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mac mini 2005

  1. J

    Mac mini G4 FireWire issue

    I have found trying to use a bus powered FireWire hard drive (an owc mercury on the go) to be a bit frustrating. If I try to use the drive connected directly to the Mac it can fail to be seen by the Mac and OS X. If I use a bus powered belkin fw400 hub it works but can fail to be seen by the Mac...
  2. Fusionskies

    G4 Mini help

    Hi, So I have an original PP G4 Mac mini that was given to me for free. Its old but very cool to look at, and has more collectors value to me rather than usability. It runs tiger, but is password locked from the previous owner. I tried to install Leopard on it last night to wipe the password...
  3. The Tiny Desktop

    Now or Never Mac Mini

    Thanks to the 8th Gen Kaby Lake Refresh, Apple will be forced to release quad-core Mac Mini next time, or to ditch the Mac Mini altogether. (Links are to Intel Technical Specs on the Intel Ark Site) Right now, an i7-8550u Mobile is 4C/8T and goes from 1.8GHz to 4.0GHz. Now, Apple might wait...
  4. jbdean

    How to display Mac Mini on iMac desktop

    I have a 2005 Mac Mini & iMac, both using iOS 10.5. I can't find my monitor adapter to hook the mini up to the ViewSonic monitor I used to use with it and I was wondering if I can just get it to show up on the desktop of the iMac as an external drive. I've hooked it up by usb and firewire but...