"Failed to start" boot failure on MacBook

Hello @meter_filler :wink:

Does the adjustment of the backlight of your screen work? If so then the service can be masked, because it just tries to start a non-existing device.

Try this to check (not sure if this is the correct name):

systemctl status systemd-backlight@backlight:acpi_video0.service

Seems to be the same issue like here: [FAILED] failed to start pkgfile database update