Stock 2012 mini with upgraded 8GB of ram.
I was going to ask this in the macOS section but I can't remember if it happened in previous versions of macOS. So here's what happens and it's "intermittent". I'll cold boot my mini and the progress bar will get to 3/4 of the way and stay stuck there for 15-20mins. If I wait till 30mins it will reach the end but won't get to the desktop.
I hold the power button down and restart the mini. Most of the time it will boot but appears slightly sluggish then after a few minutes things are back to normal. Last night I powered on the mini and it showed those symptoms and hasn't come back since.
I tried reformatting the spindle drive with APFS and it does the above 100% of the time after I shut it down and try and do a cold boot or restart.
I have added 8GB of ram in the last two years but i've never had any issues "especially" during normal operations.
I was going to ask this in the macOS section but I can't remember if it happened in previous versions of macOS. So here's what happens and it's "intermittent". I'll cold boot my mini and the progress bar will get to 3/4 of the way and stay stuck there for 15-20mins. If I wait till 30mins it will reach the end but won't get to the desktop.
I hold the power button down and restart the mini. Most of the time it will boot but appears slightly sluggish then after a few minutes things are back to normal. Last night I powered on the mini and it showed those symptoms and hasn't come back since.
I tried reformatting the spindle drive with APFS and it does the above 100% of the time after I shut it down and try and do a cold boot or restart.
I have added 8GB of ram in the last two years but i've never had any issues "especially" during normal operations.
