Mojave Login Issues

I installed Mojave on a brand new MacBook Pro and after the installation process, the initial login screen accepts my credentials, shows the desktop for 5-10 seconds, then goes back to login. Every subsequent login attempt produces the same result, including in Safe Mode.

I spoke with Apple via support chat about it today, and we tried reinstalling Mojave. No dice. We then booted into recovery mode, launched Disk Utility to mount the drive, then Terminal to remove "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/var/db/.AppleSetupDone" and reboot. That sent me back to the setup process after install. I created another user and had exactly the same issue with that user. They have escalated the issue and I have a call with them in two hours.

Any recommendations?

Posted on Sep 24, 2018 4:07 PM

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DerDanie

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Posted on Sep 25, 2018 7:46 AM

In my case, the error was caused by a Razer Plugin.

Boot into recovery mode (Cmd + R while booting), then start a terminal (menubar->utilities as far as i remember), go to /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/ and remove every Razer Plugin.

(Thanks to Betus at MacRumors)

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Sep 24, 2018 10:37 PM in response to OliverMarcus

I figured I can still login from ssh, so I checked for the log. If I followed the timing of the crash correctly, this here might be related to what's going on:

Sep 25 00:27:55 thalia com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.audio.coreaudiod[3126]): Binary is improperly signed. Sep 25 00:27:55 thalia com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.audio.coreaudiod): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds. Sep 25 00:27:55 thalia com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent): Unknown key for integer: _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit Sep 25 00:27:56 thalia com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.AddressBook.abd): Service only ran for 3 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 7 seconds. Sep 25 00:27:57 thalia com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.loginwindow[2789]): Binary is improperly signed.

Could it be that something is off with some new security feature?

By the way, the instructions to activate safe mode via sudo nvram boot-args="-x -v" in ssh on https://support.apple.com/sl-si/HT201262 don't work...that gives (iokit/common) not permitted (and using the shift key never worked on my setup).

Oct 3, 2018 7:21 PM in response to mattrichards

I had same issue after the installation of Mojave. erased the disk and re-install the macOS. Now its working great. macbook pro, late 2013.

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