Startup Mac Mini

Question on behalf of a friend.
I need help on the mac mini. The dam thing went when I logged on from sleep. It was as dead as a doornail. I disconnected power, and the it just showed the apple, and it polled, it did nothing else. I started to re-install after many attempts and it did nothing, long story, but this morning, something else happened and now it wants me to log in, and I have tried all pass words and NOTHING

No problem.
To avoid getting into a game of "pass it on", hopefully your friend will clearly explain the "long story". :-;
The details matter.
It would be good to know if the light on the front of the Mini was on in any fashion when he couldn't wake it.
BTW with my Intel mini, I often use the menu button on the apple remote to wake it, when it doesn't respond otherwise. One press.

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com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[116]
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagent[142]
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com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[116]
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagent[142]
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin[113]
2012-10-03 09:43:31.064 - Debug
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin[113]
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin[113]
2012-10-03 09:43:31.187 - Debug
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin[113]
2012-10-03 09:43:31.187 - Debug
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin[113]
2012-10-03 09:43:31.188 - Debug
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin[113]
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin[113]
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin[113]
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2012-10-03 09:43:31.570 - Debug
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin[113]
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin[113]
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2012-10-03 09:43:33.111 - Debug
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagent[142]
2012-10-03 09:43:33.111 - Info
- LMIGUIAgent - Main - checking window server session
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagent[142]
2012-10-03 09:43:33.112 - Info
- LMIGUIAgent - Main - connecting to session manager
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagent[142]
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagent[142]
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagent[142]
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagent[142]
2012-10-03 09:43:34.144 - Debug
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagent[142]
2012-10-03 09:43:34.148 - Debug
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagent[142]
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com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[119]
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[0x0-0x14014].com.stuffit.MagicMenu[162]
2012-10-03 09:43:47.134 MagicMenuHotKeyDaemon[190:60b] Started

There seems to be a login item "com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin" (which I can't identify) that is giving you a problem at login?
Go to: Apple > System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items and see what programs that you have set to open at login.
Example:
First try removing one or two that seem suspect from the list and see if that helps. Then if that doesn't help, remove them all.
Also keep in mind that some may reappear on there own at the next startup, if they do please let us know what they are.

Mac mini slow startup since installing yosemite

I have a late 2012 mac mini and before installing Yosemite it would take just a few seconds to start up when I turned it on. Now since installing Yosemite it is a lot slower to start up, and i get a "progress bar" when I turn it on, which I never had when running Mavericks. Any ideas how to fix this?
Here are the results of a Etrecheck:
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated November 2, 2014 at 8:11:57 PM MST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
Mac mini (Late 2012) (Verified)
Mac mini - model: Macmini6,2
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000 -
SAMSUNG spdisplays_1080p
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 6:50:57
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE SSD SM128E disk0 : (121.33 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Boot OS X (disk0s3) <not mounted> : 134 MB
Macintosh HD (disk2) / [Startup]: 1.12 TB (895.29 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 120.99 GB Online
Core Storage: disk1s2 999.35 GB Online
APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 disk1 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk2) / [Startup]: 1.12 TB (895.29 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 120.99 GB Online
Core Storage: disk1s2 999.35 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
Western Digital My Book 1234 3 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
My Book for Mac (disk3s2) /Volumes/My Book for Mac : 3.00 TB (1.32 TB free)
Apple, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Volumes/My Book for Mac/Extras/WD +TURBO Installer.app
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.11 - SDK 10.4) Support
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394_64HP (1.0.1 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USB-64HP (1.0.3) Support
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.14) Support
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.hp.devicemonitor.plist Support
[loaded] com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist Support
[invalid?] com.genieo.completer.download.plist Support
[invalid?] com.genieo.completer.update.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Public VolumeHidden (/Volumes/Public)
WDSecurityHelper Application (/Applications/WD Security.app/Contents/WDSecurityHelper.app)
My Book for Mac VolumeHidden (/Volumes/My Book for Mac)
WDDriveUtilityHelper Application (/Applications/WD Drive Utilities.app/Contents/WDDriveUtilityHelper.app)
iTunes Application (/Applications/iTunes.app)
WDQuickView Application (/Library/Application Support/WDSmartware/WDQuickView.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 15.0.0.189
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Akamai NetSession Preferences Support
Flash Player Support
WDQuickView Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 1.12 TB Disk used: 219.91 GB
Destinations:
My Book for Mac [Local]
Total size: 3.00 TB
Total number of backups: 76
Oldest backup: 2013-11-17 18:59:56 +0000
Last backup: 2014-11-03 02:17:18 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 3.00 TB > (Disk used 219.91 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      7% HP Device Monitor
      6% WindowServer
      1% fontd
      0% launchd
      0% WDQuickView
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
1.60 GB iPhoto
893 MB com.apple.MediaLibraryService
868 MB iTunes
241 MB mds_stores
146 MB softwareupdated
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
233 MB Free RAM
3.75 GB Active RAM
3.54 GB Inactive RAM
1.06 GB Wired RAM
3.42 GB Page-ins
2 MB Page-outs

