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If your MacBook stops responding during setup (from Apple)
- Thread starter tom vilsack
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Interesting. While I didn't experience this during setup, their "support" page will really give fire to people saying it's an underpowered machine that can't even set itself up properly.
I definitely experienced this.
I had to perform two reboots during my setup process. It was the worst setup I've experienced on any Mac or computer. Definitely discouraging when you get a brand new computer and you already feel like it's freezing up and needs to be rebooted constantly...
Luckily after setup and FireWall were done, I finally got to enjoy the machine. And enjoying it I sure am, without further problems like this.
"If your MacBook stops responding and shows a spinning wheel after you create a user account in Setup Assistant, simply allow setup to continue. The setup process will resume after about 30 minutes."
What?! So when my new MacBook got the spinning wheel and I waited for two minutes for a response, I was supposed to wait another 28 minutes? That's just asinine.
I had to perform two reboots during my setup process. It was the worst setup I've experienced on any Mac or computer. Definitely discouraging when you get a brand new computer and you already feel like it's freezing up and needs to be rebooted constantly...
Luckily after setup and FireWall were done, I finally got to enjoy the machine. And enjoying it I sure am, without further problems like this.
"If your MacBook stops responding and shows a spinning wheel after you create a user account in Setup Assistant, simply allow setup to continue. The setup process will resume after about 30 minutes."
What?! So when my new MacBook got the spinning wheel and I waited for two minutes for a response, I was supposed to wait another 28 minutes? That's just asinine.
"You can avoid this delay if you complete Setup Assistant without connecting to the Internet. When Setup Assistant prompts you to select your Wi-Fi network, click Continue without selecting a network."
That is exactly what I did. No beachballs and no hang ups.
That is exactly what I did. No beachballs and no hang ups.
It's related to something on Apple's server side, which is why disabling wifi will miraculously remove the issue.
How does that work with using your iCloud account to log on to your Mac then? I remember setting up my rMBP and after that, I just use my iClod ID and password to log on to my Mac. Can you set that up once you've done the initial setup offline?
Yes. Basically once you've created your account, you'll connect to Wi-Fi like you normally would, then you just go into System Preferences > iCloud, then sign into your account and enable everything from there. Everything should sync after that.
Syncing yes, I realise that's the case, but can you use your iCloud account to log into the computer?