My problem is this: I can boot up only via Verbose Mode (or Single-User Mode) (and that happens quickly, in a couple of minutes). (There is no data on the Mac mini that I need to preserve.) I appreciate that there are a lot of 'stuck on the Apple logo screen' posts on this site - but few of them explain what to do when (1) the hard drive is fine but (2) macOS Utilities never appears. I then double-checked that High Sierra is intended to work with my model Mac mini - and tried to upgrade a second time, via the App Store app.Īny suggestions, gratefully received.

The fuller story is: I tried to upgrade to High Sierra, had this same problem, but could boot into Recovery, checked the disk (no problems found), then restored Sierra from the internet. I can also reset the NVRAM as described here: That has no effect. (Trying to boot to Recovery using the key combinations with 'R' just lead straight to the 'Apple logo screen'.) The macOS Utilities options never appear (I've waited for periods of up to an hour).

In respect of the latter (Recovery): I can boot to Startup Manager (by holding down the Option/Alt key after the turning-on chime sounds) and, in Startup Manager, I can set the wifi network and select either one of two disk drive icons (one is marked 'recovery') but then both lead to the same 'Apple logo screen' and then nothing more. That includes: (1) trying to boot in 'Safe Mode' and (2) trying to boot to 'Recovery'. After trying to upgrade to High Sierra, via the 'Updates' part of the App Store app, it will now not get past the 'Apple logo screen' (with no progress bar) when it is turned off and on again (including after turning off all power to the computer). It had all updates to Sierra (according to the App Store app) and was working fine (although very slow at times).

The only peripherals are two screens and a USB keyboard.

I have a Mac mini (mid 2010, basic model, 'plain vanilla' software set up).

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