On my brand new Mac Mini - I tried to enable the NTFS FOR MAC extension, which requires a re-start. But it didn't start. Got as far as the very end of the white line, but would not get to the start page! So I tried SAFE MODE, assuming that works the same as in earlier OS systems (el capitan - holding the shift key down at startup) and to my disappointment, that did NOT work either. Gets to the end of the white line and then just hangs indefinitely. So what to do next? I assume that there's a RECOVERY MODE on Mojave?
The supported file systems with the utility in question are those from Windows NT 3.1 to Windows 8.1 (NTFS versions 1.2, 3.0 and 3.1). Paragon NTFS for higher versions of OS X (from 10.7.x and later) is sold at about $ 20.
I will try that next. That will take me to DISK UTIL, but once I am in DISK UTIL, what can I do?
How can I tell it to disable the NTFS FOR MAC extension? I guess NTFS FOR MAC is NOT backward compatible, meaning that you can not use the current Mac OS with an older version of the extension. Or else why even bother to come up with an update to the extension? Anyhow, my system is still hanging on startup, and also on Safe mode start up. Still have to try recovery mode.
Will run DISK UTIL, although not sure if that will do any good. More likely will have to reinstall the whole OS!
A new baby will always have growing pains. Now if I can NOT start up in recovery mode then I am in trouble - will be officially out of ideas - does anyone know if APPLE CARE is open on Sunday?
Post Merged, Dec 16, 2018 at 9:44 AM -Rats! Ten minutes later, I am NOT able to start, even in recovery mode.
Again it hangs up as soon as the white line reaches the end. Nothing is happening after 10 minutes. Another possibility: I still have a back-up of my previous machine, saved on an external drive. Is there a way to boot directly into the external drive. (the external drive has a back-up of a user and a system in El Capitan 10.11.6.
Will the Mini be able to boot using that OS?) - Still another update - the system does NOT seem to want to restart using any of these options basic 'normal' startup safe mode (shift key) command + R key or option key nothing seems to be working. Better call Apple. Hope that they'll help me with this. Was on phone with Apple Care for about an hour, trying every possible way to startup, nothing worked, no combination of keys would get the Mini to actually startup (it always hangs after the white bar is finished loading.) 1. Worth trying!
I actually do have a MacBook air running Mojave (my older desktop is a 2008 MacBook air running El Capitan 10.11.6) so I will use the MacBook to try and install Mojave on an external USB3 drive. (not sure what T2 settings are in this case.) although the problem is that I can't start no matter what so far. Ah thanks again! Very good to know. So to use an external drive as startup with the Mini, it would have to have a Mojave system installed. Thanks for clarifying on both counts.
PS: one last (hopefully) word: I have the old NTFS FOR MAC installed on my MacBook Air, running Mojave. It does doesn't work. Instead, I get an error message saying it doesn't work and that I should pay and / or update (I actually did pay for it, it's not unlicensed, but that's another story). Anyhow, I figured that would be the worst that would happen with the Mini, also running Mojave, that I would just get the same error message. Little did I suspect it would completely crash the system, and prevent the Mac from starting up to begin with. (the NTFS FOR MAC extension HAS to be the culprit - it's the only change I made before I restarted, or attempted to restart). Thanks again!
Also, you can re-install macOS Mojave on your internal drive from scratch, for that you don't need external drive - only 16gb USB stick (preferably USB 3.1 or 3.0): How to Make a Bootable MacOS Mojave Installer Drive UPDATE: When your Mac Mini 2018 is fully restored, it would be wise not to install any high risk software on internal drive - instead for testing and using such software you can install Mojave on external drive and boot from it as required, or install Mojave or some previous macOS version in VM (under VirtualBox, or Parallels, or VMware Workstation). So far no good.
It won't start no matter what. I didn't try booting from a little flash drive, however. I did try starting from a full-sized USB3 external, and that didn't work. I do have a genius bar appointment this morning, so I'll probably stick to that. At least the Mini is considerably easier to transport than the 2008 Mac Pro, for which I needed a cab whenever it had to go anywhere (and was murder trying to move in my previous apartment, which didn't have an elevator.
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Had to carry it up and down the stairs in that huge box.) thanks! Last thought before I head down to Genius Town: I did have the Mini upgraded with third party RAM. I can't imagine that this has anything to do with the problem. I booted, rebooted, started, and re-started the mac successfully a bunch of times. The problem only began IMMEDIATELY after I tried to enable the NTFS FOR MAC extension. So I'm certain that has to be the problem.
I hope that the Apple Genius people don't give me a problem about the RAM install. We shall see!
Thanks yet again. OP wrote: 'last thought before I head down to Genius Town: I did have the Mini upgraded with third party RAM. I can't imagine that this has anything to do with the problem.' You'd better start 'imagining' it. I could be wrong, but I don't think the Apple genius bar guys are going to touch it with 3rd party RAM inside. They're going to say something like, 'we're not permitted to do anything with this unless it has Apple-installed RAM in it'.
Looks like you might have to open it up (again), and re-install the FACTORY ORIGINAL RAM. ONE LAST THING before you take it anywhere: Can you boot to INTERNET recovery? (NOT to 'the recovery partition') 1. Press power on button 2. Hold down command-option-R and keep holding it down until the internet symbol appears 3. You may need to enter a wifi password (if it's connected via wifi). If it won't even 'get this far' - sounds like a hardware problem inside.
And YES - I think it's the RAM. And if you do get it running again, I'd advise you to trash that NTFS extension, and not try using NTFS with it again. Hey, you guys are right on many levels.
Cutting to the good news first, Apple was able to get it restarted. And yes, as Fishrrman suggested, they did it by booting to network recovery. They then reinstalled the entire OS. They were somewhat hesitant about doing a victory dance, however.
The Genius who fixed it kept saying, 'this is what you do if it happens again.' He almost made it sound like a 'when' rather than an 'if.' Do not fully understand what went wrong. That out-dated NTFS FOR MAC extension is a likely culprit, but complicating the matter is some kind of new Mac OS security protocol. I do not fully understand how it worked or what it does, but it was preventing the unit from booting from an external hard drive.
(However, I heard from lots of guys who are running the current NTFS on the current Mac. But of course will think twice before I run that!) 4.
My conclusion - will NOT re-migrate from the previous system (Mac Pro 2008 running El Capitan) - instead, for the time being I'll just install the programs that I need one at a time as I need them. To that end, it would help if I could create a simple home network.
I may start a new thread for this, but if I'm running two Mac Desktops, a Mojave Mini and an El Capitan Pro, is it possible to connect them, just to move files back and forth between various drives? Thanks to Fishrrman: next time I will also try the internet recovery idea that you suggested. I'm not sure how the Genius did it, it was more complicated that restarting with specific keys held down. That's my report for today! W PS: no one made a big deal (thank The Lord) about the extra RAM.
However, I had the feeling that if the problem were to escalate, and the machine would have been exchanged, yes, the RAM would have been a major issue! So far it's not yet a problem. Fingers crossed.
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