mac mini

any suggestions on how to use my iPad to control my Mac from different wifi networks? I use my iPad Pro for class now and it's great but every once in a while I need something that my Mac runs and it would be nice to have a way to connect in a pinch. Any suggestions for the best apps for this if...

SO in recent weeks my mac will unexpectedly crash with a plain white screen, then it would stop at a black screen that says "no operating system found" and then i would have to do a hard restart. can anyone help please my model is a 2011 mac mini.

For a long time I've used my MacBook Pro to store all my movies, songs, TV shows, etc. I'm running out of room. So I'm thinking of getting a (hopefully in March new) Mac Mini to hook up to my TV and serve as my iTunes media server. I would set up iTunes to share on the network, and my laptop...

hey lovely iMac users. I'm pissed. I have (had) one of those lovely 27 inch 2011 iMac pieces of crap that had cascading events of dying parts only to succumb to its final resting place this week. My issue was similar to many 2011 iMac problems relating to it going into sleep mode randomly and...

Hey Guys, recently I've been nothing my Mac's SSD Storage consistently go down by about 20mb every couple of minutes. I have run DaisyDisk and GrandPerspective to help me locate the culprit but to no avail. Is there anything you guys can do to help me locate the offending file/folder/program...

Hello, I've searched the site, but can't find a similar situation... I purchased a late 2012 mac min, quad core with 4 gb ram and 1 TB hard drive. The ebay seller claimed it was "overstock" and was brand new, never used, never open in the original packaging. Questions: How can I verify it...

Hi there, I'm having a really hard time getting my 2014 Mac Mini to display correctly on both a small Magnavox HD (2008) television (that I am trying to "repurpose" for use with the Mac Mini), and my 46" Sharp Aquos. When I use an HDMI to HDMI cable (sold by Apple) the text is incredibly...

I am trying to decide on whether to buy a macbook air 13" 2015 (4gb ram, 128gb ssd) for $749 or a Mac Mini 2.6ghz 1TB 5400 hd and 8 gb ram for $599. This is a one time discount that I can use. My concern with the air is the 4gb or Ram. How long will this last with new OS releases in the...

Thank you for viewing this thread, this message is a little long so skip to the end for a condensed version. Hey, first time poster and long time lurker. I've been looking at purchasing a used 2009 Mac Pro (4,1) to replace my 2012 Mac Mini (i7). While I love my Mac Mini I've ran into an issue...

Hi everybody, I'm new to this forum, so this is my first thread/post. I hope you can help me. I had a PowerBook G4 with a 160GB Hard Drive, it was running OS X 10.4.11 Tiger. As my Mac Mini G4 had a 40GB I deceided to install the PowerBook's 160GB into my Mac Mini. I had no problems with the...

Hej all, I got a Mac Mini Late 2012 running on OSX 10.9.5 But i want to change the timer of my stand by mode. on the internet i read all the time i need to change it in SystemPref->Energy Save. but there is no Energy Save icon or app to be found on my mac mini so i can't change the timer...

Setup: Mac Mini Late 2014 with USB 3.0 enclosed Samsung Evo 850 (500GB) SSD running Mac OS X. I have an external USB 3.0 Sata to USB 3.0 adapter doing time machine backups to a 1TB WD Black (7200rpm). Razer gaming mouse + logitech gaming keyboard from PC gaming days (USB). The 2 thunderbolt...

I'm wondering if anyone else has had this type of thing happen to them and hoping for some enlightenment before I reformat... I have a 2012 Mac Mini quad i7, 16 GB RAM, and a fusion drive (240GB OWC SSD and 1.5TB HDD) I sat down at the machine yesterday morning to do a short simple task and...

Looking at getting a replacement for my 2007 iMac that is finally starting to slow down. My main uses/wants for the new computer are: 1) Plex Server to transcode 3D and 4K movies watched on my tvs 2) General browsing and some Adobe Illustrator 3) future proof for the next 5-7 years Poll below

Hi. I wanted to know the "user opinion" on the problem i have. I have a 2012 Macmini 2.5Ghz i5 / 4Gb ram / AMD / running with Lion, i wanted to upgrade to ML right after it come out of the box but i couldn't due some issues in the apple's payment method available on my zone. anyway once...

Hey all, I have about 30 mac minis in the office I work in, but I myself have a 15MBPr (correct abbreviation, not sure, sorry if it isn't.) Anyway so we have about 30 minis, all purchased brand new from Apple over the last 1.5yrs. They're all baseline models with 4GB of RAM still, and a...

Not sure if this is the right forum for this but here goes! I currently have a 13" rMBP, a headless mac mini (which I use as a media server), an iPad Pro, an iPad mini 4& iPhone 6s. I recently sold my 27" iMac as it was never being used, and since picking up the iPad Pro (+ Smart keyboard &...

Alright, so I have $700, coming off of a broken, base model 2.5 GHz Mac Mini which had 4GB of RAM and a 500GB 5400rpm hard drive. Here are my options: 1. Mac Mini 2014 2.6 GHz i5, 8GB RAM, 256 GB SSD = $663.65 2. Mac Mini 2012 2.5 GHz i5, 8GB RAM, 500 GB 5400rpm Hard Drive = $506.00 3. Mac...