Can't install macOS High Sierra 10.13.4

My FireVault was turned off.

I did not have any problems with the system until I started updating to 10.13.4.

The commands that you've provided cannot be executed. Please see errors below.

Is there any known procedure to cancel the update rather than to re-install the system from scratch?

| => sudo diskutil verifyDisk disk0

Password:

Started partition map verification on disk0

Checking prerequisites

Checking the partition list

Checking the partition map size

Checking for an EFI system partition

Checking the EFI system partition's size

Checking the EFI system partition's file system

Checking the EFI system partition's folder content

Problems were found with the partition map which might prevent booting

Error: -69842: Couldn't mount disk

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| => mount /dev/disk0

mount: /dev/disk0: unknown special file or file system.

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| => mount force /dev/disk0

mount: You must specify a filesystem type with -t

Same issue 😢

1. macOS 10.13.3 install 10.13.4 from App Store

2. reboot and then waiting long long time

3. holding with power button shutdown, and push power start macOS

4. never normal restart/shutdown from menu in 10.13.3

5. in login scene(do not login with password) restart/shutdown alright.

Hi, D

Thanks for your reply.

Excuse me, maybe I got wrong step.

When I follow your instructions into `recovery mode`, I just got choices listed:

1. Restore from Time Machine Backup

2. Reinstall macOS

3. Get Help Online

4. Disk Utility

That's really not very obvious, I can't figure out which one could take me continue reboot and keep data integrity.

Hi all,

I have a similar problem. Let me try to explain everything I have done.

My MBP is Late 2011. Running High Sierra 10.13.3 normally, no problems at all.

Recently I changed the disk to a 2tb and it was recoverd from a Time Machine Backup, wich took me about 3 days to complete. this was done after the upgrade to High Sierra.

Recently, the upgrade to 10.13.3 was constantly asking to install, even when I access "About you Mac" shows me that I was on that version. When 10.13.4 was out I though this problem would end, but the installation starts and it asks for boot. After it boots, it starts installing (about 15 min) and boots again, showing me that screen after installation asking to share data with apple, etc... after that screen, there's another one showing configuration process and finishes without any error.

After it starts, it show that the upgrade was not installed and keeps on 10.13.3.

I've been reading this topic and was trying to do some procedures here.

• Tried to install the standalone Update to 10.13.4 but got the same problem, it keeps on 10.13.3.
• When I run diskutil repairDisk disk0, it gives me:

Unable to verify this whole disk: A GUID Partition Table (GPT) partitioning scheme is required (-69773)

Then I ran "diskutil list" and I got the results below. I thought that I already had a GPT partition, since the upgrade process to High Sierra passed hours converting my FS:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: FDisk_partition_scheme *2.0 TB disk0

1: Apple_HFS MacBook HD 2.0 TB disk0s1

Then, reading another topic, I saw that my solution would be converting my MBR partition to a GPT one. So I downloaded and installed GDISK. Running GDISK -l I get:

Problem opening /dev/disk0 for reading! Error is 1.

I searched about that and found out that SIP must be disabled to run it, and I'm about to do that, but I read something about my Late 2011 MBP would not support booting GPT.

So, before I made some madness and have to wait more 3 days to restore my MBP from my Time Machine, Please, somebody here could give some help to finally put my MBP running 10.13.4 ?

Thanks !

Hi, all,

Finally, I choose stay at 10.13.3 - with a failed to 10.13.4, after several days I toss about this issue.

Just cannot restart/shutdown normally 😠, and may couldn't update anymore, but acceptable for now.

I don't want to reinstall macOS, cause it may ruin my development environment, that's huge risk.

BTW: OS upgrade as such careless recent years, that's really S-u*ks. 😟

Full restore from Time Capsule restores the OS it was when the back up was done. That's why you came back to 10.13.3. I THINK there's a way to stay on 10.13.4 and restore just the data, but I'm not sure and don't know how.

I'll search how to do that. This forum must have some question about it...

I deleted some of the Daemons I do not use anymore (from Etrecheck) and tried again, but got the same problem, still on 10.13.3.

Then I found a log from the installer, located on /private/var/log/install.log

Since It's huge and I don't know how to attach a file here, I put it on paste.bin: https://pastebin.com/kHVNztVE

Hope there's something there that helps. I didn't find any error messages from a quick look.

Ditto

Downloading it now...

Installing combo update hasn't helped.

What can I do to revert the update so that I can at least boot my Mac not only in Safe mode?