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Black screen after update to 10.12.2 iMac
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how long you waited? I got blank screen for about 5 minutes and then it continued the installation.
Maybe I wasn't clear. It finished the installation. Desktop was showing. I restarted for some reason and by the time the apple logo and loading bar was gone it was all black.
If I wait a couple of days will I be able to reinstall with a newer fixed version through "internet recovery" ?
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How long are we talking?
I don't need to type in a password when booting up, but I'll try.
Oh. Sucks!
Well, try to boot into recovery mode and run a disk repair on the main drive. see if it helps.
If you have the chance, download on another device the full installer and make a bootable USB and simply install over existing and this way you will not loose anything.
It's all I can think about.
This is so strange. I waited several hours staring from time to time at the black screen. I decided to try entering my password and hitting enter even though I didn't see anything and voila. I'm back in!
Thanks @flowrider
Thanks @flowrider
10.12.2 corrupted my user profile with distorting desktop setup and slow on reboot etc. After SMS and Oran reset and profile cache delete, I finally gave up and called apple support. One hour later with no success I am restoring from time capsule to latest backup of 10.12.1
2016 MacBook Pro 15/2.9/460/1T
2016 MacBook Pro 15/2.9/460/1T
mac mini and same issue, after trying different tricks i'm installing over from recovery, hope i will not lose anything
if is not working how long would it take to recover from TM?
do i enter recovery and select restore from TM from there?
if is not working how long would it take to recover from TM?
do i enter recovery and select restore from TM from there?
Same problem, Mac mini late 2014. Did not try the space bar, but could still get the dock to show up for a split second with a four finger swipe up on the track pad.
Really really annoying. Spent an hour or so chatting with Apple Support, with no solution, and their claim of "this is not an emerging issue". Yet here we are.
Currently going through another install, this time after an HD erase (I can easily recover files), though it sounds like it won't help any.
I don't think I've ever gone through an Apple OS update, or iOS update for that matter, without major issues. Tim Cook needs a smack upside the head.
Really really annoying. Spent an hour or so chatting with Apple Support, with no solution, and their claim of "this is not an emerging issue". Yet here we are.
Currently going through another install, this time after an HD erase (I can easily recover files), though it sounds like it won't help any.
I don't think I've ever gone through an Apple OS update, or iOS update for that matter, without major issues. Tim Cook needs a smack upside the head.
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I've been a Mac user since 1986, yes that's 30+ years. In all that time, I've only had one OS update go awry. As I recall it was 4 or 5 years ago. Can't remember the update! It was on my MBA, not my cMP.
Lou
I've been an Apple user for a few years now. I wish I had a better experience, I really do.
The HD erase and install fixed this by the way. Maybe not an ideal solution for people running into this problem, but it was a solution for me, as I do have a Time Machine back up of files.
The steps I took were:
1. When powering on hold command and R to go into recovery.
2. Choose Disk Util and erase the volume.
3. Rename the disk and choose Mac OS Extended.
4. Quit Disk Util and choose reinstall MacOS.
Had the same issue. This worked for me:
https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/82502-mac-mac-boots-to-a-black-screen-with-cursor
Guess something in the auto login plist was corrupt or just wrong.
https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/82502-mac-mac-boots-to-a-black-screen-with-cursor
Guess something in the auto login plist was corrupt or just wrong.
Same with my iMac though I was getting concerned at one point. My iMac also made the loudest sound when going through the upgrade. It sounded like I had my finger pressed on a key with volume on full, a loud single note.
All well again though when machine booted up.
I had previously the beta versions which installed that FW Update.
I think it was during installation a point when everything went fully black.
I wish I could enable somehow Verbose mode of Updates... so I see what's actually going on.
For me too, the installation finished with... a black screen. I restarted many time, with or without extensions... Black screen.
This morning i started... with black screen... and let the computer on for i had another job.
When i went back some hours later, i had to log and it worked just fine.
Be happy, don't be hurry ;-)
Has anyone tried this yet. Ive been dealing with this for 2 days. Im able to go back to 10.12.1 using Time Machine but as soon as I upgrade to 10.12.2 I get a black screen with my curser.
Ive tried reseting my PRAM & SMC. Nothing seems to work.
Currently I'm at work and I can't wait to see if EdwinZelf post works.
I just got off the phone with Apple support and they were just updated with the following instructions on how to fix this. Very similar to what is in the link provided by Edwin apart for the need to remove the .AppleUpgrade file.
Restart in single user mode (Command-S when starting)
mount -uw /
cd /Library/Preferences
mv com.apple.loginwindow.plist com.apple.loginwindow.plist.old
reboot
I haven't tried this yet as I don't have the time to restore from my Time Machine backup for the fourth time if this fails. I'll try tonight.
Update: I just tried this and ran into SandboxViolation errors when trying to rename the file. I called Apple and they were of no help. I googled some more and found out I had to boot into Recover mode, go to a Terminal and disable the SIP (csrutil disable). I then booted back into single user mode and was able to rename the file. When I rebooted I can now log back in.
Restart in single user mode (Command-S when starting)
mount -uw /
cd /Library/Preferences
mv com.apple.loginwindow.plist com.apple.loginwindow.plist.old
reboot
I haven't tried this yet as I don't have the time to restore from my Time Machine backup for the fourth time if this fails. I'll try tonight.
Update: I just tried this and ran into SandboxViolation errors when trying to rename the file. I called Apple and they were of no help. I googled some more and found out I had to boot into Recover mode, go to a Terminal and disable the SIP (csrutil disable). I then booted back into single user mode and was able to rename the file. When I rebooted I can now log back in.
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I had the same problem today. All day long trying and failing... I tried resetting NRAM, SMC, disk repair, safe boot and so on. Nothing worked.
Finally, I entered Recovery Mode and restored to the previous version of Sierra from my Time Machine external drive (fortunately I had it updated and perfectly working). It took very long but my MBP seems to be running ok for now.
I have a MacBook Pro 2013.
Is this happening to anybody else? Is this a problem with that last Sierra update? Is my MBP too "old" for that update? Any comments? Any advice?
This helped me a ton today! After my Mac installed the 10.2.3 beta, I had a black screen. The above fixed the issue. Thanks!