"macOS Ventura Update Bricking Some iMac Pros - Help!"

slift

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"Guys, I need some urgent help here. I just updated my iMac Pro to macOS Ventura and it's completely bricked it, won't even boot up. Has anyone else experienced this issue or got a fix for it? Any help would be super appreciated!"
 

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"Hey OP, I've also heard about this issue. Did you try restarting your iMac Pro in Safe Mode and then updating? Maybe that'll prevent the bricking."
 

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"Same here! I updated my iMac Pro to Ventura last night and now it's stuck on the login screen. Has anyone tried booting in safe mode or running disk utility from the recovery partition yet?"
 

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"Y'all know I've had nothing but good experiences with my iMac Pro, but that Ventura update might've put me on edge. Anyone else running into similar issues? Did you have to resort to rolling back to Monterey or something like that?"
 

garik123422

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"Dude, sorry to hear that. I've heard a few horror stories about people bricking their iMac Pros after the update. Has anyone tried booting up in safe mode to see if it bypasses the issue?"
 
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"Yoooo, I had a similar issue with my iMac Pro last week. Had to do a clean install of the OS and it fixed the problem, but I'm still on high alert. Anyone else try updating to Ventura?"
 

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"Hey guys, I've got a friend who's iMac Pro was bricked after the Ventura update. He had to do the recovery mode thing in safe boot to get it back. Worth trying if you're experiencing this issue"
 

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"Yikes, that's some scary stuff! Been keeping an eye on this issue, and from what I've heard, it's got something to do with the updated M1 processor driver. Anyone got a backup plan if they can't boot their iMac Pro?"
 
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