mac mini

I use a 2014 mac mini as a home server (plex, itunes, photos, etc.) it has 8gb of Ram. I run some ram intensive apps like a Ubiquiti controller and my usage was into the 60-70% range, so i thought i needed more ram, so i bought a 2012 mac mini with 16gb. I cloned my 2014 to my 2012 and booted...

Hello all readers, I am new here to MacRumours forum. I have been a faithfull mac-user for years. I am posting this thread here, in hope to find a solution to a persisting problem i can't seem to get rid of. I have been with a screen "problem" on my new Macbook pro 2019 (catlina) and on my...

My Mac Mini specs: i7 3.2GHz, 32GB RAM, 500GB SSD, Intel UHD Graphics 630 I have read in reviews that Capture One is speedier than Lightroom in several areas. My experience has been surprisingly different. There's a noticeable lag when using sliders during editing such as Exposure, White...

Hello everyone, I bought a Mac Mini and it has to be set up from the welcome screen. I dont have the original keyboard but i have the same model keyboard. I’m unable to turn on Bluetooth pairing mode on the Mac Mini because it is not even set up yet. When I turn the Apple Wireless Keyboard...

Hi, I use an LG 4K monitor that works like a charm when I use HDMI directly with the Mac Mini 2020. Would like to use a Sonos Beam soundbar and in order to do that, I'm using an HDMI switch audio extractor. I wondered if I could get the audio to work but to my surprise, there's no video...

I am using iTunes for music (large library on external USB drive) and iPhoto (large library on external USB drive),both on my 2017 MBP running Mojave. I am thinking about getting a Mac mini to stay on Mojave just for iTunes and iPhoto, so I can then upgrade my MBP to Big Sur when available. I do...

I've got a Mac mini G4/1.25 model A1103, 512MB SDRAM, and it still runs great. Using OS X 10.4. Now I'm looking to get a used 1200 dpi (true) scanner to go with it. What models would be compatible/have drivers available? Thanks for tips!

Hi there, I am trying to restore two partitions on multiple new mac minis. have an image of catalina with a bunch of apps installed and also a win 10 WIM file used to restore onto the Bootcamp partition. Now after attempting to do the restore to the partition on the mac side using CCC it...

Three questions: 1. Do I have to use thunderbolt 3 displays if a want to add triple displays to a Mac Mini 2020? 2. Is there anything I can do to ensure a Mac Mini doesn't recognize the display when plugged in but the display is set to a different input? 3. What's the max resolution the mini...

Hi, im new in the mac world so i need some advice in buying a mac mini, i found one fore little money, the only problem i found Is that the model is not going to get new software updates. I’m using an iPad Pro 2020, an iphone XS and an Apple Watch. I’m looking for a Mac to save pictures and...

Hi there, I have a Mac Mini Late 2014 Server (MacOS Mojave) and currently am running it with two hard drives (primary SSD for MacOS and apps and secondary is the original Apple HDD 1TB). So far everything ran OK. Unfortunately, lately the original HDD started to report remapped sectors, so I...

I was a mac user for many years and built up a reasonably large photo library over the years. When apature was retired I dicided to build my own PC and moved to lightroom on windows. The problem is that my whole family have iPhones and most of our photos are taken using them these days (my nikon...

Hi I'm wanting to connect my Panasonic GH5 to live stream obs/wirecast etc Do any capture cards work with 2020 mac mini i5 8gb ram? regards

Hi All Hopefully a simple question but maybe not... I have a2011 Mac mini that has been a real trooper but has just succumbed to something (thinking logic board as it gets stuck in a startup loop with the chime repeating). I can’t afford a spanking new machine right now and hoped to to nurse...

Hi all, looking for some assistance. I've installed a Prometheus monitoring server on a Mac mini (OS Catalina) and now trying to configure one of its components using instructions that are designed for Linux. I've reached the last stage of the instructions that detail how to create and...

Hello, I'm trying to send text messages from my Mac to someone without an iPhone. On my phone, the messages come through normally. On my Mac, however, the messages are out of sync, do not appear at all, and/or cannot be delivered. iPhone users can read my messages just fine. Any ideas?

Hello everyone. I wrote a while ago asking for help to install the OS on my ext. Sandisk SSD and it worked perfectly. I'm a Graphic Designer and this was really helpful cause I installed the Adobe Suite on it and it works much more faster than before. The only problem is, when I'm working on...

Hi! I have a model A1347 with a radon hd 6630m 256Mb graphics card. Mojave and Catalina. I tried to enable graphics acceleration through the macOS Catalina Patcher utility, but these cards are not supported. I do not want to sell my favorite Mac! Maybe it’s magical, you can turn on...

I've finally taken the plunge and purchased a refurbished Mac Mini off the Apple Refurbished website, it comes today. Its is to replace an old 2011 iMac. I have still yet to get a screen and sort out all my external hard drives. I have at moment 2 x USB hard drives, 1 x Firewire drive and 1 x...

Any chance at getting a Mac Nano now that they're switching to ARM chips? I'm thinking something along the lines of the Mac Mini dev kit, but with a much smaller enclosure. Basically take whatever current iPad Pro CPU, and put it in a tiny case with soldered RAM and SSD. No fan like Macs, and no...