How to Fix Update to Big Sur 11.6.1 stuck on Apple logo
This mini-guide provides a structural approach to troubleshoot and fix the issue.
Prerequisites
- Confirm your hardware specifications (CPU, GPU, Motherboard).
- Ensure you have a bootable recovery USB and backup your EFI.
Fix Steps
- Boot with
-v keepsyms=1 debug=0x100to identify the exact kernel panic. - Validate your config.plist using ocvalidate.
- Ensure your EFI matches the Dortania guide specifications for your CPU generation.
Verification
- Reboot and verify if the functionality is restored and stable under typical usage.
Original Question:
The device had been running on Big Sur 11.0.1 for more than one year before updating to 11.6.1. Since the old config.plist file didn't work on the new Big Sur version, I did some changes on the plist file.
The new config.plist file can install or run a new Big Sur 11.6.1 on disk, and it even can import data from time machine.
When I tried to update the OS from 11.0.1 to 11.6.1 directly on the disk, it went well and restarted for two times, but it stuck on the last restarting. The booting...
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The new config.plist file can install or run a new Big Sur 11.6.1 on disk, and it even can import data from time machine.
When I tried to update the OS from 11.0.1 to 11.6.1 directly on the disk, it went well and restarted for two times, but it stuck on the last restarting. The booting...
Read more
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