Clean up memory Mac mini
I am looking at my total capacity of memory, it sits at 74.21GB capacity. I have 7.77GB available. Problem is I can only account for maybe 40GB of memory based on photos, music, videos, doc's. I found this by looking at my account name in PLACES on the hard drive(I am only user) and showing info of that's usage.
It totals 27GB.
How do I find what ate the other 30+GB of memory?
Excellent advice so far!
And if needed, you can use Terminal to run it in admin mode to see files/folders your user can't see...
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/how_to_recover_missing_hard_drive_space/
Also...
Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages. making huge log files.
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Clean Install on Mac Mini Server
I just purchased a Mac Mini Snow Leopard Server and used Target Mode from my MacBook Pro to repartition the disks. I first thought I would set up the 2 disks in the Mac Mini as RAID Mirrored. I tried to perform a clean install of Snow Leopard with the install DVD in my MacBook Pro. But the OS Install program would not let me past the restart stage because the computer with the Optical Drive was a laptop. I left the Firewire connection in tack and the DVD in the MacBook Pro's optical drive.
I then tried the Remote Install procedure, with a monitor & keyboard, while holding down the C key, but all I got was a folder with a "?" on my monitor. I also tried a startup using the "option" key and the "shift" key. I tried this again with the Firewire connection removed. I then tried to use Server Assistant on my MacBook Pro and complete a Remote Install. Still no luck, folder with "?" on the monitor, and Server Assistant could not find the Mac Mini Ethernet address.
I concluded that the RAID configuration was causing me the problem and used Target Mode to remove the RAID configuration and repartitioned the 2 disks into 2 partitions each, for various purposes. I then repeated all of the attempts above to reinstall Snow Leapord Server Software with the same results as above.
Can anyone give me some guidance?Page 38 of the manual http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/Mac_mini_Late2009_SL_ServerUG.pdf has worked like a charm. Follow the steps here.
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Specs of memory mac mini 2011 on a 2012?
I have a mini 2011 w. 8gb ram. Planning to buy a mini 2012 i7. I look at the different specs of both versions for memory. Could i use the 8 gb of the 2011 in the 2012 ? (And either the 2012 4gb in the 2011 or i simply put back its original 4gb which i still have)?
Would there be a noticeable performance difference (assuming it wirks - for the 2012 i mean? Or are we talking plain theory in terms of human perception? (TypicL apps: Final Cut Pro x, Pro Tools 11, Adobe Premiere Pro...
Note that i might also plan later to swap a 512gb ssd but will probably start with the 1TB base hddYou can't use 2011 memory in a 2012 but can the other way around except for 8 GB in a 2011
Mac mini (Late 2012) and Mac mini server (Late 2012) computers have two internal memory slots. These slots accept standard PC3-12800 DDR3 204-pin SO-DIMMs (Small Outline DIMM) with the following specifications:
PC3-12800 DDR3
Unbuffered
Non-parity
204-pin module
1600 MHz
You can use RAM module sizes of 2 GB, 4 GB or 8 GB in each slot. For best performance, don't mix sizes of memory modules. Install two identical memory modules.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5475
Mac mini (Mid 2011) computers have two internal memory slots. These slots accept a standard PC3-10600 DDR3 204-pin SO-DIMMs (Small Outline DIMM) with the following specifications:
PC3-10600 DDR3
Unbuffered
Non-parity
204-pin module
1333 MHz
You can use RAM module sizes of 1 GB, 2 GB, or 4 GB in each slot.
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I've installed Time Capsule and using Time Machine backed up all my files from my Mac Mini (mid 2010) and verified they're there, now, as nervous as I am to do this, I want to clean/delete all the files on my mac mini hard drive, is there an easier and faster way than just moving to trash and deleting them? Looks like that can take hours.
My intention is to use the Time Capsule as a Hard drive so I can clean my Mac Mini hd since it was reaching capacity.
