2 monitors 2 thunderbolt hard drives on Mac Mini

Is it possible to have 2 monitors, 1 to with DP port, the other with DVI, and 2 external Thunderbolt HDD with Thunderbolt MacMini port?

No. The TB daisy chaining through the HDD only works for TB displays.

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How do i reformat my hard drive on mac mini late 2011 with yosemite before selling my mac

how do i reformat my hard drive on mac mini late 2011 with yosemite before selling my mac

You can't legally sell or give away that computer with Yosemite installed.
Before you sell or give away your computer, in addition to the steps listed in this support article, take these steps:
1. Run Apple Diagnostics or the Apple Hardware Test. The buyer will do this (or he should), and you don't want to be surprised by the results.
2. Reset the PRAM and the SMC, which might contain personal information.
3. If you set a firmware password, remove it by running Firmware Password Utility in Recovery mode.
4. If you activated FileVault in OS X 10.7 or later, turn it off.
5. If you use Boot Camp, the partition must be deleted.
6. If you created any other data partitions on the internal drive, remove them in Disk Utility.
7. If the machine has an internal hard drive, erase the one remaining data partition with the option to zero out data. An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed.
You can't legally or practically transfer any software downloaded from the Mac App Store to the new owner of the machine, even if it was free. That includes OS X, so if you upgraded to OS X 10.7 or later, you must reinstall an older OS, either from the installation media, if applicable, or by starting up in Internet Recovery mode (option-command-R at the startup chime.) If you installed from physical media, deliver those to the new owner.
If you're selling the machine, or donating it in working order, and it originally shipped with OS X 10.4 or 10.5, then you have the option of installing either from the discs that came with it or from a retail Snow Leopard disc (which you must then transfer to the buyer.) The buyer should understand that if he doesn't get the original discs from you, he won't get the bundled iLife applications or the Apple Hardware Test. Replacements for the original discs can be ordered from Apple.
The new owner will have to redownload any software that came from the App Store, including OS X upgrades, under his or her Apple ID. If you ever updated the bundled iLife applications (Garage Band, iMovie, and iPhoto) through the App Store, you can't transfer those either. The buyer will have to purchase them.
Remove the machine from your list of registered products. If it's still covered by an AppleCare Protection Plan, transfer the coverage to the new owner by following the instructions in the AppleCare Terms and Conditions (under the heading "Transfer of Plan.")

Clone Mac Book hard drive onto Mac Mini

Hi All,
I own a 2009 MacBook Pro and have very recently bought a Mac Mini.
I would like to clone the MacBook Pro's hard drive onto the Mac Mini, so that, when switching it on, the Mini is an exact replicate of the MacBook Pro, including all content, software and other bits.
I own an external hard drive that is large enough to contain all of the MacBook Pro's data.
Could someone help me in describing the detailed procedure for me to clone the drive as desired?
Thank you.

Unfortunately, this will not work as you won't be able to boot the Mini because Macs cannot boot from an OS version older than what they came with (I assume the Mini is running Mountain Lion or mavericks?). You can, however, transfer your files, etc.
FWIW, please update your profile: you are not running iOS on the Mini as iOS is for iDevices, not computers.

How can I install window 8 on external hard drive on mac mini

So, I have mac mini and I'd like to install win8 on external hard drive and can anyone give me guides to do it?
also I wonder would I be able to run win 8 after installation using parallels desktop?
thanks in advance

I have to agree that Windows8 is a waste of time, especially if you don't have a touch screen and compatible apps.
However, the latest version of Parallels supports running Windows8, Parallels can either run Windows from a 'virtual disk' file which can be stored wherever you want including on an external drive, or it can also be configured to run Windows from a Boot Camp partition created using Apple's Boot Camp Utility.
See http://download.parallels.com/desktop/v7/update2/docs/en/Parallels%20Desktop%20U ser's%20Guide/32733.htm
In order to run Boot Camp from an external drive and therefore be able to setup the Boot Camp partition on the external drive you first have to install and run OS X on the external drive. Then the Boot Camp utility will let you add the Boot Camp partition on the external drive. You cannot run OS X and the Boot Camp utility from an internal drive and try adding the Boot Camp partition to the external drive. The Boot Camp Utility only lets you add the partition on the same physical drive it is running from.
Personally I have legal XP and Windows7 licenses (currently using Windows7) and even if the Windows8 upgrade was totally free of charge I would not bother with it. I would also not bother with it at work as an IT Manager.