Remov Genieo since it is malware
http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-genieo/
If yo do not need Akamai then remove it
http://superuser.com/questions/77591/how-do-i-get-rid-of-adobe-download-akamai-s oftware-on-a-mac

Mac Mini won't boot, distorted startup chime, gray screen

Hi all --
I've seen similar posts (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12170891&#12170891) but thought I'd start a new one, mainly because I haven't heard anyone mention the startup chime.
I woke up my 2007 stock Mac Mini Friday morning and the cursor was frozen. Unplugged and replugged the mouse to no avail. Couldn't force quit, so I had to power down. Restarted with a badly distored startup chime (not "speaker breakup" from excessive volume, just distortion, and some "stuttering") and a gray screen that didn't go away. Restarted many, many times. Inserted Snow Leopard DVD to run Disc Utility but it wasn't recognized -- just a gray screen. Tried resetting the PMU and SMC with no results. Tried booting into single-user mode (with a wired USB keyboard) to eject the DVD, but no luck. Tried open firmware, but nothing. Once in an while I would get the Apple icon and a spinning progress bar that never went away.
Took it to the Genius Bar, where they tried to boot from a Firewire drive, with no success. The best they could do was tell me my 17-month old Mac was out of warranty. That confirmed, I took it home, cracked it open and removed the Snow Leopard DVD (with a credit card) to insert the install disc it shipped with. That didn't work. A couple of times it looked like it would, but then after the spinning bar I got the multilingual system bomb message. Tried to run Hardware Test, but nothing. Put in original Disc 2... and that gave me a flashing folder! Progress! Forced the DVD out and slipped in Disc 1. That started to read, and then I got some kernel-panic looking text and a shutdown. My last attempt was to create a USB boot drive from the original install discs, but my old Sawtooth won't let me run the installer.
Is there any hope at this point? I just bought the thing last May, so I've had it less than a year and a half. The distorted startup chime makes me think the logic board is fried and no amount of fooling with the startup drive will make a difference. The only thing out of the ordinary in this case was that it went to sleep last Thursday night with a DV camera hooked up via Firewire.
I'm not thrilled about giving Apple any more money for another Mini, but I'm heavily invested in Logic Studio so I don't have much of a choice of platform.
I'm pretty sure I'm doomed, but I thought I'd post anyway. A quick internet search shows I'm not the only one with the gray screen of death on a fairly new Mini. Thanks in advance for any pointers.

Thanks.
The Genius was able to get to the Apple logo and spinning... thing (what used to be the beachball). His theory was that as long as the Snow Leopard disc was in there, the boot process would never get to the Firewire port. Once I got home I literally pried the Snow Leopard disc out and put in the original install disc. But any progress whatsoever ends in the system bomb message.
Thing is, I had tried to eject the disc by booting with the mouse button down. But on restarting, the laser in the optical mouse flashes quickly, once. I don't think the USB ports are going "live" at all... so I can't get into single user mode, safe mode, hardware test, anything. The Genius' keyboard was no help in that regard. So yeah, I suspect a hardware problem.
A search of "gray screen of death" shows this happening to a lot of models.

Mac Mini won't boot, repeating startup chime

This afternoon I noticed that my Mac Mini (1.5 GHz Intel Core Solo) was acting sluggish. I opened up activity monitor and saw that the process 0 (kernel_task ?) was using about 50% of the CPU. Assuming that it was in the middle of something, I left it alone for another 10 minutes. Still 50% red in the CPU Usage graph in Activity Monitor. I then turned the computer off. When I turn it back on, I get a gray screen, one normal startup chime, followed by somewhat quieter startup chimes about 1 -2 seconds apart. I've tried resetting the PMU, starting up with no USB connections, safe mode, by CD, etc. I don't think the keyboard is even recognized. I know that works, because I tested it on my laptop.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!

OK, well it would not make any difference that the install disk was already inserted - as long as the Option key was being held down at the right moment, the system would go into the boot loader screen even if there were no bootable volumes.
Make sure the Option key is down immediately you hear the first chime. If you've been doing that, it would be an indication of a more serious fault.
Try an SMC reset to make sure the system hasn't just corrupted the management controller, then try again.
An SMC reset can be accomplished as follows:
-From the Apple menu, choose Shut Down (or if the computer is not responding, hold the power button until it turns off).
-Unplug all cables from the computer, including the power cord and any display cables.
-Wait at least 15 seconds.
-Plug the power cord back in, making sure the power button is not being pressed at the time.
-Then reconnect your keyboard and mouse to the computer.
-Press the power button on the back to start up your computer.
If that doesn't work, there's a hardware fault. In which case the nature and pattern of sounds you hear after the initial chime may be the clue, since these may be the system giving an audible report from the power-on self test. Are these regularly repeating beeps? rather than chimes? If so, you should hear a pattern of 1, 2 3 or 4 of them followed by a second pause, then repeating.

