Security Update 2018-001 for macOS Sierra 10.12.6 and OS X El Capitan 10.11.6

[brucehvn]

I'm having a bad time with this security update. Been happily running 10.12.6 for quite some time. The machine is a GB H270-WIFI with a KabyLake 7400, Intel 630. The security update installed and then the machine started KP and boot looping. After dual booting to linux, I installed the latest (1.2.2) lilu.kext to C/E/O. Machine still wouldn't boot and I suspected I probably had lilu in L/E. I booted from my original install USB stick and removed the lilu.kext from L/E. Machine then booted to about 80% (which is usually where I would see a little flicker and the graphics driver would kick in) and went to a black screen. I could access it via remote desktop and I installed the latest AppleALC and IntelGraphicsFixup kexts to L/E. I also installed the latest FakeSMC to C/E/O. Since then, I've never been able to boot it fully again, whether in safe mode or whatever. It always seems to be related to the graphics. A normal try at booting will see it hang at that 80% mark. Doing a verbose boot shows the "IOConsoleUsers: gIOScreenLockState 3" as the last thing on the screen.

I've tried to revert back to the state where I at least could remote desktop back into it, but haven't been able to get it to there again. I've tried all kinds of combinations of things in Clover, but to no avail. I'm not sure what to do at this point. I wish I could at least boot it into safe mode so I could experiment more. Right now I can get into single user mode and do some stuff, but nothing that seems to help. Seems like the steps I have taken should have cleared this up based on what I've read in this thread. Any ideas?

 

[woukie]

hi,

After i installed the update i installed the new 378.05.05.25f06 nvidia webdriver.

And now my two monitors shows black screen.

1. Monitor - HDMI
2. Monitor - DVI

The only way to normal boot in the system is to disconnect the dvi monitor.

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Could anyone help?

I got a new Zotac GTX 750TI now 2. Monitors connected via DVI everything works fine.

 

[MrMpeg]

After all the problems i read about the security update. Might it be wiser to go from sierra 10.12.5 directly to high sierra?
thx

 

[walaw]

After all the problems i read about the security update. Might it be wiser to go from sierra 10.12.5 directly to high sierra?
thx

Hmmm... but would that be easier then? I would just like to go the upgrade path - because I have a fully installed workstation-system.

It seems that really nobody in this thread had a seamless install/upgrade without issues - everybody had to updates certain kexts or broke their systems complete and so on - and nobody could really say like "THIS is the provided general update-solution" i this particular case.

Leaves a lot of us behind with vulnerable systems & very unsure which way to go from here.... !?

 

[MrMpeg]

Hmmm... but would that be easier then? I would just like to go the upgrade path - because I have a fully installed workstation-system.

It seems that really nobody in this thread had a seamless install/upgrade without issues - everybody had to updates certain kexts or broke their systems complete and so on - and nobody could really say like "THIS is the provided general update-solution" i this particular case.

Leaves a lot of us behind with vulnerable systems & very unsure which way to go from here.... !?

I thought i might be easier since there is a guide to update to high sierra like a normal mac with minor things to do like installing clover and coping some kexts. The comments and reports of success sounded much more promising than those in the security update thread.

 

[allansoul]

My setup is HD530. Able to fix KP using another mac. (Screen shared)

Pre: download the new "lilu.kext" and the new "IntelGraphicsFixup.kext"

My steps:
- Boot in safe mode with boot flags as instructed "-liluoff" (It will freeze on the loading logo screen with about 70% completed) but you can screen share. That's if you enabled your screen/file sharing on the hackintosh.
- access hackintosh through screen share and copy the downloaded files (kexts mentioned above) on the desktop.
- Install with kextbeast in /Library/Extensions
- Reboot

Worked for me.

Thanks to all who contributed to this thread!

 

[budz]

Hmmm... but would that be easier then? I would just like to go the upgrade path - because I have a fully installed workstation-system.

It seems that really nobody in this thread had a seamless install/upgrade without issues - everybody had to updates certain kexts or broke their systems complete and so on - and nobody could really say like "THIS is the provided general update-solution" i this particular case.

Leaves a lot of us behind with vulnerable systems & very unsure which way to go from here.... !?

I would offer a few bits of advice:

- there is no definitive solution because the hardware and drivers people use are different. The security update is knocking out drivers, you need a way of booting without loading the drivers (for example I used nv_disable=1 but others used -liluoff) so you can install the newest versions of the drivers
- there's no real difference to doing updates like 10.x.x point releases/security updates and moving to the next version like High Sierra - you can always install any new version to the same disk and it will update on top of what was already there (unless you format the disk). My current 10.11 system has been updated from 10.8 -> 10.8.5 -> 10.10 -> 10.10.5 -> 10.11.3 -> 10.11.6 - the only 'clean' install was the original 10.8. Of course any particular update might bring its own weird problems which all depends on what Apple decides it wants to change/deprecate at any given time
- if your working system is precious figure out a backup system and keep a spare ssd/hd to test updates on. I use Carbon Copy Cloner and multiple SSDs. This takes out the fear of updates and you actually start to learn some stuff. IMHO it's better to know a little bit about how your system works and how to reliably fix problems instead of 'flying blind'.

 

[fx600]

Just FWIW, upgraded a series 5 (bios) system without any major hitches. I do not use lilu and the other kexts, clover still v4334. First restart to VESA mode, just installed newer NVIDIA driver as prompted, second restart black screen, third restart fully working as usual...

 

[stkmks]

Just in case this helps anyone, on my little ol 2500k with gtx1060, the update worked perfectly, no kernel panics.

Ran the update from the app store, rebooted, no updates to any of the hackintosh files, display wasn't using the nvidia web driver, updated driver, and im back writing this post. Motherboard sound, ethernet, usb working just as i left it.

Phew. This thread had me worried.

Feels faster even, but i take that as one of the post install tweaks i was applying actually wasn't that good after all.

 

[aztlan78]

Finally did the Security Update on Sierra 12.6. I was worried because of all the posts Ive seen about the build going crazy. I didn't have all those kexts that need to be updated before the attempt so I just did it. Updated with no issues.