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Catalina update bricked my 2018 Mac mini

I did the update to my 2018 Mac mini, shut it down and unplugged it due to incoming storms last night. This morning it is a brick. No light, sounds, totally dead. I have to work from home and all Apple support did was have me try to zap the PRAM. I’ve been scouring the internet for help and I’m finding a lot of folks with the same problem. With everyone working from home due to COVID-19, Apple needs to fix this now! Tim Cook, please get on this!

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 13, 2020 11:59 AM

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Posted on Apr 13, 2020 12:20 PM

Do you have another Mac you can link to it via Target Disk mode and a data USB-C cable?

(note the power USB-C cable used by MacBook Pros will not work).


Hold the 'T' key at startup with a USB keyboard plugged in to try to get it into target mode.


If it brings an icon into the screen, then it is a matter of an incomplete update.

If it brings no icon on the screen, then there is indeed a really bad update. Double check of course the power cord is plugged into a known good power supply (test with a lamp), and the display is usable on another computer with the display cable.



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Apr 13, 2020 12:20 PM in response to gregg280

Do you have another Mac you can link to it via Target Disk mode and a data USB-C cable?

(note the power USB-C cable used by MacBook Pros will not work).


Hold the 'T' key at startup with a USB keyboard plugged in to try to get it into target mode.


If it brings an icon into the screen, then it is a matter of an incomplete update.

If it brings no icon on the screen, then there is indeed a really bad update. Double check of course the power cord is plugged into a known good power supply (test with a lamp), and the display is usable on another computer with the display cable.



Catalina update bricked my 2018 Mac mini

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