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mac mini 2010

  1. M

    Upgrade ideas Mac mini mid 2010

    I had an old mac mini mid 2010 lying around, and I decided to restore it to life, after I realized that a RAM-upgrade to 16 GB could in fact improve its performance considerably. The new specifications after RAM-upgrade are: 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 16 GB RAM, 1066MHz frontside bus...
  2. S

    Mac mini: Network time machine to external drive + some quetions.

    Hello everyone, I have a couple of quetions: I’m using a Mac Mini (2010) for my home network (running macOS 10.13 (no never edition) 1) External backup over network I WD 3TB element hard drive plugged up to the Mac Mini, it shows up on the file sharing along with a option to use with Time...
  3. J

    Mac mini mid 2010 SSD Speeds

    Hey guys first time posting on this forum ever in my life. Yesterday I upgraded my Mac mini drive to a Samsung 860 SSD but when I tested the drive speed it never reached max potential! I got around 200mb/s RW. I would like to mention that this SSD was previously installed on my Windows pc and...
  4. JulPollitt

    Mac Mini Mid 2010 2TB+ 9.5mm HDD Upgrade possible?

    I recently acquired a Mid-2010 Mac Mini that I plan on using as simply an iTunes homesharing server for the plethora of iOS device in my home. I’m currently looking to upgrade the HDD but I’m wondering about what kind of limitations I will run into. I know back in the day the max for this model...
  5. W

    Help with Snow Leopard on Mac Mini Server 2010

    Hi I'm looking to buy a Mac Mini Server from 2010 and was wondering how (and if) I can install and run Snow Leopard on it. I have a Mac Pro tower running snow leopard, can I use this to downgrade the mini if it's running a higher OS, as it has no drive? I'm still using Macromedia Freehand...