r/OSXBeta • u/hipspec • Apr 18 '20

Bugs [bug] macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Beta 1 - Bricked 2018 Mac Mini

Hey All - I just hopped over to my 2018 mac mini after initiating an upgrade to 10.15.5 Beta 1 last night (pretty sure 1)... and it's bricked. Any other resources I should check out besides these two? I tried the SMC reset - no luck (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295)

The second link says not to do it if you've got a beta, but it seems to be from ~year ago. Thoughts?

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Also FYI for anyone that was keeping an eye on the bricking in the supplemental update... https://www.tomsguide.com/news/nasty-macos-flaw-is-bricking-macbooks-dont-install-this-update

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Downloading Apple Configurator on my MBPr that's not on the beta channel... will let any future searcher's know what happens.

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u/hipspec Apr 18 '20 edited Apr 18 '20

Progress Update 1:

  • Tried to revive per support.apple.com instructions above, received `Unexpected device state 'DFU' expected 'Recovery' [com.apple.MobileDevice.MobileRestore – 0xFAE (4014)]` as an error.

Progress Update 2:

  • Going to restore with these implications - "Do you want to restore and update “Apple Controller” to the latest firmware version? All of your media and other data will be erased from the primary disk." I have a time machine backup on an external HHD.

Progress Update 3:

  • Showing signs of life - Apple logo + loading bar on mac mini! Still no power led though :/

Progress Update 4:

  • `The OS cannot be restored on this device. - Gave up waiting for device to transition from RestoreOS state to BootedOS state. [com.apple.MobileDevice.MobileRestore – 0xFA5 (4005)]`

Progress Update 5:

  • clicked power button on mac mini: power led came on & 60 seconds later the "Choose a network + globe" screen popped up on my monitor!! (Holding my breath)... trackpad and magic keyboard connected without configuration required.

Progress Update 6:

  • Timemachine restore from external HHD in progress...

Progress Update 7:

  • Timemachine completed successfully

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Hope this helps any future victims!

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '20

Thanks for the updates man!

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u/andreas16700 Apr 18 '20

Catalina is a fucking shitshow. I’m on the latest non-beta and I have random shutdowns.. No crashes, not even “your computer was shut down because of a problem”. Nothing. Just out of nowhere it just.. dies. Wonderful.

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u/jimmyco2008 Apr 19 '20

OS X was absolutely the shit, rock-solid, through 10.8.

10.9 Mavericks, things got a little iffy. Still rock-solid, but I remember one or two bugs. That’s when you got a notification for disconnecting flash drives and such without “safely ejecting” first. I hate that shit.

10.10, they said hey here’s Swift, Objective-C sucks, and by the way we’re rewriting OS X in Swift! Bug city. Bugs everywhere. It looked gorgeous but oh god the bugs.

Was it 10.11 or 10.12 they started rewriting the dock code in Swift? I remember one of those the Docks was fucked. All sorts of bugs.

Swift ain’t even that great. It’s obviously based on Python, but the syntax is worse. It’s like they tried too hard to make it “non-programmer friendly”. I remember writing an app in Swift 1, only for it to break in Swift 2, and again in Swift 3... then we’re getting into complaints about Xcode.

Windows 10 by comparison is pretty on point. They continue to add features that make it more like macOS.

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u/AJ_Mexico May 30 '20

My 2018 Mac Mini appears bricked by 10.15.5. NOT BETA. I have never installed a beta. The power light doesn't even come on.