful but I just couldn’t get my machine to restart after the recent High Sierra software update. Thanks to you I didn’t have to go buy a new machine. I erased my hard drive and use Time Machine and now my iMac works perfectly. Thank you thank you thank you!

I have the same problem.

I couldn't even boot to Safe Mode. I've tried everything that was suggested in this thread. After three days of trying, it is now stuck on 98% percent.

I can't afford to lose all my files. I don't have time machine back up. Please help.

Hello All,

I found a solution that worked for me..

Boot into Recovery Mode

Open Terminal

Create a new Directory on your Hard Drive

mkdir /Volumes/"Macintosh HD"/kextbackup

Go to the Folder Extensions

Move the HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext to you new created directory

mv HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext /Volumes/"Macintosh HD"/kextbackup

Close Terminal and reboot.

This then fixed my issue straight away. You can try moving other kext files, some other ones that are recommended if you have:

Belcarra.USBLAN_netpart.kext
Belcarra.USBLAN_usbpart.kext
HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext
JMicronATA.kext
RemoteControl.USBLAN_usbpart.kext
UsbEthernetGadget.kext
USBExpressCardCantWake_Huawei.kext

Cheers

Chris

i had the same problem and sometimes a disk read error and other times it's stuck with login user photo, i tried somone's steps here it didn't work so i lost hope, however just after doing this, i inserted a bootable usb flash with sierra install files and it automatically chose to boot from it. i unplugged the usb memory while the progress bar wasn't complete. My mac then restarted and i was surprisingly able to login normally. Hope this help anyone

I ran into this problem two days ago. Turned on MacBook Pro mid2012 and wouldn’t boot. Tried most of what was suggested here. What worked for me is the following. Went into recovery mode, command R, attached watermark hard drive I had used to do a backup in sept 2017. I haven’t backup since so I did a disk image of the hard drive and saved it to the external drive. Then did a restore from my sept backup. That restored is version 10.9.5. After restore system booted ups as normal. I opened the image file by double clicking on the .dmg file on my external drive, clicked on skip. I moved all the files since my last backup from the .dmg to the hard drive in their respective folders. Ran time machine backup. Now I’m going to install Sierra not High Sierra and see what happens.

So I restored mine to an earlier backup and was able to load up. I was scared to restart so I did but someone else in this or another thread suggested which was to download Malwarebytes and scan. Sounded weird. But Malwarbytes did find something and delete it and I was able to restart my computer okay and now everything works fine.

I'm so glad I found this post because after trying a hundred other fixes this is what worked for me. Took my Mac from home to my work where the crashed iMac was. Got a Thunderbolt cable and my "Stuck" iMac's HD showed up right on the desktop of my other iMac. I had a lot of files backed up but there was quite a bit that was not. I just dragged everything over to an external HD I had plugged in and recovered everything I needed. I then restored the stuck iMac with a Time Machine backup from a year and a half ago, at least I didn't have to reinstall everything.

Just wondering if anyone has had progress with this issue? I have a new 2017 iMac desktop I got for Christmas from my husband & have been stuck here as well for 3 days now. I spent 45 mins on the phone with tech support & after doing all the things mentioned here he had me load a copy of the HD in the utilities menu. It took over 2.5 hrs. to load & install only to end up in same place. Needless to say I am very upset as this is my only computer, it's brand new & I have taxes to file among other things. I made an appointment to take it in but their first appt. isn't for another week (snowbird season in FL 😭) so I'm stuck using my outdated iPad which isn't fun. 😡 I guess I am spoiled as this was a replacement for a late-2009 iMac that I never had an issue with the HD until last October. My husband replaced it for me so I wouldn't have this exact problem...go figure. 🙄😡😡

The past week or so there had been days when my iMac (27-inch lated 2013, running High Sierra) got really sluggish. After a reboot and/or just given time, it had seemed to fix itself.

But today my iMac got unusably slow. I reset the SMC and it booted normally. I then reset the PRAM, and I got the progress bar stuck on 100%.

Eventually I was able to fix it (at least it seems fixed for now) by rebooting into recovery mode and using Disk Utility. It took so long booting into recovery mode that I thought it was locked up again. But eventually the screen went black, with a flickering cursor in the upper left. I clicked the mouse and the recovery mode UI was revealed.

I just wanted to update anyone who is still or started having the same issue as I have (stuck progress bar & nothing tech support did helped). I was FINALLY able to get my iMac to the Genius Bar Thursday (over a week from when my problem started). After the tech evaluated my computer's hardware everything was fine (no HD crash as I was fearing). Problem was with High Sierra & in the store he had only seen problems with it a couple of times & they were on older computers, not new like mine. Since I had my external HD with me with a recent save on it he suggested an erase & reinstall of the OS & I agreed since it would only take about 15-20 mins. that way. Everything went smoothly & I was in & out in 37 minutes. I explained my internet can be a bit slow at times & there is nothing I can do about it as far as upgrading. My internet provider (Centurylink) only provides 8 Mbps service in my area & there are no other providers here. He said it's possible the OS was in the process of updating & something happened to interrupt it & it hung up like that. He suggested getting a new modem since mine was over 3 yrs. old (something I've been thinking about myself). So I got a new one from CL on my way home that day & the internet is definitely running smoother & stronger so hopefully no more problems. This was definitely not something I could've done with a tech over the phone & by doing it in the store they used a cable so no WiFi hiccups to interrupt the process. Fingers crossed no more trouble! 🙂

Same issue here. My imac is only six month old and yesterday I was very upset when I turned on my computer and I experienced this problem. I reinstalled MacOS, tried almost everything I read on this forum - reseting NVRam, disk utility and nothing worked. Still stucked. I made an appointment for this Saturday by phone. I hope I can get my imac working again.

Natpeloggia - Did you try my fixed.

Has worked on 2 new computers so far here in my office.

Its a tiny bit technical but actually easy to do:

Boot into Recovery Mode

Open Terminal

Create a new Directory on your Hard Drive by typing the line below into terminal.

mkdir /Volumes/"Macintosh HD"/kextbackup

Go to the Folder Extensions

Move the HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext to you new created directory by typing the line below into terminal.

mv HuaweiDataCardDriver.kext /Volumes/"Macintosh HD"/kextbackup

Close Terminal and reboot.

Hi ChrisPiper. No, I've not tried this yet. But it could be a possibility, as far as I'll try everything to put my iMac working again. In the worst-case scenario, Apple will have to replace it for a new one, as it is under warranty. Tks for the reply.