Q: Mac mini will not startup in safe mode
AT restart while holding down shift key to startup in safe mode nothing happens, then I get a screen with lines of code, "panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff800ebd255a)" ,"debugger called:<panic>". Plus a lot of other code, then it goes into a loop where it continually tries to reboot with the same results.
i Have had problem with this for some time but have always been able to startup in safe mode and then restart and my system has always booted up.
at a loss and out of business now.
Mac mini, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)
Posted on Jun 11, 2016 12:35 PM
you have a 2.53 GHz processor that correlates to a late 2009 Mini
It is not unusual for the optical drive to fail. The one in my late 2009 Mini failed about three years ago with the symptom that it would try to read a disk and spit it out.
The image you posted said the process mds was involved and mds is used to index Spotlight search.
How old is the HD? The ne in my 2009 Mini failed about three years ago. I found that the optical drive failed when reinstalling apps the optical drive did not work.
Do you have access to another Mac? There are things yo can do if you have another Mac.
What OSX version is on the your 2009 Mini?
Posted on Jun 12, 2016 11:33 AM
