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Hi everyone,
I’m dealing with a serious issue on my 2019 MacBook Pro 16" (Intel, Touch Bar, latest macOS).
Symptoms:
- After login: Dock appears
- No menu bar
- No desktop (no files, no right-click)
- Finder does not properly start
- Finder Restart does not do anything
- No apps launch (Terminal won’t open either)
- Same behavior in Safe Mode
- NVRAM reset did nothing
- SMC reset did nothing
- Deleting Dock / Finder plist files did nothing
Additional details:
- SSD is 1TB, about 85% full (so not completely full)
- Tried forcing new user setup via deleting `.AppleSetupDone`, but system still boots directly into my existing user account
- Disk Utility → “First Aid” fails on “Macintosh HD”
- Problem appeared suddenly (no known crash during update, no intentional system changes)
Important:
Safe Mode does NOT fix it. No menu bar even there.
At this point I suspect:
- APFS container corruption
- System volume corruption
- WindowServer unable to start due to filesystem issue
Before I consider erasing the disk, I’d like to understand:
- Is there a way to repair APFS beyond First Aid?
- Could reinstalling macOS over it fix this if First Aid fails?
- Is this likely SSD hardware failure on a 2019 Intel MBP?
No recent third-party system modifications that I can recall.
Any guidance would be really appreciated.
I’m dealing with a serious issue on my 2019 MacBook Pro 16" (Intel, Touch Bar, latest macOS).
Symptoms:
- After login: Dock appears
- No menu bar
- No desktop (no files, no right-click)
- Finder does not properly start
- Finder Restart does not do anything
- No apps launch (Terminal won’t open either)
- Same behavior in Safe Mode
- NVRAM reset did nothing
- SMC reset did nothing
- Deleting Dock / Finder plist files did nothing
Additional details:
- SSD is 1TB, about 85% full (so not completely full)
- Tried forcing new user setup via deleting `.AppleSetupDone`, but system still boots directly into my existing user account
- Disk Utility → “First Aid” fails on “Macintosh HD”
- Problem appeared suddenly (no known crash during update, no intentional system changes)
Important:
Safe Mode does NOT fix it. No menu bar even there.
At this point I suspect:
- APFS container corruption
- System volume corruption
- WindowServer unable to start due to filesystem issue
Before I consider erasing the disk, I’d like to understand:
- Is there a way to repair APFS beyond First Aid?
- Could reinstalling macOS over it fix this if First Aid fails?
- Is this likely SSD hardware failure on a 2019 Intel MBP?
No recent third-party system modifications that I can recall.
Any guidance would be really appreciated.
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