Can be lots of reasons. I'd start with:
Try a safe boot.
Shutdown your machine. Hold down the shift key. Poweron. Wait awhile; wait awhile while you harddrive
is being checked. Also, what features and apps does safe boot leave out?
Can be lots of reasons. I'd start with:
Try a safe boot.
Shutdown your machine. Hold down the shift key. Poweron. Wait awhile; wait awhile while you harddrive
is being checked. Also, what features and apps does safe boot leave out?
Can be lots of reasons. I'd start with:
Try a safe boot.
Shutdown your machine. Hold down the shift key. Poweron. Wait awhile; wait awhile while you harddrive
is being checked. Also, what features and apps does safe boot leave out?
At this point in the startup process, your Mac is running the loginwindow application, which is one of Core Services of macOS.
What this app does, during this time is:
Somewhere along this process something went wrong. Most likely, is could be your particular user account is corrupted.
You have a couple of choices to proceed:
I'd follow the other two responses.
My question, is how long was it "STUCK" before you got worried and did anything, then what did you do?
I've seen FYI, some normal install take a VERY very long time, and then others not. I've seen people who have quit/stop before they should have and just wanted feedback from you as to the general timeframe.
Mine I waited 40 minutes before forced restart and then an hour then 3hours.
My computer cannot open! Once I restart it, it stop this screen forever!