Mac Mini Hangs
I have a Mac Mini 2010 running SL and I erased the drive and installed a fresh copy of SL including Rosetta and QT 7 then installed all updates.
After the computer boots to the login screen it halts or hangs for 5 minutes. The mouse works but I can’t use the keyboard to enter a UN and PWD. The cursor just sits and blinks at the UN as if it is waiting...
After about 5 minutes, I am able to use the keyboard and I login then the computer responds I can do what I want.
If I boot into Safe Mode, there are no problems. I can remote into the computer and no problems.
I have tried PRAM and it doesn’t resolve the issue. I ran DU and doesn’t find anything wrong with the drive. There is nothing in the Launch Agents, Daemons or Startup Items that appear to cause the computer to hang at the login screen. I am not sure if there is a bad PLIST file that would cause it.
Besides something possibly hardware related, I don’t know what is causing the halt or hanging at the login screen.
Mac mini, macOS 10.12