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27” 2017 iMac will not boot. Appears as though SSD is full to capacity. Tried boot work around with: command R, command option R, etc. will not boot into safe mode. Apple tells me they no longer support this model.
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iMac 27″, macOS 12.7
Do you have an external drive with macOS installed on it – such as a bootable clone backup?
If you do, you could try starting up the Mac while holding down the Option (⌥) key to get into Startup Manager, to see if you could start up from that drive. Or hold down the D key to run diagnostics, although I don't know if those would do anything useful for you if the issue is that the SSD is full to capacity.
Do you have an external drive with macOS installed on it – such as a bootable clone backup?
If you do, you could try starting up the Mac while holding down the Option (⌥) key to get into Startup Manager, to see if you could start up from that drive. Or hold down the D key to run diagnostics, although I don't know if those would do anything useful for you if the issue is that the SSD is full to capacity.
I have my original Mac mini (circa 2011). Only prob is I need a Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 2 cable. Apple store was not helpful in that regard. Found out they closed all the local Best Buy stores. Found one online and have one on order. Just hope the OS will communicate.
So in reading about this problem it suggests using my old mini as my finder window and since the iMac won’t boot trying to get into it using target drive mode. Not sure any of this will work but I figure it’s worth a try
What is the mini for?
You really just need an external drive so you can offload some data.
iMac won't boot due to full SSD
