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Sep 23, 2016 12:48 AM in response to Brews1962by K Shaffer,You may have to start in OS X Recovery and use the Disk Utility there
to see if the hard drive needs a repair. Could be it may have a problem.
• About OS X Recovery - Apple Support
If you have a backup or used Time Machine to create one, there are a
few good tips among other treasures here, by James Pond:
• Apple OS X and Time Machine Tips:
http://www.pondini.org/OSX/Home.html
Also, you could still get El Capitan 10.11.6; but I wonder what's up in
the Mini. Perhaps a visit to an Apple store if available, to see Genius?
You'd need an appointment & hope to get time with a product expert.
Without seeing a system report or status log, I'd have no way of knowing
what may be the cause of your Mac Mini's issue. I have a Late 2012 Mini
and it still is running the OS X it shipped with (nearly two years now) & that
is Mavericks 10.9.5. It is stable... Because mine is a server, with dual 1-TB
hard drives (rotational and so may be the bottleneck to performance) there
is the option to partition each of these for more than one OS X installation.
You could try & see what kind of results a report Etrecheck generates; it
may show some revealing characteristics. Sometimes helpful people here
can see a problem among the report if you post one in your thread:
While I've downloaded the El Capitan installer about 12 days ago, it's still
in the Applications folder (would also appear in LaunchPad, etc.) And I see
there is a link to still get El Capitan, though it's not shown in App Store now.
link: https://itunes.apple.com/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1147835434?mt=12
My mini may still have upgrade application options, free, in El Capitan.
Ones that should have been used in Yosemite, but I held off; too late now.
If the computer has an issue, any issue, avoid upgrading because that tends
to only mask the actual problem and makes it harder to troubleshoot. One
problem an upgrade can bring, may be too many older applications, any old
or new antivirus (trash them) or any adware or malware you've acquired. A
clean totally new installation on another drive may be a way around trouble.
And avoid using Migration Assistant if your original system may be suspect.
Good luck & happy computing!
