Lock screen boot loop help

[acorntoy]

Anybody else have this issue?

Ever since I updated to Tahoe I get this awful lock screen boot loop issue on my Mac (M1 Pro).

I restart it, it takes me to enter the password, once that is done it hangs at about 10% progress to unlock for about a minute then reboots.

I rarely restart so it’s not often, today it took me about 6 correct password attempts for it to actually log in which takes a bit of time to get through, and every time obviously increases your stress.

 

[Ben J.]

A place to start would be to press shift key during startup to make it boot in 'safe mode' with all kernel extensions and startup items disabled. If this works consistently, check if there are suspicous startup items in system settings. Another thing to try is disk first aid in Disk Utilities. You might also try to do this after booting into recovery mode (press and hold the power button).

 

[FreakinEurekan]

I agree with Safe Mode as a test - but Apple Silicon doesn't use the Shift key for that. Follow the steps here.