Newbie to Mac OS - recently ported over from Windows since July '12, when I gotten Mac Mini.
Shut down Mini as usual before I went to bed one fine night.
Strangely, I noticed the power light is still on the next morning.
Turn on monitor and saw a strange box with 4 options. (Vaguely remember that it seems like boot options)
I click X to close it.
I could see the the title of this is Disc Utility.
It also presented me with 3 options now after clicking the X.
"Boot from Macintosh something..." or "cancel" or "Restart".
Being a newbie to Mac, I chose Restart, thinking it's a safe bet.
Now, the Mini refused to boot up.
It'll go to the initial screen with Apple logo.
The spinning wheel is visible.
Also, there's a loading bar below it.
The bar will move like 5% only before it shuts down!
I've tried Safe Boot (holding down command key), but nothing happen.
I may be doing it wrongly though.
Additional info: while performing shut down, keyboard is tuck away cramp in a bag. Could that changed something if some keys were pressed while shutting down?
Hope to continue my learning journey with Mac OS.
I guess best way of learning and trying things is when episodes like this happen and reading hours of info from the Internet.
Thanks.
Shut down Mini as usual before I went to bed one fine night.
Strangely, I noticed the power light is still on the next morning.
Turn on monitor and saw a strange box with 4 options. (Vaguely remember that it seems like boot options)
I click X to close it.
I could see the the title of this is Disc Utility.
It also presented me with 3 options now after clicking the X.
"Boot from Macintosh something..." or "cancel" or "Restart".
Being a newbie to Mac, I chose Restart, thinking it's a safe bet.
Now, the Mini refused to boot up.
It'll go to the initial screen with Apple logo.
The spinning wheel is visible.
Also, there's a loading bar below it.
The bar will move like 5% only before it shuts down!
I've tried Safe Boot (holding down command key), but nothing happen.
I may be doing it wrongly though.
Additional info: while performing shut down, keyboard is tuck away cramp in a bag. Could that changed something if some keys were pressed while shutting down?
Hope to continue my learning journey with Mac OS.
I guess best way of learning and trying things is when episodes like this happen and reading hours of info from the Internet.
Thanks.