how to recover data from a mac mini late 2012 that will not boot
my mac suddenly froze out of nowhere, all but the mouse. i rebooted and got the prohibitory symbol. i cannot go into safe mode, but i can go into recovery mode. i ran first aid on my disks and it came back with no errors.
i tried firewire to connect it to another mac of the same model, and it shows up in disk utility but not on my desktop. (did i not wait long enough?)
i have considered reinstalling the macOS (mojave) but i want to make sure it doesnt damage my data. i could make a backup image of the internal disk (APPLE SSD SM128E Media) and store it on an external drive, but i dont understand what this disk is- it shows a capacity of 121.33 GB and no other info, whereas i believe it should be 1TB?
i have also considered removing the hard drive entirely and connecting it to another mac.
all i want is to recover all my files without erasing anything. i do not have a time machine backup. please help me with my next step
Mac mini, macOS 10.14