Catalina Stuck on Setting Up Your Mac...

[Robdmb]

Downloaded the update to Catalina but appear to be stuck on "Setting Up Your Mac..." Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

[Yptcn]

I seem to be in the same boat. Was looking for info also

 

[robvalentine]

Same here ...

 

[Yptcn]

Ok so I forced my MBA to turn off. Then turned it on again , it worked. I was scared to do it though.

 

[robvalentine]

Ok so I forced my MPA to turn off. Then turned it on again , it worked. I was scared to do it though.

I did the same and it works

 

[Yptcn]

I did the same and it works

I'm happy to hear that !

 

[bwb]

Same.

 

[hakr100]

OK, what is MPA, where do I find it and how do I turn it off?

 

[theOmega]

Same here, restarting does the trick. Man, this has been the worse season of updates from Apple I’ve experienced, so much for it just works.

 

[s54]

Wow. I can’t believe they released **** software like this.

Mine is stuck at the exact same point. I let it sit for 3 hours now...

Hoping that if I turn off the MacBook, it will fix itself. That’s what we have succumb to... ghetto fixes to make Apple software work.

 

[mm1250]

Min is stuck on the find my screen setup. Hit contuine but won’t go past that page.

 

[Corsig]

Me too. It’s been a long time stuck on this screen. How long did you wait until you tried turning it off?

 

[CloudsNeverDie]

Me too. I rebooted after an hour of waiting, and luckily, no issues.

 

[benchap]

Same here. I waited about 20 minutes on that screen then Forced a shutdown. Restarted and took me back in without issue. Scary, but seems to be the nature of the beast.

 

[williamdesign1]

Downloaded the update to Catalina but appear to be stuck on "Setting Up Your Mac..." Any suggestions? Thanks.

Same here. I had to force restart my Mac Pro.

 

[jbachandouris]

Mine says 'Install Update.' When I click on it, it starts downloading updates for 15 minutes. After the 15 minutes, the box for 'install now' shows up again. I click on it and the process repeats itself. Reboots do nothing.

I'm not even remotely surprised seeing as they released iOS 13 which was pretty much a beta.

 

[OverSpun]

After 6+ hrs on this screen and putting in my password every 20mins In the first hour then I left the house and let it do it’s deal.

I backed up first, here we go turning it off like everyone else did. Haha

edit: Worked out perfect by holding down power and turned it back on and no issues (yet).

 

[rport]

8 Hours of waiting... Nervous, I rebooted and its "appears" ok...

2013 27" iMac....

 

[crzdcolombian]

Mine froze on the find my Mac. It doesn’t let you go back or continue

 

[xodbox]

Am here for about an hour. Will try to force restart... wish me luck!

 

[flyguy5]

Waited about 20 min and then force restarted. Worked for me.

 

[xodbox]

Am here for about an hour. Will try to force restart... wish me luck!

After a bit of praying! I’m in! Force restart did the trick!

 

[Martin Antell]

Same thing on my 2017 iMac, reboot seems to work fine.

 

[cra19j]

My MBP 2015 13" locked up on setting up screen time. A forced reboot also fixed it, working ok now.

 

[KoolAid-Drink]

Same issue here. Sloppy release for sure.