updating anomalies

[nickyr]

we have 4 Macs in our house all of which are kept up to date - a 27" iMac, a 1st gen MBA, a 2nd gen MBA and a 16" MBP.

I've noticed with the last couple of OS updates that while the iMac and the 2 MBAs just restart seamlessly, the 16" MBP asks me to go through an iCloud sign in and then runs through the animation of installing the OS update.

any ideas why this should happen on just this one machine?

it's not causing ay issues, was just wondering why this seems to happen???

 

[pigoo3]

* Are all 4 computers running the exact same macOS version?
* When the macOS was installed on all 4 computers...were they setup EXACTLY the same?
* Have the users of any of the computers "customized" them in some way (preference settings, installed apps, etc.)?

If everything isn't exactly 100% the same...then the differences can cause differences in behavior.

Nick

 

[MacInWin]

I've noticed with the last couple of OS updates that while the iMac and the 2 MBAs just restart seamlessly, the 16" MBP asks me to go through an iCloud sign in and then runs through the animation of installing the OS update.

Not sure I understand what you are saying. On the three machines, the updates happen automatically and the system just reboots by itself, but on the 16" you have to log into iCloud (or is that Apple ID)? And then it goes through some "animation?" By "animation" do you mean the apple logo and progress bar, or something else?

 

[nickyr]

thanks both

Nick - they are set up identically with no user modifications. and are all running the exact same OS version

Jake - not the black screen and Apple logo progress, but you know when you first set up your Mac or install a brand new OS, and it goes through the procedure with three grey bars for each step (like iCloud, sending info to Apple, Keychain, etc).

It feels like my 16" MBP is treating every upgrade like a new install. Very weird!

 

[ferrarr]

Have you restarted in safe mode?

 

[MacInWin]

If you mean a basically black screen with an Apple logo and a grey progress bar, yes, there are several of them in the update process. That is normal.

 

[nickyr]

Bob - no, it's no big thing or worry, I was just wondering if anyone else experienced anything similar

Jake - no not the black screen, they all get that while updating. I mean the screens you go through after buying a new Mac or installing a brand new OS (iCloud, Keychain, etc) and you get a "setting up your Mac" message.

It doesn't matter - it doesn't spoil my enjoyment I was just curious as to why it does it that's all

 

[ferrarr]

Resetting the NVRAM or SMC (or both) may alleviate this issue, if or when the issue gets worse.

Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

If one or more settings stored in NVRAM don't work as expected on an Intel-based Mac, resetting NVRAM might help.

support.apple.com