# Startup time out on Homey SHS Mac

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/startup-time-out-on-homey-shs-mac/160284>\
**Category:** Homey Self-Hosted Server\
**Created:** [October 2, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/startup-time-out-on-homey-shs-mac/160284 "2026-10-02T17:36:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![kMikaZu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kmikazu/32/169966_2.png) [@kMikaZu](https://community.homey.app/u/kMikaZu)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/startup-time-out-on-homey-shs-mac/160284/1 "2026-10-02T17:36:49Z")

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Did anyone have this error on a Mac while starting up the SHS?

`Startup time out: service did not become healthy.`

I rebooted, removed Mac caches, even removed a suspicious app that crashes (the Arlo Community app crashes on booting, so I suspected that one was the culprit). Any idea?

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**Author:** ![kMikaZu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kmikazu/32/169966_2.png) [@kMikaZu](https://community.homey.app/u/kMikaZu)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/startup-time-out-on-homey-shs-mac/160284/2 "2026-10-05T16:23:55Z")

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Nobody? Even not Athom Support?