Sep 28, 2018  That is solved. Hopefully you don’t have this issue. If you do, leave a comment, for it seemed like a rare, odd issue even for Apple! A critical software update is required for your Mac. Oct 20, 2019  In fact, I began encountering trouble even before Catalina, macOS version 10.15, was released October 7, 2019. Apple readied iOS 13 first, which I dutifully loaded upon release September 24.

I had macOS Catalina, and one day after restarting I was greeted with the screen saying “A critical software update is required for your mac” and I can’t use it without updating it (I cannot bypass the screen there is no option for exit/close)

When I click update it fails to install the critical update.

I am able to boot to safe mode successfully but touch bar, sound, camera and other stuff don’t work

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I have tried:

• Reseting SMC and NVRAM

• Erasing my disk and re-installing macOS Catalina (⌘ + R) and macOS Sierra(shift+option+⌘ + R) after installing shows the same screen and again fails.

•Connecting to internet via LAN, WiFI, personal hotspot (all of these work in safe mode but still fails to install in normal mode)

• Also tried to install macOS Mojave form usb, also shows me the same screen

Is there anything else I should try it seems like a software problem right?

Apple service center in my country wants $900+ to replace te entire bottom case of my mac. And I would rather but a new mac instead of paying 900

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MacBook Pro 15', macOS 10.15

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