12-13-2020, 07:02 PM
My 2011 Mini (running High Sierra) had been bugging me all week about wanting to do a software update. Last night i decided to restart the machine for other reasons, and to my frustration it seemed to be doing an update. I went and watched some TV. When I came back, it was showing a pure white screen. Unsure if it was still updating, I turned off the monitor and went to bed.
When I turned the monitor back on this morning, I was surprised to find it showing Disk First Aid. The month-old SSD that the machine should boot from didn't show in the list of disks.
I powered off, and have tried several times to restart holding down various keys: shift to go into safe mode, command-option-P-R to zap the PRAM, command-R. No results, and the white screen is up almost instantly when I press the power button and hear the chime. I power off by holding the power button 8-10 seconds, until the screen goes dark. Maybe I'm not fully powering down?
Suggestions?
When I turned the monitor back on this morning, I was surprised to find it showing Disk First Aid. The month-old SSD that the machine should boot from didn't show in the list of disks.
I powered off, and have tried several times to restart holding down various keys: shift to go into safe mode, command-option-P-R to zap the PRAM, command-R. No results, and the white screen is up almost instantly when I press the power button and hear the chime. I power off by holding the power button 8-10 seconds, until the screen goes dark. Maybe I'm not fully powering down?
Suggestions?