Login Limbo

[Aretino]

I bought a refurbed late 2012 Mac mini with Mojave installed. When I started up for the first time, I could log in with my Apple ID and PW, but then was presented with a Terms & Conditions screen with AGREE greyed out. Nothing I can do renders this button functional. A kind person suggested reinstalling Mojave in rescue mode. This worked fine, but I wound up on the same Terms & Conditions page with AGREE greyed out. This is like a cruel Monty Python skit.

Bingo! When logging in for the umpteenth, I noticed a little link asking if skip login. If I click it, the AGREE button on the Evil Terms & Condition screen is active, and I can proceed.

 

[pm-r]

Bingo! When logging in for the umpteenth, I noticed a little link asking if skip login. If I click it, the AGREE button on the Evil Terms & Condition screen is active, and I can proceed.

Well solved..., good thing it wasn't part of a cruel Monty Python skit or one of those cruel hidden Apple "Mouse over" things that only show like a smirking Cheshire Cat pop-up that then disappear as fast as they appeared as the mouse pointer passes over...



- Patrick
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[Aretino]

Well solved..., good thing it wasn't part of a cruel Monty Python skit or one of those cruel hidden Apple "Mouse over" things that only show like a smirking Cheshire Cat pop-up that then disappear as fast as they appeared as the mouse pointer passes over...



- Patrick
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I must be missing something. The new mini is booted up and connected to the ethernet router and USB hub, but can not be seen by the other computer or any of its utilities, and visa versa. Well, not quite. The old computer's Public Folder is accessible to the new computer. Why doesn't the new computer show up as a volume in Disk Utility, Disk Warrior, on desktop like all other connected volumes?

 

[ferrarr]

Why doesn't the new computer show up as a volume in Disk Utility, Disk Warrior, on desktop like all other connected volumes?

Because it is a computer and not a connected external drive. It has security that must be adjusted to allow that connection.

 

[Aretino]

Because it is a computer and not a connected external drive. It has security that must be adjusted to allow that connection.

But shouldn't I be able to clone/copy data from it to the connected USB drives like I do the 2010? It doesn't see them.