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2011 mac mini

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    2011 Mac Mini - Wifi upgrade

    I've recently picked up a 2011 Mac Mini for about the equivalent of $35. No real reason, other than the fact it was cheap and wanting to be bought. :D I've taken it apart, cleaned and re-pasted it, added the dual drive kit and messed about with some newer MacOS installs (although it will get...
  2. hcs-mac

    Mac Mini 2011 Vertial Lines on screen, GPU Issue?

    I recently got my hands on a Mac Mini 2011 off a friend however it seems to be suffering from the dreaded vertical lines. I have looked around however I can't find too much on it, especially blue-ish colored lines. The system will turn on, load with the Apple logo, it gets stuck around 3/4 of...
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    MacMini5,2 High Sierra performance feedback

    I have a mid-2011 Mac mini which I've fitted with an SSD and 16GB RAM. It is in perfectly good condition hardware-wise, but obviously Apple doesn't consider it good enough to run macOS Mojave. I'd like to continue using this machine till the hardware fails, especially as this will be the last...
  4. chevychase

    Mid 2011 MacMini: Stuck on Gray Screen after partial boot?????

    I just got a mid 2011 Mac Mini i5/2.5GHz with AMD 6630m 256MB video graphics. I am trying to install an OS, but no matter what I do: It boots as usual with gray screen with the Apple logo and progress bar BUT about 1/2 way through the screen goes black for a split second and then the same gray...