Have an old Mac Mini with High Sierra software SSD not showing in disk recovery

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Have an old Mac Mini with High Sierra software SSD not showing in disk recovery

I have an old Mac Mini. When I try to boot it, it will not boot in recovery mode (Command + R). It will only boot up in internet recovery mode (Optn + Command + R). ITime Machine isn't working I do not have a local file. When I try to reinstall Mac OS High Sierra because it says that it cannot communicate with the server. When I attempt to open disk utility the local SSD does not appear. I want to completely erase this to factory settings but the SSD does not appear. The only thing that is there is OSX Base System. In Terminal I can search "diskutil list" and it still does not appear.

How do I reset this Mac Mini to factory settings?

Mac Mini A1347 (2014)

Earlier Mac models

Posted on Jul 15, 2024 12:03 PM

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Jul 16, 2024 9:23 AM in response to JSh3p

JSh3p wrote:

It will only boot up in internet recovery mode (Optn + Command + R). [...] When I try to reinstall Mac OS High Sierra because it says that it cannot communicate with the server.

"[FIXED] High Sierra “The Recovery Server Could Not Be Contacted” Error. High Sierra Internet Recovery is Still Online, but Broken!"

https://mrmacintosh.com/how-to-fix-the-recovery-server-could-not-be-contacted-error-high-sierra-recovery-is-still-online-but-broken/

If that does not do it, maybe the the internal disk is broken?

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