Download El Capitan (OS X 10.11) from the Mac App Store. Need some advice on converting Mac mini 6,2 (2012) into home server. I use to run MacOS Catalina on it with external hard drive attached to it. It has 120 gb SSD + 1 TB SSD and 16 gb ram. I want to run pi hole, plex server, and TM backup on it (maybe a virtual load balancer or reverse proxy later on) I have never done virtual. The Frys Wireless network router allows access to all of your wireless devices within its network range.Insert the flash drive in a USB port on your Mac. 2012) Hi all, I have researched this for a bit but still am not convinced whether I should try and install ubuntu on my mac mini. The idea of open source software is very appealing to me Id love to try it out first on another system (like a raspbery pie) but I wanted to ask you guys here what.I assumed that this meant it could drive any 1080P display, which is 1920×1080.It turns out, there are a few hurdles that could get in the way of succeeding in getting a Mac Mini to drive a 1080P TV display. As I posted last night, I’ve hooked my new Intel Core Duo Mac Mini to a Vizio 42″ 1080P LCD.If you read the specs at Apple, it says the Mac Mini, with 64MB DRAM driving it’s Intel GMA 950 video, can support a 1920×1200 based resolution on a monitor. For this you will need a USBBoth of the above steps are outlined at the Apple web site: " Create a bootable installer for OS".If you are not able to do follow the instructions on the link above, or are wary or using command lines, download a free tool called Unibeast onto your Mac. It will create the bootable USB device for you. I don't own the tool or promote it so I won't link it but I do recommend it since it helped me.I bought a cheap 3.5mm Mini Plug to RCA Red/White 6 inch cable (Price: $2.79). How to Get Sound on the Vizio. I used a 10ft DVI to HDMI gold plated cable from Fry’s.
What gives? I’m not sure, but it seems like a bug. However, the maximum resolution says 1920×1080 (interlaced) at 60Hz. When you go to the Displays control panel on the Mac Mini (Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5), you are given lots of video choices. How to Get 1080P, not 1080i, out of the Mac Mini. The second HDMI port on the Vizio is paired with an auxiliary set of RCA Red/White jacks, seemingly designed for this situation where your HDMI does not actually carry audio. Most of the debates seem to argue that it depends on the TV. Choose the other one! You’ll now be driving full 1080P (confirmed by the Vizio).I’ve searched the web, and this issue is tricky enough that lots of people complain about the lack of the ability to drive 1080P from the Mac Mini. Interestingly, there are now two 1920×1080 options, which are labeled identically. Click it to get a drop down menu of all display resolutions. If you do then, a displays icon appears in the menu bar. The improved network browsing and FrontRow application are incredibly well-timed. The point is, if you are looking for the how, you just got it.BTW Leopard is a huge improvement for applications like this. Either that, or the Mac Mini for some reason thinks that 1080P is too much for it for some other reason, and the drop-down menu is missing that filter to remove it from the list.I’m not going to spend time on the why. Well assuming its not 20 years old that is. I will show you how though.So here’s what I did (which I am confident will work for anyone having this god awful problem)4) Configure your Mac with the correct settings in SwitchRes and IT WILL WORK □Go and download a free and very well written MAC app SwitchRes:This application is how your going to get your mac (any mac) to work. I think this will work for anyone, BUT, you will need to spend some time figuring it all out. Hard Drive Mini 2012, Frys 1080P From YourGetting digital video/audio out has stymied me, so I’ve held off buying the computer.My question for people: has anyone tried the following solution:(Apogee DVI and S/PDIF Audio to HDMI Converter, much cheaper than a similar Gefen device it claims to combine DVI video and digital audio into a single signal it outputs via HDMI)As far as I can tell, to use this you’d need: the included miniDisplay Port to female DVI cable, a male:male DVI:DVI gender changer, a digital audio cable, the above converter, and an HDMI cable out to the TV.That’s in theory only a few on-line stores sell this converter, so I wonder if it actually works in practice. Shhh) and its ‘almost’ perfect, but does judder ever so slightly at the beginning part, but the rest is perfect, that could just be the way it was encoded, or how Plex decodes it, not sure, barely noticeable though.I probably wont check this post for a while, but if anyone wishes to email me I ‘ll help best I canVery interesting & helpful thread! I am working on setting up a Mac Mini as a HTPC (still photo library+home videos+video recorded off-air via EyeTV) with a Sony 40″ XBR HDTV as the display. Well ok, skip the history lesson at the front, but the rest is gold.This advise is very good, and very necessary, so do what I did, print the SwitchRes manual out, and the link above, go to starbucks and READ it all □ You cant cut corners, so just read this and you’ll be well on your way to getting 1080p from your Mac.Regards Simon’s Q above, yes it has enough grunt, I use Plex, this can easily play the trailers on the apple site, the 1080p ones.I have one other 10GB MKV blueray 1080p files, (ok its superman. I was missing the menu bar at the top so went to SYSTEM PREFERENCES and then DISPLAYS and the OPTIONS tab, and unselected OVERSCAN, and that gave me a perfect picture.My MAC Mini displays a number of resolution with a little TV screen icon beside them, as if suggesting those resolutions for use with the Sony. I switched on the MAC and could see the picture immediately. I just connected the Mini Display Port to DVI connector which ships with the MAC Mini to a Belkin DVI to HDMI cable (also available from Apple Store) and connected the HDMI to my TV. Not sure if this is due to the new MAC Mini (with Snow Leopard) or my TV. Any guesses when the next refresh of the Mini line is?Hi I have a late 2009 MAC Mini and a SONY HDTV and have had none of the difficulties encountered by others in connecting up. Beamng drive free to play no downloadI guess if I tried viewing HD material, there might be some difference, but how much of that material is available on the net right now anyway. Even when I played a DVD movie from my MAC Mini superdrive, the difference in quality was hard to detect. I swiiched therefore to 720p and this produces a very comfortable size of text for using the MAC.My question is whether it really makes such a big difference whether one chooses 720p or 1080p, as I really can’t see much difference for playback of video from Hulu or other streaming websites. By default the resolution was set to 1080p, but I found that this made it quite difficult to read text on my screen, even though it’s not so far away from the sofa. There are also lots of others without TV icons beside them. When using display from the menu bar drop down the options are called 1080p (Television) thrice and 1080p (PAL Television) once. All this being when accessing it through the system preference. It also allows me to toggle the “overscan” option. It also now allows me to choose my refresh rate in Hz – 24, 30, 50 (PAL) and 60 (NTSC). Instead its been replaced by an option of 1080p. I have that option out of the box but find 720p to be far preferable so far.More interesting stuff! Connected the mini direct to the TV to see if it was the AV receiver that was the trouble, still no luck but some more failed attempts at various methods.The 1920×1080 option in the Display options has completely disappeared from both the menu bar display drop down as well as accessing it normally through system preference.
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