mac mini

Hi all, I have a 2018(2020?) Intel Mac Mini i5 with 32gb ram. It does everything I need, and hardly ever hangs. If it does it’s usually the app itself that hangs. It’s been a fine setup since I’ve been working from home since I purchased it. However, with things calming down in my country...

Hi there. First post, so go gentle. The current equipment: Currently, I have a Plex Server (PMS) set up on an old 2012 Macbook Pro (2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor). I recently upgraded its memory to 16 GB. Its only job right now is acting as a Plex server. We bought it used for $250...

Greetings I run simulations for professional purposes and in the process developed a farm of Mini's. First from some older test systems I had and have now nearly built a complete set of all Mini's ever produced. I decided a while ago to also restore all OSX/MacOS versions on systems that were...

I currently have two curved monitors - one dedicated to my PC and one to my Mac Mini. Both have their own peripherals. I also have my work MacBook that I want to get up on a big screen with mouse and keyboard (but want to use those from the other set ups...) I have been looking at philips...

Hi all! My mac mini g4, happily whirring Debian for 10 years or more, started to be very noisy lately. Fan runs at high speed for a lot of the time. Do you have any mod / tutorial to clean / repast e /suggestion? Thanks!

Hello, I want to live stream a video podcast and need a great computer that can handle the data load and is semi-portable. The device that takes in all the cameras and audio inputs (3 cams + 3 mics) is an Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro ISO or ATEM Mini Extreme ISO (depending on what I rent). The...

I just got a new Mini M1 and found that it doesn't want to mount my Seagate HDD. I have in fact managed to get it to mount by changing it to read only. So it mounts now but that isn't much use to me lol. When I try to change the permissions for admin to read & write it tells me I don't have...

For those looking to purchase an Mac Mini M1, with 8GB memory and 256GB storage, Costco have them for $70 off. Not a bad deal, right?

Can I use my Windows laptop screen as a secondary (or primary) monitor for my Mac Mini M1? It is a HP Zbook X2 and has 2x Thunderbolt 3 Ports, 1x HDMI port, 1x USB 3 port. I am pretty sure it is possible with a Samsung Tab S7.

Our 2018 MAC MINI SG/3.0GHZ 6C/8GB/512GB can be very slow when using the Cintiq 22 inch with Photoshop and animation programs such as ToonBoom Animate etc. A friend suggests we buy an exterior graphics card, plugging it in to one of its Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports. Is this a good idea and can...

I bought a second-hand Mac Mini (5,2) for Plex. CPU Proximity temperature often raises above 70°-80° (when copying files). Should I be worried / consider returning the Mac Mini? Or is it in the normal threshold (meaning I can probably use it for a couple of years to come).

Just got an M1 Mac mini for work. Experiencing some odd issues with it, with displays not waking from sleep, and an external SSD that randomly stops being recognized by the system. (Just updated to the latest Big Sur version.) Disk issues: I have two SanDisk SATA SSDs in a Sabrent 4-disk USB...

I bought 2 old A1176 Mac Minis but I am unsure where to get a power cord. Could anyone help?

Can a 2009 Apple Cinema Display Model A1081 be connected to a new Mac Mini (or even an older one)? I have the display and am looking into getting the Mini. I assume (or hope) there as an adapter, but just don’t know. Let me know if more info on the Display is needed. thanks, JG

Hi y'all I am going to purchase a New Mac Mini, use my smart TV as a screen and basically have this as an entertainment centre and a makeshift desktop if I need to do video editing etc. I want to get a mini handheld keypad to use when i'm sat on my sofa to control it. I've seen some on...

Hello: I'm new here and didn't see this exact topic so here we go: I feel the "need for speed" with video editing/rendering and want to find something newer - but not new. FYI I produce cooking and music videos with Premier CS6, often with 5 - 7 video layers plus 4 layers of audio. In...

I've got an older Mac mini (mid 2010 2.4 ghz core 2 duo) that's connected to a LCD monitor via hdmi. No matter what I set the Sound output to (i.e. Mac Mini internal speaker or the monitor), there's no sound. If I disconnect the monitor/hdmi cable, then the Mac Mini plays sound with no...

My new Mac Mini came the same day as they released the new colorful iMacs. I have to admit I'm a sucker for all the colors, but now I'm not sure if I should return the Mac Mini and get the 24" iMac, ugh!!! Coming from a 2012 27" iMac, the monitor I bought to go with the mac Mini is so...

My mbp has the 2.5 quad-core i7, 16gb of ram, and 2gb AMD R9. I don’t quite understand the new M1. People are raving over it, and that excitement is great, but I don’t know how to compare that to more traditional hardware. Is a Mac Mini M1 an all around upgrade for me? I was about to buy a 5k...

Looking for an optimal DisplayLink arrangement to offer 4 total additional displays with a nice range of additional USB-A and C options. Any suggestions? I'm guessing I'll need to get two DisplayLink devices either with 2 outputs each or one with 3 outputs + 1 with 1 or 2 outputs. I'm only...