And can equally proudly state that my household was Apple-free for nearly...forever! But I thought I'd better take a look...The secret lives of Macintosh users ...
I can proudly state that my household has been free of Win/PC stuff for nearly 30 years.
Ended up buying a ThinkPad, so all Windows stuff has moved over to that, so my 2012 MBP will be purely macOS from now on. Keeping Lion on the MBP, but debating which newer macOS to pair with it. Tried Sonoma again and this time updating to OCLP 1.4.3 didn't break it. Only thing I did different was that I applied the root patches first, then built and installed the new version of OCLP and only after doing those two things did I reboot. Tempted to keep Sonoma on the MBP since it is currently working, but I am still weary of it based on past experience. Considering putting High Sierra/Mojave back on the MBP since they have the last versions of iTunes for Mac (according to Wikipedia, High Sierra's last version of iTunes is more recent than Mojave's last version of iTunes) and doesn't require any patches.Have also been considering buying a ThinkPad for Windows/Linux stuff and making the 2012 MBP macOS only again, but that will be its own thread in the appropriate subsection.
Which OS are you using here?Yesterday I installed Zoom Workplace on my 2010 11" MBA running Catalina so that I could participate in a video conference with some friends. Despite its slow CPU, the MBA was easily up to the task - without a hint of sluggishness or glitching.
Which OS are you using here?
Yesterday I installed Zoom Workplace on my 2010 11" MBA running Catalina...
Reading is difficult sometimesCatalina.
Reading is difficult sometimes
I use my 2010 MacBook quite a lot. For work-related tasks High Sierra (the last supported OS) still works great for the most part as I mainly use open source software that compiles nicely. But for online tools and apps like Keynote I'll use a newer OS like Sonoma on the same machine or my M1 Macs. I haven't tried Mojave or Catalina on it though. Perhaps I should.
I might give it a try. My machine has 16 GB and a 2.4 GHz C2D with a modern SSD so it runs things very well considering its age. I also triple boot but with Snow Leopard, High Sierra, and Sonoma. Snow Leopard boots almost instantly but isn’t very useful these days.If it works well for me on a machine with only 2GB and a 1.4Ghz C2D CPU then you shouldn't have any problems. I run it with a triple boot arrangement of Snow Leopard, Mojave and Catalina. Out of the three, Catalina is its main OS and I've experienced better performance and usability than with Linux.
Snow Leopard boots almost instantly but isn’t very useful these days.
/shrug works for me.Snow Leopard boots almost instantly but isn’t very useful these days.
It would make a decent light use file server to your home network, if you need one. That duty is not really cpu power hungry so it's plenty fast enough. And it even has a gigabit ethernet. Install a big enough SSD, partition it as necessary and then plug an external USB drive (spinner is ok) for backups. Obviously enable file sharing and give yourself access to it and it is ready for use.A few years back (when I was first getting into PPC/early Intel Macintosh stuff), my friend Henry (who I also got a lot of my other Macs from) gave me one of these in a trade: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/specs/mac-mini-core-2-duo-1.83-specs.html
He told me that it was having some issues, and I didn't have a power supply, but I decided tonight to go ahead and pick up a power supply, as they are only $12 on the Electronic Bay. I think I can get it working, the issues it was having sound very reminiscent of bad RAM.
I've never had a Mac Mini before, but I've always wanted one, so this should be a nice little starter machine if I can fix it. I believe it can run Tiger, Leopard, and Snow Leopard all perfectly, which are the best OS X versions. I will swap in a later model 64-bit Core 2 Duo CPU, SSD drive and maxed out 4GB RAM as well.
You only need to cool the air around the machines. So, find an old cheap (or free fridge), install it to your garage and put your Minis and RAID into it. Even a cheap solar panel, controller and a big car battery + 12V fridge (with compressor as they use very little electricity) would do the job.Well, in a few days I will be shutting down the two Mac Minis (and external RAID) in the garage. I've been putting it off, but it appears that we will reach my threshold of sustained 100º days quite soon. The garage is dark and actually quite a few degrees under the actual outside temps, but there is still no A/C in there and it isn't good to have SMC Fan Control blasting the fans at full speed for 3-4 months.
Looking forward to late September when temps start DROPPING BACK in to this range.
I already have a FreeNAS running in a Proxmox VM with 2x14TB mirrored. The Mac Mini will just be used for light desktop use and tinkering. It's probably about comparable to my 2009 MBP 13", so performance should be fine.It would make a decent light use file server to your home network, if you need one. That duty is not really cpu power hungry so it's plenty fast enough. And it even has a gigabit ethernet. Install a big enough SSD, partition it as necessary and then plug an external USB drive (spinner is ok) for backups. Obviously enable file sharing and give yourself access to it and it is ready for use.
Thunderbolt TDM only works using another TB-equipped Intel Mac as source. No PCs, no Apple Silicon silicon, no kerosene-powered cheese graters.So, before I give up on the 2011 iMac completely, I thought I'd see if it could be useful in Target Display Mode.
It probably has something to do with the fact that High Sierra was the "end of the line" for quite a few Macs. Mojave on the other hand is not(Catalina is the next "end of the line" after High Sierra).Considering putting High Sierra/Mojave back on the MBP since they have the last versions of iTunes for Mac (according to Wikipedia, High Sierra's last version of iTunes is more recent than Mojave's last version of iTunes) and doesn't require any patches.