Fault occurred during the update to 14.4.1. Please investigate.

[wy414012]

SecureBootModel-->Default must be switched to SecureBootModel-->Disabled during the upgrade from 14.4.0 to 14.4.1. If it remains in the default Default setting, the system will enter a loop of OTA release files. Please investigate. I'm not sure if this is an error in OC or another malfunction. Attached is the EFI address. Currently, it has been switched to the disabled state, and the system's fresh installation and upgrade are working well! EFI.

[mikebeaton]

Not replicating here. Just upgraded 14.4 to 14.4.1 with SecureBootModel-->Default. One normal, incremental OTA download, multiple restarts during install as normal, and at 14.4.1 with no problems.

[vandroiy2013]

@mikebeaton It fails if you use macmodel with T2

[najeebanwer]

I have the following configuration:
Dell XPS 13 9300 ([MacBookAir9,1)
CPU: Intel Core i7 1065G7 (Ice Lake)
RAM: 32GB
Graphics: Intel Iris Plus
Storage: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB

I agree with @wy414012; I have had the same problem upgrading to both macOS 14.4 and 14.4.1. The installation will fail unless the SecureBootModel is set to Disabled. The SecureBootModel can be set back to Default once the installation is complete.

[mikebeaton]

@wy414012 - What is your machine (model, CPU), please?

[wy414012]

@mikebeaton Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 (Broadwell-EP) + Huanan X99 motherboard, used on iMacPro1,1. As mentioned above, the problem only occurs during the installation process, and it can be switched back to the default after installation is completed.

[mikebeaton]

For the record, no problem with this upgrade on i9-9900T on Dell 3070 MFF, with SecureBootModel = Default.

EDIT: It was set one below a T2 model, so no surprise actually.

[ethaldeman]

I have the same problem and it started with the 14.4.0 update and continued with the 14.4.1 update. Normally I have SecureBootModel set to 'j185f' but during OTA updates it needs to be set to 'Disabled' or a boot-loop results.

SMBIOS: MacPro7,1
CPU: Intel I7-11700k
Mobo: ASUS ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (BIOS 2801)
GPU: PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate
Storage: WD Blue SA510 SATA

Also this seems to be a pretty widespread problem. The update threads for 14.4.0 and 14.4.1 on tonymacx86 have multiple reports of users experiencing this problem.

[al3xtjames]

I ran into the same thing during the 14.4 and 14.4.1 upgrades (i9-13900K/Z790-CREATOR/MacPro7,1/SecureBootModel=Default). Here's the log from patchd.

[mikebeaton]

Thx! I guess as per @vandroiy2013's comment, the issue is known.

[najeebanwer]

Just FYI, this is still a problem with OpenCore 1.0.0 and upgrading to macOS 14.5.