mac mini

I'm angry at everything here. I have long backed up my Mac mini with Carbonite and with Time Machine. I figured I'd never have a problem if I had both. Well, last week, the hard drive on my Mac mini failed. We had to drive 5 hours away to the nearest "Genius Bar." e has to get a hotel, which...

Today I finally upgraded my Mac Mini to the new 2018 version. I have used a Mac Mini as entertainment center connected to my TV for years, and amongst other things, I run Kodi on it. I control Kodi, and the rest of my entertainment setup, using a Logitech Harmony remote... So, imagine my...

Hi, I'm setting up my new Mac Mini (2018) as a home file/video/etc server. Old one (2011 server) reconnected to Wifi after remote reboot withawithoutout any problem. New mini unfortunately connects to WiFi only after login which makes it unusable for remote work (I need to reboot now and then...

Not sure if this is the right place for this topic but I recently got my mac mini 2018, i7 and also bought an eGPU (Razer Core X with a Radeon Rx 580). Very happy so far, no issues at all. Running super stable since more than 3 weeks now...so far so good. :) Now, while MacOS seems to be more...

Hey all, I'm looking to replace a family PC on a budget with an Apple/MacOS device. I have a nice monitor and a usable keyboard and mouse (probably would replace at some point). I'd like to have all devices (iphone , ipad, my work computer which is a 2018 MBP) all on the same ecosystem. It would...

Hi everyone, It's been ages since I've bought a new Mac, in-fact I'm currently only running an old Mac Mini that is starting to show its age. My question to you, is whether anyone is running a new 2018 Mini from an external SSD. I can't justify Apple prices when I can get a good quality 2TB...

Hi, I have a Mac Mini with 3.2GHz i7 chip, 32GB of RAM and 512GB SSD. I have it directly connected to a LG 4K Ultrafine. I notice it will flicker to a black screen for about 1 second randomly. Usually happens right after I start using the mini for a few minutes when powered on. Anyone else...

My current Mac is an iMac 5K late 2014 model with 32GB of RAM & 3TB built-in Fusion drive. While it was under warranty, it suddenly had an overheating issue. After a few trips to the Apple store, it was fixed. They replaced the screen, thermal paste, and honestly, I don't recall what else...

This question may raise a chuckle or two, but it is sincere. About twice a year I do holiday Skypes with family and I was able to keep my ancient iSight going with my mid-2010 MM up through High Sierra using an adaptor to the Firewire 800 port on my 2010 MM. Is there a way to make it work...

Hi there! It turns out keeping a 2009 Mac Pro running can be a lot of busy work (as 25 pages of people who can't read instructions will attest)- especially since I have a Geforce 1080 and modern NVIDIA cards are no-go in Mojave until further notice. So I figured it'd be a good time to get the...

I have a 2011 MBP 17 inch that is my full time computer, however I saw a Mac mini for $200.00 so I jumped and bought locally on FaceBook market place. I upgraded the HD to a 960 SSD that I already owned (was used in my MBP and contains the same contents) and it has 8G of ram. Now, I am...

I currently have the i7/128gb/8gb. Curious what difference the i7 makes versus the i5 for compiling given the slower disk IO in the 128gb. Have been testing with the standardised test here: https://github.com/ashfurrow/xcode-hardware-performance I achieve an average fresh build time of 33s...

I have a 2014 Mini, the one with 2.6Ghz and a 1tb slow 5400RPM HD, so as soon as i bought it i instaled a external usb 3.0 120gb SSD merged with a fast 3.0 External HDD, creating a "fusion drive", it worked amazingly well for a long time. But after mojave update if I let my mini go to sleep...

Hello all, I'm taking my 2011 Mac mini out of mothballs (still turns on and runs without any issues) and turning it into a digital home theater of sorts. Anyways, I got a great Black Friday deal on an SSD and wanted to see what's the best way of going about formatting it, installing Mac OS, and...

Has anybody else experienced issues with their 2018 Mac mini rebooting unexpectedly? I could be in the middle of a design and the Mac locks up for a second and then reboots itself. Initially, I thought it was an issue with thermals as the Mac was getting very hot to the touch but the last few...

Does anyone know how much an AASP would charge? I want to buy a Mac Mini as my first Mac ever. I'm considering the i5, 16GB, 256GB version for photo editing. But since the RAM is upgradeable, I want to save some money for now and settle for the 8gb version and upgrade later. I know I can upgrade...

Hey everyone, Is anyone else having trouble connecting the new Mac mini to a 4K tv over hdmi? I have a LG OLED55B8PLA which is great and the mini did show on screen for a few minutes when I was setting it up then just cut off and I can’t get it to appear at all over HDMI, no signal. When I...

Hi all, I'm thinking of buying a new Mac mini and pairing it via HDMI with a Samsung 43" UHD (2018) TV for our family room TV. I haven't bought anything yet. Because the Mac mini native resolution is 4096x2160 while the Samsung UHD is 3840x2160, I'm worried that the Mac will have to downscale...

Has anyone ordered a mini from a reseller (like Adorama or B&H) and recieved their mini? What is the typical shipping times for BTO configurations? I purchased a BTO i7 mini from Adorama on Nov 11th. They have told me they drop-shipped the order directly from Apple, and will update tracking...

Hey guys, I am new to this forum and need some help. I am on the fence on which computer to get. Please see specs below and help me decide. I will be using this computer for photoshop, lightroom and video editing on adobe premiere pro. All things equal (price) which would you guys get? 2018...