Mac mini won't boot, shows no video, no startup chime, startup light is on

Hello everybody,
I have a strange boot up problem with my Intel Mac mini. I think, the problem appeared after the 10.4.7 update and I believe I installed the first installer, which has some missing graphics drivers.
Anyway, the problem is that when I want to start the mini, the light at the front goes on and that's it. No startup sound, no video, just a little sound from the fan (very calm). I already resettet the NVRam, used a different monitor, resetted the PMU and the SMC. Between all these resets, sometimes the mini changes its behaviour. It then turns on the fan on full speed, the light stays off and still no video and sound.
Has anybody any tip for me? Every tip is greatly appreciated.
Mac mini Core Solo Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Ahem...Don't know how to say that but to make it fast I had the very same problem with my core duo after 3 weeks of use, and in my case it had nothing to do with 10.4.7 update (not published at the time). It ended up taking back the mini to the Apple Center for service : motherboard had to be changed.
The mini has been fine since, very happy with 10.4.7 update !

How to change startup disk for a 2012 Mac mini with dual HDD and clean installed with Windows 8.1?

Hi,
I have a Mac-mini (late 2012 model), originally with Mac OS X Maverick Server installed (with two HDD). Recently, I had clean installed Windows 8.1 on one of the HDD (worked perfectly, just slow) and swapped the other HDD (with Mac OSX) with a SSD. I then cloned the Windows OS HDD in to the new SSD. Now I am trying to boot this Mac mini from this SSD, however, since this Mac mini do not have BIOS for me to change the boot sequence at the startup, is there any one can help?
Thank you,
Liusc

If you boot with the Option key depressed what boot options are shown?
Also:
Restart your computer
After Windows is installed, you can switch between OS X and Windows. Use the Startup Disk preference pane in OS X, or the Boot Camp system tray item in Windows to select your startup disk, then restart your computer
How to install Windows using Boot Camp - Apple Support

Mac Mini doesn't startup after failure firmware update..

Hello.
I have a mac mini.
Downloaded firmware update and Mac OS X update through MAC OS X Software Update.
After that my Mini Mac ask me to restart.
And now my display shows "No signal" message and no startup sound. Indicator lights up, can hear Hard Drive sound and DVD disk sound, optical mouse lights up... and nothing else.
I tried to reset PMU... nothing again (

Hey Guys today i updated my macmini from 10.5 to 10.5.2 i downloaded the file 343MB on http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1052comboupdate.html since i have a slow connection i took me 5 hours to download the file after installed and and saw the success intallation with a green checkmark then restart and it presented me a blank white screen as i was reading the discussion i read that just leave it as the OS is doing it's thing but there is no indication whatsoever just a blank screen. then i saw my SD card reader blinking i remove it thinking that its the cost why there is now indicator that the HD is still reading so ive waited for 30mins without touching a thing and finally i heard the CHIME OF RELIEF the apple logo flashes and I have installed my OS 10.5.2 successfully

Mac Mini with Lion 10.7.3 won't startup

Hi All,
I have a Mac Mini, which serves as my media-center.
Few days ago I choose to upgrade iTunes on my Mac Mini and after the reboot the systems stays one the white screen with apple logo and the nevery-edning progress circle, forever.....
I tried booting with ALT key down, repairing the permissions but nothing helps...
Please can someone advice?

The following support article is somewhat outdated. Where it refers to booting from an installation disc, you should boot from your recovery partition (if running 10.7 or later) by holding down the key combination command-R at the chime. If your startup volume is encrypted with FileVault, you’ll have to unlock it in Disk Utility before you can do anything with it.
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup

MAC Mini Server Startup Problems

Help!
MAC newbee. Just bought a new MAC Mini Server, got monitor connections in place; have wireless keyboard and trackpad; at startup I get the white screen with apple background then followed by a screen with a graphic with some rounded-corners rectangle; it just sits there with the rotating gear, rotating forever.
SUpports says I need a wired, USB, keyboard to get it started. Makes no sense to me. Help anyone? I am about to return the product--with disgust.

Below is my the answer to a previous helper. Yes, you need to start with USB before setting your devices to work with bluetooth. Thank you jut the same. Best, Larry
----------------my response-----------
Thanks. You are right. I bought a cheap USB keyboard and mouse and have been doing fine ever since. All's well and working.
There is a rather subdued mention of the need for an initial USB connection in the documentation, however, you'd think that sales--that department is a bit on the weak side--would have said something to me while putting my order together for bluetooth devices only.
Oh well....have been doing fine ever since...all set up. Again, sincere thanks.

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