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Can't install Mojave public beta on 2018 MacBook pro
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No, I've been trying to perform a clean installation via a USB-C Flash Drive prepared with the latest macOS Mojave Beta 5 installer without luck. Even after disabling secure boot and selecting allow booting from external media in Recovery Mode, the system refuses to boot from the Mojave startup disk, claiming a software update is necessary.
If anyone has any luck with this, please advise! I've never had any problems performing a clean installation of Mojave Beta from a flash disk on my 2016 model. Perhaps the upcoming public beta version will solve this issue?
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OK, I was finally able to boot from the USB-C Flash Drive by first installing macOS Mojave Beta 5 from the application within the internal SSD and then rebooting into the USB-C Drive startup disk and performing the installation a second time after erasing the internal SSD. Apparently, the original system's macOS High Sierra was unable to boot from the external media, but after "upgrading" to Mojave Beta 5 the external disk was recognized and I could proceed.
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Hi! Has anybody installed Beta 5? I got my MBP on Sunday and installed Beta 4, and I have the brightness issue also, so I want to know if it's solved in beta 5, or if it's just easier to downgrade to High Sierra
Yep! Just finished installing and the brightness issue is fixed!!By no issues, you mean brightness for example is fixed ?
Also another issue which Siri could not access the microphone!!
Y'all can go ahead and update to beta 5
I'm on a 2017 MBP and just tried to download Beta 5 and it gave me this message:
check to make sure your FileVault is not turned on if it is you will have to turn it off and decrypt the drive
Yes FileVault is on and is currently encrypting with no option to end encryption. So basically I have to wait until it's done, then turn it off and there will be a selection to decrypt?
And thank you for the heads up on that.
And thank you for the heads up on that.
when you turn it off it should decrypt I accidentally did that on my iMac but it takes awhile both ways
You should just wait until the encryption process is done, and then try the installer. I have FileVault enabled and I was able to update, you just cant while it's working on it.
Leave FileVault on, it's more secure. Unless the installer tells you it is not possible, you could then turn off FileVault and decrypt, but I don't think that's gonna be an issue.
I also have FileVault on and never had this issue. I would also recommend just waiting for encryption to finish then do the update.
So I turned FileVault back on last night and it finished up this morning around 11:30 CST. I'll keep it on from here on out. Just reviewing some of the bugs in Mojave, is it worth downloading yet on a 2017 MBP? I basically just want to see the dark mode. I'm not lacking any features in High Sierra for what I use this for.
Out of curiosity, has anyone with a 2018 MacBook Pro been able to revert back to High Sierra with the Internet Recovery option? Has this been fixed yet?
Yes I did it! back from Mojave to a complete re-install of High Sierra via their Internet Recovery mode... Didn't work first maybe due to connection issue in China but as I am in Japan I was able to do it like 2 days ago! Work like a charm now. Will wait for some software to be released before going to Mojave like Logic X Final Cut and so on...
Full release does not install on newer MBP. Many have the same issue on Apple support forum.