Hard drive for mac mini early 2009 model

Hi,
My hard drive stopped working, and I would like to purchase a new one.
After checking with several vendors, I could not get an official answer if their drive is supported by Mac Mini early 2009 model.
Can you please advice what hard drive vendors/models do you know are supported?
Thanks

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
The Mac mini uses a 2'5" hard disk, and near all of these hard disks will work with your computer. You can buy the hard disk in OWC > http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/
If you want more information, you can only use 9.5 mm hard drives, so search them in OWC and you will find hard drives that will work with your computer. HGST drives have a good reputation and work very well

Hard Drive for mac mini

Hi all
I am thinking of getting the: Iomega MiniMax Hard Drive, FireWire/USB 1TB for my mac mini. But I am just looking at this and thinking, does my mac mini sit on top of this? or does it go side by side? Also I have an iomega external HD which has USB support only. But is it easy to transfer all I have on my external HD which is linked to time machine to this new MiniMax HD? is it easy to set up? Also does anyone have any good review's about this product and is it any good? or can anyone recommend anything else? I have looked at time capsule, but i find that is too expensive.
Thanks

1. Your Mac mini sits on top of it.
2. It should be easy. I'd do this:
2A. Connect both drives to the computer.
2B. Open the old drive, select all the contents of the drive (don't go into any folders)
2C. Say copy, then say paste in the new drive. Get some lunch, it takes a while.
3. Super easy setup, just connect, setup Time Machine, and go.
4. People love these things because they look just like their mini, and it is a great drive.
Hope this helps!

Formatting hard drive on Mac Mini

Hi, I just bought a mac book and i'm selling my mac mini to a friend. now, i know i can format my hard drive though disk utilities, but when i erase my hard drive, what happens the next time i turn on my computer? i'm thinking it will be just like when i first got the mac, it will ask me for the OS X installation disk, and away i go. basically, i'm trying to hand this computer over in the same state it was when i pulled it out of the box. any help/clarification would be great.
cheers

Erasing your drive with Disk Utility will delete everything on your hard drive, but then it won't have any OS. I have never had an OS-less disk, but I doubt Open Firmware (or EFI, if it's an Intel Mini) will ask for your OS X Install disc(s). You will probably see an error message or something.
What you should do is follow Mario's suggestion and re-install Mac OS X, doing an Erase & Install. That will erase everything on your hard drive & install a fresh copy of Mac OS X. When your friend turns his new Mini on, he will see the "Welcome" screen and will be guided through the original setup process ...

"streaming" itunes located on external hard drive on mac mini from my mbp?

Hi! This may sound really confusing so bear with me.
We have a mac mini and a macbook pro in our house. We have connected to the mac mini a 1T external hard drive that stores all of our music and movies.
We want to be able to use the external hard drive connected to the mac mini as a "server" for our music and movies and "stream" music and movies from the mac mini itunes located on the external hard drive to my laptop so we can listen and watch itunes movies from my laptop.
However, when I tried to "point" my laptop itunes library to the itunes library on the external hard drive, I get the dreaded error that it can't locate the song.
Is there any way around this? are we expecting too much?

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Can anyone help me please, ive got a network hd which stores my mp3's & videos
my itunes on my laptop manages this drive, but for some reason i cant play videos stored on this drive thru itunes, they work fine with windows media player so is this a problem with itunes or am i doing something completly wrong??!
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Dividing hard drive on Mac mini

Can I divide my hard drive up into 2 partitions? That would give me 2 160 gig on my hard drive. One to run and one for backup.

