2018 mac mini

I have a 2018 intel i7 mini running Sonoma 14.4.1 with 32 gigs of ram that I purchased 4 years ago when they had the 2020 refresh. It always ran smoothly enough until a few months ago when it started to struggle with seemingly simple workloads. This has slowed down my productivity significantly...

I do graphic design for a living. I'm looking to buy a 2018 i7 Mac Mini and wanted to know if it would be comparable to my work computer in terms of power and speed, if not better? Here are the specs of my work computer: iMac 27-inch, Late 2013 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5 32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 NVIDIA...

I'm migrating my docker Plex server from Ubuntu to my 2018 Mac Mini ( Catalina ) and am stuck on what to do with the /dev/dri device mapping that was required for hardware acceleration to work. Ubuntu has the /dev/dri device, so mapping was easy. But, my Mac Min doesn't have that device. Do I...

I just took delivery of a new-in-box late 2018 Mac Mini from B&H. My display is an older 27" Apple Cinema Display with DVI (not DisplayPort). On my older Mac Minis this display works just fine, using the included HDMI-to-DVI connector from Apple that used to come with all Mac Minis. On the...

I'm trying to use a Logitech Craft keyboard and an MX Ergo mouse on 2 Mac minis - a 2012 model and a 2018 model. The 2012 mac mini recognises both mouse and keyboard without issue. The 2018 model 'forgets' the keyboard after a restart necessitating the removal of the device from the bluetooth...

Hi, I'm curious to making my own Plex Server at home. I'm not sure if a 2018 Mac Mini would suffice for that purpose. Planning to do streaming 1080p on 2-5 devices simultaneously. Would the i3 model be more sufficient or does it need to have i5 or even i7 in it? Would the default 8GB RAM be...

Hi. Potential Mac Mini buyer and I have recently seen a number of posts and videos about the issue of usb interference with the 2018 mac mini. This interference degrades wifi and radio mouse performance. Some posters had straight swaps of the 2018 mini and 2014 mini but were now getting...

*Photos of project so far at bottom* So originally I was going to do a similar project with an actual iMac where I VESA Mounted it with 2 external SSDs, but when the 2018 Mini came out, I realized I could get the best of both worlds where I have an "All in one system" and can still choose my...

I have a 2012 QC 2.6 ghz mini which has served me well. I am thinking the perfect mini for me, without breaking the bank, would be the i5 3.0 ghz 6 core model. I guess I'm cheap: if you want to convince me to get the i7 and pay another $200 then please do so. This should be about twice the speed...

I posted this over in the big thread discussing whether or not the RAM in a 2018 Mac Mini is user replaceable, but since it might get lost over time, I thought I'd share it as it's own thread. Here's a write up I did on how to replace/upgrade the memory inside a 2018 Mac Mini...

Since there isn’t much in the way of Mac mini rumors at this point in time, other than the PR statement Tim Cook put out last fall claiming the Mac mini is still an important product for Apple (the treatment of it following the Late 2012 seems to suggest otherwise), I’m curious what you think...