Mac mini will not restore.

Attempted to restore Mac mini to factory settings. When booted up I get a picture of a folder with a question mark which I believe means there is no OS to boot from. When I restart it into recovery mode I can click to reinstall the OS however it will quit the entire operation at about 75-80% says cannot be completed.

Posted on Aug 30, 2021 08:17 AM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Aug 30, 2021 08:28 AM

Sounds like the Mac Mini's drive is not properly formatted or has failed.


In macOS Recovery Mode, go to Disk Utility and use the following steps to Erase and Format the Drive.

see > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208496


Then go back and try to Reinstall the macOS.

1 reply

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

Mac mini will not restore.

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.