Thanks!Ok, I just googled how to format my external hard drive to Mac OS extended (Journaled), no problem, understood.
Bear with me, I'm not too computer savvy, then connect to my mac mini, copy all my files to that ext. hd, then in system pref for the TC don't add to exclude?
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Best program to clean Macbook and Mac mini?
What is the best program to clean up a Macbook Pro, and a Mac Mini?
When you see a beachball cursor or the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.
Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.
Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
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Please help, because I have searched everywhere, and apparently, 10.6 (Snow Leopard), is not sold in the Apple Store anymore. If i were to buy it at Amazon, it would cost me about $105~$200, which is an absolute rip-off
Upgrading to Mountain Lion
You can upgrade to Mountain Lion from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mountain Lion can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for $19.99. To access the App Store you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later installed.
If you need to purchase Snow Leopard you can still purchase a copy from Apple's online store's telesales agents.[1-800-MY-APPLE (1-800-692-7753) or Customer Service and Sales Support at 1-800-676-2775.] Ask for a Sales Representative.
Third-party sources for Snow Leopard are:
Snow Leopard from Amazon.com
Snow Leopard from eBay
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store.
If you need to purchase Lion call 1-800-692-7753 or 1-800-676-2775. Ask for a Sales Representative. They will check your Apple ID, and email you a code and instructions. The cost is $29.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download.
Be sure your computer meets the minimum requirements:
Apple - OS X Mountain Lion - Read the technical specifications.
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)
Are my applications compatible?
See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps - App compatibility and feature support for OS X & iOS.
Am I eligible for the free upgrade?
See Apple - Free OS X Mountain Lion upgrade Program.
For a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Apple - Upgrade your Mac to OS X Mountain Lion. -
I have a Mac Mini 2.1 (1.83GHZ, Core2Duo) and I am wondering whether there is much to gain from upgrading RAM and the HD.
1. Is 2 x 2gb the optimal RAM upgrade?
2. Where does one get the best quality RAM for my Mac Mini?
3. What is the best HD upgrade?
4. Where does one get the best quality HD for my Mac Mini?
If I upgrade the RAM and HD, will my Mac Mini 2.1 be suitable for OS X Lion and photo applications like Photoshop and Lightroom? Or are there other limitations that would suggest that I rather should save up funds for a newer Mac instead of spending money and using energy on upgrading my Mac Mini 2.1 ?
This question has possibly been discussed many times before, and I have tried to search the forum without finding the info I am looking for.
I am grateful for any help with my question!4GB of RAM is the max, see > OWC Memory Mac mini plus there is an HDD upgrade there as well, but really your best option is to just save up and get a new Mac.
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Replacing a Mac Pro with a 2012 Mac mini?
Has anyone replaced their Mac Pro with a 2012 Mac mini? If so, are you happy with your decision?
I had the mini fitted with a SSD by Apple. Apple use the Samsung 830 and that is very capable and the price difference was not worth the effort of installing the SSD. Where installing memory is as easy as it could ever be replacing the hard disk is mind bendingly frustrating. You might think from videos such as this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13wcKCYo_Xw
that it is a simple procedure. What they dont tell you is that this man has freakishly tiny hands. In the real world the job reminds me of disassembling mechanical wrist watches. You need a variety of specialized tools or its just not happening. And there is no soothing music.
Also the video above misses a critical step. The antenna grate will not fit back into position unless a hook like tool is used to go through a specific hole in the grate and pull up from under whilst applying a pressure in the necessary horizontal direction.
So my advice is not to install your own HDD/SSD. The memory I used was from Crucial because Crucial is the retail side of Micron who provides Apple their memory for the mac minis.
http://www.crucial.com/upgrade/Apple-memory/Mac+mini/Mac+mini+%28Late+2012%29-up grades.html
Having heard of memory failures in AHD from different manufacturers and read about the need for 3.35v DDR3L I ran what I got from Crucial through 6 cycles of the advanced AHD, taking about 10 hours. No failures.
