Greeting folks, I just joined. I’m hoping someone has a solution as I’ve tried a lot. I have a 2018 Mac mini which I took in to Micro Center because it was not booting, just cycling from the Apple logo to a status bar of about 1/3 and then starts all over. It’s got 32GB of non-apple ram (Crucial). One stick went bad and Micro Center pulled that and said that it still might not boot, but they did identify the bad stick. I’ve tried (with the new configuration) control R got to the Internet when it searches the volumes. It comes back and says there are no profiles on th this volume to recover. It then shows backwards arrow and a forward arrow each saying restart. That just takes me back into the boot cycle, which never completes. Any ideas? I guess I need to try and make a bootable USB? Thanks in advance for any thoughts here.
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Intel Mini not booting-recovery cannot find profile on volume
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Did Micro Center run Apple Diagnostics and give the hardware clean bill of health? If not, run Apple Diagnostics if possible.
support.apple.com
Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support
Apple Diagnostics, formerly known as Apple Hardware Test, can check your Mac for hardware issues.
Do you have access to ANOTHER Mac?
If so, what version of the OS is running on it?
You'll need another Mac to create a bootable flashdrive.
What happens if you boot to INTERNET recovery?
This is NOT the same as ordinary "recovery".
Power down, all the way off.
Hold down "command+option+R" CONTINUOUSLY, and press and release the power on button.
KEEP HOLDING DOWN THOSE KEYS.
If you are connected via wifi, let go when asked for your wifi password.
If you are connected via ethernet, let go when you see the spinning globe.
The internet utilities take a while to load, be patient.
Can you get it booted to the internet utilities this way?
If so, what version of the OS is running on it?
You'll need another Mac to create a bootable flashdrive.
What happens if you boot to INTERNET recovery?
This is NOT the same as ordinary "recovery".
Power down, all the way off.
Hold down "command+option+R" CONTINUOUSLY, and press and release the power on button.
KEEP HOLDING DOWN THOSE KEYS.
If you are connected via wifi, let go when asked for your wifi password.
If you are connected via ethernet, let go when you see the spinning globe.
The internet utilities take a while to load, be patient.
Can you get it booted to the internet utilities this way?