hello everyone, I am trying to format my Mac mini, but I cannot open the internet recovery. My command R or command option R is not working it directly opens the loading screen and apple logo. I have no important file in there. Can you help me please
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I am using Logitech
Wireless, or USB?
If wireless, some wireless brands may not accept the shortcut keys for booting. Try a USB keyboard, maybe borrow one just so you can boot to the recovery partition.
Can you successfully do a PRAM reset?
When you do that reset, continue to hold the same 4 keys (Option-Command-P-R) until you hear the boot chime two more times, then (while the chime is still sounding), release the keys, then immediately hold Command-R
If your Logitech keyboard is a Windows keyboard (with a windows key, not a command key), make sure that you hold Windows - R keys, not alt - R.
If that doesn't work, try to boot to Internet Recovery. Same method, but hold Option(alt)-Command-R during boot.
If you see the Apple icon, rather than the rotating globe during boot, then that still doesn't work.
(related question - Have you EVER booted successfully to your recovery system with this keyboard?)
Try a different keyboard - an Apple-brand one, if you have access to one.
When you do that reset, continue to hold the same 4 keys (Option-Command-P-R) until you hear the boot chime two more times, then (while the chime is still sounding), release the keys, then immediately hold Command-R
If your Logitech keyboard is a Windows keyboard (with a windows key, not a command key), make sure that you hold Windows - R keys, not alt - R.
If that doesn't work, try to boot to Internet Recovery. Same method, but hold Option(alt)-Command-R during boot.
If you see the Apple icon, rather than the rotating globe during boot, then that still doesn't work.
(related question - Have you EVER booted successfully to your recovery system with this keyboard?)
Try a different keyboard - an Apple-brand one, if you have access to one.
Can you tell us why you are doing this to begin with? If things were working fine, then just stopped working, you may have a hardware failure of some sort, and no amount of reinstalling the OS is going to fix that.