I am running Parallels and under various virtual machines running simultaneously I have intensive CADs, IDEs, and all the latest games on steam maxed out on a 30 inch display, without lag or any noticeable loading time at all. It is by far the fastest machine I have used. Very impressed. -
why is my mac so slow i have cleansed and cleaned it is a 2010 mac mini i5 but it runs like a 20 year old pc i have only had it for a few months and it was straight out of the box
I'm thinking that you have a > Mac mini (Mid 2011) - Technical Specifications because the 2010 model's only have Core 2 Duo processors and the 2011 had the first i5 processor.
2 GB of RAM is the minimum requirement for Mountain Lion, but it's hardly enough to really enjoy doing anything else.
see > Memory and Free Installation Guides for Apple Mac Mini
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Mac Mini very slow at 4 gig memory, upgrade to 16 still slows down but takes a longer time
I bought a Mac mini a year ago. With an i7 and i terabyte and it cam with only 4 gig of ram. It worked fine for a while and i installed some apps then it started to get very slow. seeing the colorful "hourglass " turn round and round quite a few times. Then i went to the activity monitor where it told me that the memory used was about 3.89 gigs. I purchased a memory cleaner app from thr app store which helped a bit.
Today i upgraded to 16 gig memory and bang my computer ripped. The activity manager said i was using 6 gigs of ram and had 9.8 remaining.
after being on the internet for a couple of hours and using Firefox with about ten tabs open the computer started to get very slow again.
I checked the activity manager and it read 6 gigs used and the cash read a whopping 9 gigs. Did not think i would need the memory cleaner any more but after doing a clean it worked better.
Why did i get a whopping 9 gigs in the cash ? which is what it read after my computer slowed down again.You may want to post in the Mac Mini forum, this is the iMac forum. If you would like me to I will ask the moderator to move the thread.
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Couple of months ago my Mac mini MC816 with 8GB of RAM started to eat up all of its memory to the very low values so that all the software slows down a lot. I did not have such issues before October 2012 and I did not install any new software or hardware. What can I do to fix this?
Well, I shut Firefox down and ran Safari. One hour passed and now I got the same issue. I guess i have to reinstall OS clean and empty. But I don't really want to.
Thanks for your help and here is the activity:
Active Memory: 1.15 GB
Free Memory: 716.8 MB