If you backup onto another partition on the same drive you will lose both original and backup if the drive fails.
Get an external drive for backup (and if your files are precious also get another one to keep off-site).

New hard drive for Mac Mini G4 1.42

Hi, with apologies if this is a dumb question...
The Hard Drive on my old backup mini has just died, so I've taken it apart and removed the dead 80gb Ultra ATA seagate drive.
I'm trying to buy a new one online, but no-one seems to sell ultra ATA any more, though EIDE drives seem to be the same thing by a different name.
Can anyone advise me if fitting a 160gb EIDE drive will be OK?
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Thanks Leet, much appreciated.

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hello all i just replaced my hard drive in Mac mini and was wondering if that drive could fit in Mac book pro.

So you want someone here to research whether tha'll work? Can't you do that?

I want to Connect my Mac Mini as a Slave to a Mac pro Server while at the same time using the Mac mini's thunderbolt ports peripherals ( ie monitor, Sound Card, Hard drives) Creating a poor man's new mac Pro. Can this be Done?

I want to Connect my Mac Mini as a Slave to a Mac pro Server while at the same time using the Mac mini's thunderbolt ports peripherals ( ie monitor, Sound Card, Hard drives) Creating a poor man's new mac Pro. Can this be Done?

Well, I really would love the new unreleased mac pro however , I'm not sure of the expected cost , Everyone speculates from $3,000 to $8,000, in which I may have to wait a while to purchase.
To the point .... I want fully functional thunderbolt ports to be on the current mac pro's .... wonder if anyone had workarounds yet?... or could I chain the the current mac pro to a mac mini to make that happen?

Connectiong an external thunderbolt hard drive to an older iMac via firewire to thunderbolt adapter, as my Mac doesn't have any thunderbolt entry?

Is there a possibility to connect an external thunderbolt hard drive to my iMac (originally Leopard 10.5.8. upgraded to Snow Leopard 10.6.3) via firewire to thunderbolt adapter, as my Mac doesn't have any thunderbolt, but has two firewire entries?
Would like to use the hard drive's big data stocking capacity of 8TB, but actual WD-HDDs of such a capacity have no more other entries than thunderbolt.

Basically, no. The Thunderbolt-Firewire adapter does not work "in reverse," meaning, you have to have a Thunderbolt port on your Mac in order to use it.
Most Thunderbolt drives that I have seen also have a USB 3 port. You could use that, but on on an older Mac that does not have a USB 3 port you will be limited to USB 2 speeds.

Use my G Raid Thunderbolt Hard Drive in Bootcamp

I have a 4 TB G Raid with Thunderbolt hard drive that I would like to access from my bootcamped Windows 7 half of my Mac. Some googling showed that it needs to be plugged in at startup for thunderbolt to work and that it should install the neccessary drivers. It hasn't installed the drivers and I'm fairly certain that everything is plugged in as it should be as the extra monitor that is daisy-chained through the hard drive does work. Does anyone know where I can find the drivers or where in the device manager I would find the hard drive?

Have you tried it without the extra Monitor connected?

Thunderbolt audio distortion during heavy Thunderbolt hard drive activity on MacBook Pro Retina 15 2012

I have a 2012 MacBook Pro Retina connected to a Thunderbolt Display, with Thunderbolt hard drives attached to that. Whenever I'm doing a big copy, or a Time Machine backup, any audio being played through the speakers becomes heavily distorted. If I switch to internal speakers, it's fine (but obviously not high-quality). As soon as drive activity quiets down, audio is fine again.
Anyone else having this problem and/or know of a fix? It's super aggravating to have to change speaker settings every hour when my backup kicks off!
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I believe this issue is caused by bad ground coupling between the two devices, some of the induced charge can spark between connectors in the thunderbolt port causing computer to basicly freeze.
To solve this issue try touching the connectors outside metal part to your macbooks body first to discharge it, then while plugging int the connector do it at slight angle so the metal of the connector touches Mac's body.
This method has been working for me.

2 monitors 2 thunderbolt hard drives on Mac Mini

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