Mac Mini 3.Ghz, 8GB Ram
Installed High Sierra successfully. (forgot to select APFS)
Rebooted, Command-R -> reformatted for APFS
Selected Install
Installer hangs at what appears to be 100% status. Tried restarting this process multiple times with same result.
Disk Utility reports error during first aid...
File System Check Exit Code 8Tried rebooting with Command-S
Error appears....
Could Not Find APFS File System HandleThoughts?
Mine appears to have stopped at about 90%. 😝
I put the corner of a postit note at the location it stopped, and progress hasn't budged in over 20 minutes.
same problem here with today's beta update with MacBook Pro i7 2012 ssd ... Installer hangs at what appears to be 100% status
Connected it as a HD on MacMini ... went back into 10 minute install mode then booted sucessfully on Mac Mini
Disconnected from the MacMini and attempted to restart in normal mode on the MacBook Pro and it will not complete start ...
just the spinning watch ticks on a black screen
I'm having the same issue. I tried to isntall it on my imac 5k and it goes half way and just hangs at 29mins remaining and after somttime thows a panic mode. I read some messages about deleting the com.applie.com.universalaccess.plist file from ~/Library/Preferences/ folder and then reboot the machine. I've tried several times but it still keeps hanging and I am not sure how am I to proceed further. Any knows how or have suggestions to fix this issue?
I have the same issue, my mac is also a 5K, and hangs at 30 minutes remaining
I had the same problem.
The solution is format the disk to HFS, run the OS installer and check the "Convert to APFS" (I do not remember exactly the text) checkbox on the disk selection screen.
What type of drive are you using? Is the Beta version running fine now on your machine? Do you have beach balls?
thanks in advance.
My machine is Macbook Pro 15 Late 2013 with 250GB SSD disk. System looks fine with High Sierra (public beta - 17A291m), no beach balls.
I'm using a 1T fusion drive. some beach balls, also converted like you. no other problems except it's a little slower.
I'm wondering about the fusion drive, if thats what causing beach balls or something else?
I'm going to leave it on the fusion drive until i hear from someone.
Use Recovery OS and instead of Disk Utility, use Terminal to run fsck_apfs(8).
You'll get more detailed information about the APFS problem.