I just did a restore from time machine on my MacbookPro (2013 on el Capitan). It seems to boot up just fine and takes me to the login page. I am able to click on an account and enter a password. When it goes to log in, I get alerts about needing to reset my keychain password. After that, the computer hangs only showing the background image. I have tried both resetting my keychain and cancelling the prompt, and I always get the same result. The prompts may be completely unrelated as well.
Here are some other things I have tried:
- Log into a non-admin account.
- no keychain prompts, and it continues to hang
- Click on the guest account
- It does not do anything when I try this. It never even leaves the accounts screen.
- Enter an incorrect password
- It hangs on the password page with the box greyed out, and no functionality to any of the other buttons.
- Restore to a different backup
- same results, although I may try going further back in time
- Sign into single-user mode and follow the mounting steps as well as reset my password
- Reset the NVRAM as shown here: https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/207503/My+mac+is+stuck+on+the+white+startup+screen!
- Removed the .applesetupdone file to prompt machine setup at reboot
I would love some more ideas. I thought doing a restore would be fairly painless
Thanks in advance for any help and advice.
Trish