Wired Memory: 999.2 MB
Used Memory: 7.30 GB
Inactive Memory: 5.18 GB
Total VM: 305.32 GB
Number of processes: 122
PID Process Name User CPU Real Mem Virtual Mem
0 kernel_task root 15.0 548.2 MB 6.70 GB
1 launchd root 0.0 1.6 MB 2.36 GB
11 UserEventAgent root 0.0 3.0 MB 2.37 GB
12 kextd root 0.0 1.7 MB 2.35 GB
14 notifyd root 0.0 1.3 MB 2.36 GB
15 securityd root 0.0 3.8 MB 2.37 GB
16 diskarbitrationd root 0.0 1.1 MB 2.35 GB
17 configd root 0.0 2.9 MB 2.36 GB
18 powerd root 0.0 1.4 MB 2.37 GB
19 distnoted root 0.0 1.8 MB 2.37 GB
20 syslogd root 0.0 952 KB 2.37 GB
23 opendirectoryd root 0.0 10.0 MB 2.37 GB
25 warmd nobody 0.0 4.4 MB 2.36 GB
26 usbmuxd _usbmuxd 0.0 1.3 MB 2.36 GB
29 stackshot root 0.0 684 KB 2.35 GB
32 revisiond root 0.0 1.9 MB 2.37 GB
37 mds root 0.1 116.3 MB 3.46 GB
38 mDNSResponder _mdnsrespo 0.1 3.7 MB 2.36 GB
41 loginwindow sva 0.0 10.3 MB 2.43 GB
42 locationd _locationd 0.0 5.6 MB 2.38 GB
43 KernelEventAgent root 0.0 588 KB 2.34 GB
44 kdc root 0.0 1.6 MB 2.35 GB
46 hidd root 0.7 1.2 MB 2.35 GB
47 fseventsd root 0.1 3.2 MB 2.39 GB
49 dynamic_pager root 0.0 412 KB 2.32 GB
52 appleeventsd _eppc 0.0 2.4 MB 2.37 GB
55 blued root 0.0 2.0 MB 2.37 GB
57 autofsd root 0.0 1.3 MB 2.35 GB
59 HandsOffDaemon root 7.8 57.6 MB 691.9 MB
60 java root 0.1 523.9 MB 3.18 GB
61 iStatLocalDaemon root 0.4 4.5 MB 3.04 GB
62 coreservicesd root 0.1 11.4 MB 2.42 GB
81 netbiosd _netbios 0.0 2.3 MB 2.36 GB
98 WindowServer _windowser 6.9 116.5 MB 3.01 GB
100 ntpd root 0.0 876 KB 2.35 GB
101 cron root 0.0 428 KB 2.32 GB
102 networkd _networkd 0.0 1.1 MB 2.35 GB
106 aosnotifyd root 0.0 4.2 MB 2.37 GB
109 CVMServer root 0.0 1.1 MB 2.38 GB
129 coreaudiod _coreaudio 0.8 7.3 MB 2.36 GB
137 logind root 0.0 944 KB 2.35 GB
140 launchd sva 0.0 948 KB 2.36 GB
143 UserEventAgent sva 0.0 6.4 MB 2.38 GB
144 distnoted sva 0.0 4.1 MB 2.37 GB
151 pboard sva 0.0 384 KB 2.35 GB
160 Dock sva 0.9 36.1 MB 2.49 GB
161 talagent sva 0.0 8.0 MB 2.42 GB
162 SystemUIServer sva 0.8 19.3 MB 2.49 GB
166 usernoted sva 0.0 4.0 MB 2.37 GB
184 NetworkBrowserAgent sva 0.0 2.1 MB 2.35 GB
186 fontd sva 0.0 3.8 MB 2.40 GB
189 filecoordinationd root 0.0 2.0 MB 2.35 GB
200 lsboxd sva 0.0 2.7 MB 2.38 GB
203 Notification Center sva 0.0 11.8 MB 2.42 GB
205 apsd root 0.0 6.2 MB 2.37 GB
206 com.apple.dock.extra sva 0.0 11.8 MB 2.40 GB
209 imagent sva 0.0 4.2 MB 2.37 GB
224 AppleSpell.service sva 0.0 8.2 MB 2.40 GB
240 Photo Stream sva 0.0 10.0 MB 2.40 GB
246 helpd sva 0.0 1.3 MB 2.37 GB
250 AirPort Base Station Agen sva 0.0 964 KB 2.34 GB
253 WacomTabletDriver sva 0.0 9.3 MB 2.41 GB
254 HandsOffAgent sva 7.4 19.7 MB 794.5 MB
255 iStatLocal sva 0.0 3.6 MB 2.37 GB
260 TISwitcher sva 0.0 5.9 MB 2.40 GB
