Fixing login hanging in macOS High Sierra

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Khoa Pham

Fixing login hanging in macOS High Sierra

Issue #86

Today I met a strange problem. After I enter my password, the progress bar runs to the end, and it is stuck there forever. No matter how many times I try to restart.

I finally need to go to Recovery mode by pressing Cmd+R at start up. I then select Get Help Online to open Safari. Strangely enough I wasn’t connected to Internet

After select the wifi icon on the status bar to connect internet, I then restart and can login again. It seems that macOS is checking for something before allowing user to login

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