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Deleted the 'login' file, now my Macbook won't get past the loading bar
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1814583" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Looks like I missed that. However, that should have restored the system.</p><p></p><p>Okay, get back into Recovery and completely erase the drive. Then you will need to do an internet install of macOS. That will install the original version of macOS that the machine came with. Apparently, just reinstalling over the top of macOS does not restore those files which were deleted.</p><p></p><p>Going back over your original post, I'm wondering why the system even allowed you to remove that file? Usually critical files are protected by the system and would require using root privileges in order to delete them. Anyway, try the erase and install to see if that corrects the problem and allows you to boot normally.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1814583, member: 46727"] Looks like I missed that. However, that should have restored the system. Okay, get back into Recovery and completely erase the drive. Then you will need to do an internet install of macOS. That will install the original version of macOS that the machine came with. Apparently, just reinstalling over the top of macOS does not restore those files which were deleted. Going back over your original post, I'm wondering why the system even allowed you to remove that file? Usually critical files are protected by the system and would require using root privileges in order to delete them. Anyway, try the erase and install to see if that corrects the problem and allows you to boot normally. [/QUOTE]
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Deleted the 'login' file, now my Macbook won't get past the loading bar
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