261 iTunes Helper sva 0.0 2.5 MB 2.39 GB
262 SpyderUtility sva 0.0 6.1 MB 726.0 MB
263 smcFanControl sva 0.2 9.0 MB 2.42 GB
265 Hiss sva 0.0 16.1 MB 18.47 GB
266 FreeMemory sva 0.0 13.9 MB 2.46 GB
269 VMware Fusion Start Menu sva 0.0 5.7 MB 2.39 GB
272 CrashPlan menu bar sva 0.0 10.8 MB 883.4 MB
273 Dropbox sva 0.0 11.0 MB 715.2 MB
274 WacomTouchDriver sva 0.0 5.3 MB 2.39 GB
277 TabletDriver sva 0.0 4.9 MB 2.40 GB
279 storeagent sva 0.0 6.7 MB 2.38 GB
302 dbfseventsd root 0.0 56 KB 582.7 MB
303 dbfseventsd root 0.0 2.9 MB 590.7 MB
304 dbfseventsd sva 0.0 36 KB 582.7 MB
306 Image Capture Extension sva 0.0 5.8 MB 2.40 GB
855 Dashboard sva 0.0 20.8 MB 3.44 GB
1918 syspolicyd root 0.0 2.7 MB 2.37 GB
1989 Finder sva 1.0 81.2 MB 3.67 GB
2007 TotalFinderCrashWatcher sva 0.0 4.0 MB 2.37 GB
2059 launchd _spotlight 0.0 696 KB 2.36 GB
2062 distnoted _spotlight 0.0 1.2 MB 2.37 GB
2117 µTorrent sva 11.4 61.2 MB 868.5 MB
65449 Mail sva 0.1 85.9 MB 3.57 GB
65451 librariand sva 0.0 7.0 MB 2.38 GB
65452 ubd sva 0.0 10.6 MB 2.38 GB
65478 Movist sva 1.6 88.4 MB 2.82 GB
65833 Safari sva 16.2 195.3 MB 3.71 GB
65835 Safari Web Content sva 0.1 224.2 MB 3.77 GB
65915 SleepServicesD root 0.0 1.2 MB 2.34 GB
65917 cfprefsd sva 0.0 1.7 MB 2.35 GB
65919 pbs sva 0.0 6.5 MB 2.35 GB
65923 cfprefsd root 0.0 1.2 MB 2.35 GB
65924 accountsd sva 0.0 6.0 MB 2.37 GB
65926 xpcd sva 0.0 4.8 MB 2.35 GB
65929 tccd sva 0.0 1.9 MB 2.35 GB
65937 cfprefsd _spotlight 0.0 1.1 MB 2.35 GB
65973 CalendarAgent sva 0.0 14.3 MB 2.38 GB
65990 AppleIDAuthAgent sva 0.0 2.0 MB 2.34 GB
66002 com.apple.hiservices-xpcs sva 0.0 4.2 MB 2.35 GB
66075 launchd skye 0.0 864 KB 2.36 GB
66080 distnoted skye 0.0 1.5 MB 2.37 GB
66081 cfprefsd skye 0.0 1.1 MB 2.35 GB
66215 ocspd root 0.0 2.5 MB 2.35 GB
66237 cookied sva 0.0 1.5 MB 2.35 GB
66249 com.apple.iCloudHelper sva 0.0 5.8 MB 2.37 GB
66273 mdworker sva 0.0 19.7 MB 2.37 GB
66283 mdworker _spotlight 0.0 5.9 MB 2.36 GB
66284 pcscd root 0.0 1.8 MB 2.34 GB
66288 taskgated root 0.0 3.0 MB 2.37 GB
66290 activitymonitord root 0.8 1.6 MB 2.33 GB
66296 Activity Monitor sva 8.4 39.7 MB 2.53 GB
66299 CVMCompiler sva 0.0 24.8 MB 2.38 GB
66300 quicklookd sva 0.0 8.5 MB 2.87 GB
66301 CVMCompiler sva 0.0 3.2 MB 2.36 GB
66302 QuickLookSatellite-genera sva 0.0 5.4 MB 2.35 GB
66304 diskmanagementd root 0.2 2.2 MB 2.35 GB
66305 launchdadd root 0.1 1.6 MB 2.36 GB -
Need to upgrade memory in ppc mac mini
Does anyone know of a step by step guide with pictures to installing memory in a ppc mac mini? Need to upgrade to a gig to use some graphics software. Thanks,
SteveIn sleep mode (STR) the RAM has to be refreshed to
keep the memory content, so the more you got the more
power will be consumed on this.
Having less ram will therefore benefit battery life
in sleep mode.
This is only of concern to portable users of course, and the additional RAM has barely any impact on power demand whether from mains-power or battery. Some admittedly, but not much. Nor would it be all that easy to tell what drain it caused since there are other variables involved with battery drain rates too, such as ambient temperature.
There is still room for improvement in whatever
algorithm it is that determines when "inactive"
memory is released. Paging frequently happens after
copying large files since all memory is in use and
"recently" so, even if this use is one where the
content is NOT likely to be needed again.
The much hyped idea that "old" inactive memory is
being released when more is needed I find it
difficult to confirm, or paging would not be needed.
Simply caching EVERYTHING does not in my mind count
as an "intelligent" algorithm..
As much as this may be valid, there is no way the user is able to change the algorithm - it's part of the operating system. As such, the user can really only take such steps as may be possible to improve the working of the system - one significant such step being adding RAM.
This can be cleared up by running "repair
permissions" in DU, since it seems to release much of
the inactive RAM. It would be much better to have a
small utility to do this, though, if making the OS
more intelligent is not an option.
Running disk utility may be an effective method of resolving memory allocations etc, but it then places the onus on the user to monitor the system and manually activate a process. Part of the appeal of MacOS to many people is that it removes much of the onus users of other operating systems feel is placed on them to keep tuning the system - activities which detract from the use of the system.
Ultimately, I have to say that I have never found the need to do anything of that sort. I do use MenuMeters (a very neat little app to place system monitoring tools in the menu bar and which uses barely any CPU overhead to do so) to watch the status of my system, but only as an occasional troubleshooting aid when I'm testing software or experimenting with the system. That is about as far as I go with anything other than using the system. Certainly, I've not found any need to perform the sort of tasks that are often being recommended, and even the systems I run 24/7 remain efficient in operation.
I can say that while my G4 was running off a 5400rpm drive, increasing RAM from 768Mb to 1.5Gb quite dramatically improved performance of both 10.4 and 10.2 but had little benefit in OS9 (all booting from separate drives). The effects were rather less noticeable after swapping out to 7200 drives instead. -
Putting new memory in the Mac Mini - tips and (especially) pitfalls
I had some problems in expanding my Mac Mini's memory. If you're about to do the same thing, you might find my experiences useful. So here they are.
*Opening the case*
I followed advice to use a plastic putty-knife and bought a one specially, but ran into a couple of problems. First, the plastic knives aren't as sharp as the metal ones, so they don't push into the available gap. I had to sharpen the edge before it would go in. The second problem was that, once in, it wasn't rigid enough to open the case; it just bent.
At this point I should have left it and gone back to the drawing board, but I was frustrated and flustered and casting about for anything that would do the job, I ended up using the metal blade of a set-square. This worked, but either because it wasn't flexible enough or because I was a bit coarse in my technique, I did some damage to the clips.
When I had to open the case a second time, I used a small, very thin and flexible cheese-grater and the case popped open like a dream.
*The four corner screws*
A magnetic screwdriver would have been a godsend for this, but since I didn't have one, I just had to tip the Mini up when the screw was loose and hope it didn't disappear into the workings. Fortunately none of them did. So not everything went wrong. Three of the screws were easy to put back - they could either be pushed or dropped into the holes, but the fourth couldn't be got in either way. Thinking about it afterwards, I realised I could have turned the mini upside down and put the screw on top of the screwdriver and got it in that way. But what I actually did was bite the end off a toothpick, jam it into the screw head and then push it in the hole. Worked a treat.
Note. My instructions said not to worry about the spring on the Airport antenna -"It's not going to fly off." Maybe not, but it can come loose and is then a pain to put back. Suddenly the wire holding the antenna doesn't seem long enough. Before you know it the antenna cable has come off completely, leaving you with the choice to undo all the screws again or forget about using Airport.
*Lifting the chassis*
Some advice tells you to undo all cables and take the chassis off completely, but the advice I followed suggested just undoing the fan control wire and propping the the chassis on a book with the others still attached. This worked fine. I was nervous about pulling on the wire to release the fan control, so I used a fingernail to get under the rim of the plug itself and popped it off that way.
*Fitting the RAM*
This was the easy part, though it didn't snap in as positively as some I've done.
*Putting back the fan control wire*
I put the wire back, as I thought, and powered up the Mini with the lid still off. I checked that the memory was properly installed and was delighted that it was. I vaguely noticed that the Mini was making a lot of noise, but thought that might be because the case was off. In my defence, none of the instructions identified the wire I was disconnecting as the fan control wire; they just called it "the little wire in front". Anyway, I put the lid back on, then realised I had a problem and took it off again. I learned (from Boece) that "the little wire in front" was indeed the fan control wire and saw that it was loose. It took me several tries to get it in. It's in an awkward place, is very small and sometimes appears to go in when it really hasn't. But whereas a few times I thought it had gone in, when it did go in I knew it was in. One of those things you only ever do once, but could do so much more easily the second time.
*Putting the lid back*
Some advice suggests just pushing the lid back, but you can cause damage that way. The clips can get bent out of shape. The best way is to use your cheese-grater or whatever, to gently ease the lid back on.
Conclusion
This was a bad experience; I had visions of ending up with an unusable machine and a void warranty. But in fact it I now have a quiet, working 2GB Mac Mini - and the nightmares have almost stopped. If you're about to try it, take comfort from the fact that you couldn't have as bad an experience as I had. Probably.
MichaelPretty much describes my experience. I used a relatively thin metal putty knife to take the case off. Not to difficult doing one side at a time. I totally agree, a magnetic screw driver would have been very helpful when replacing the bracket. By far the biggest problem I had was the fan control wire. Very short cord in an awkward location. End of story - all back together with 2gb or ram. Probably toook 35-40 minutes (Including 10-15 fooling around with that lousy fan control wire.)
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How much memory can I stuff in my Mac Mini?
I have a mid-2011 i5 2.3 Mac Mini that came with 4GB memory (2X2GB). After a while, I upgraded it to 2X4GB chips, and today, I installed 2X8GB chips for a total of 16GB internal memory. How much can I stuff in there? Can I put in 2X16GB chips?
Also, to speed things up, can I install one of those Fusion drives into the Mac Mini?There has only been fanciful reference to 16 GB SODIMMs. Middle of last year, 8 GB SODIMMs were $750+ each. Now they are $45 through Crucial. 16 GB SODIMMs may be out there somewhere, but likely cost $3000 each -- just my "off the cuff" estimate as I have done no research.
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Can you use PC-1066 memory in 2011 Mac Mini?
I have a Mid-2010 Macbook Pro 15" with the standard 4Gb of PC-1066 and I'm looking into buying the 2011 Mac Mini base model.
Now, if I purchase 8Gb of PC-1066 for my MBP, is the Mini compatible with the PC-1066 memory? I know both the MBP and Mini use the same form factor memory, but the Mini takes PC-10600. With PCs, this sort of backwards compatibility is pretty standard but I'm still pretty new to Macs and I'm not sure how fickle they are.
Anyone know if you can use PC-1066 in place of PC-10600 in the Mac Mini?Works physically, but the 1066MHz RAM is a lower speed than the 1333MHz RAM that 2011 Mini uses.
Personally I'd leave the MacBook as is and order the correct upgrade for the Mini.
Apple Mac mini Memory DDR3 / Ram upgrades for 2011 Mac mini unibody models
Computer memory upgrades for Apple Mac mini (Intel Core i7 2.7Ghz) DDR3 - Mid 2011 Desktop/PC from Crucial.com
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