Consolidating/sharing the files on Mac Mini and iMac

would be grateful for any help on how to consolidate and share the files (iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie) on my old iMac with my new Mac Mini/250GB iomega HD. both macs are connected to the same wireless network.

gjellern - best to read through this article that explains most of what you ask. Please post if a specific part needs elaboration or if you get confused about something. (skip anything about AppleTalk - that is for older pre-OS X computers - best to use the newer sharing technologies version if everyone is on OS X)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106461
the short answer is you need to enable Personal File Sharing on each computer that will accept another to see the files that are local to that computer. Then you have to choose to either share a user/password to mount a share.
Once one mac has mounted the other's drive - you can work as if all files were on one computer (copy them - use them over the network, etc...)

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Bridging the gap between Mac Mini and iMac

Does anyone agree that Apple needs to add another model between the Mac Mini and the iMac? I think they need something like a Mac Mini Plus. Two models, one with the 1.83GHz Core Duo and one with the 2.0GHz Core Duo. The unit itself would be slightly larger than the standard Mini and include a PCI Express slot with several video card options and a faster (7200RPM) hard drive. Personally, I hesitate to buy an iMac because of the built in monitor. I would prefer to buy a separate LCD flat panel monitor that I could keep for years and use with different Mac models as I upgrade. As for the current Mac Mini, it's video and processor options are on the low end, albeit perfect for the casual user, but for someone that wants to do some gaming or video editing, they don't quite cut it.
Don't get me wrong here, I love the elegant design of the iMac, but I think Apple needs to offer something that allows us to have the iMac equivalent computing power without the built in monitor and without having spend a thousand more on a PowerMac.
Athlon XP 1800+ Windows XP Pro

Yes, I'd love something in the form of a Mac Mini that was closer in spec to the iMac.
Honestly, the only reason I won't buy an iMac CoreDuo is the built-in monitor.
And, the only reason I won't buy a new Mac Mini is that they are underpowered.
I have owned two iMac G5 systems, and both had serious faults with their built-in LCD panel.
The first would permanently etch in anything on the screen for every hour of intensive use.
It wouldn't etch it in in normal use. But, if I did any of my audio work, it would heat up the system so hot that the image on the screen would literally cook into the LCD panels plastic surface.
It literally looked like you took a razor blade, and precisely carved the exact image into the surface of the screen. Pretty nasty looking. Nothing would get rid of it, and it would happen every time I did my audio editing / processing work for an hour.
Naturally, the more work I did, the worse it got. I only got two editing sessions out of an LCD panel before having it replaced.
After going through that for a while, I sold the system after having a fresh panel installed under warranty.
I got tired of damaging the screen after every hour of work.
The second iMac G5 was purchased a year later. That one also suffered permanent damage to it's LCD panel. But, not quite as noticeable.
I know that there are a bunch of people getting ready to hit me with the "Image Persistence" explanation. But, trust me, I know about Image Persistence, and this wasn't it.
I was seeing actual permanent screen burn-in (which is not supposed to happen on LCD panels).
The service tech was absolutely amazed at the appearance of my screen. And, yes we verified it was the actual panel that was damaged. He wouldn't replace it without verifying that it was the panel itself.
Anyway, I called to arrange service on the second system again, and before I could get it in there, the backlight started flickering. And, I had already had tons of other stuff fixed on the machine. So, I sold it and bailed-out.
Now, after all the problems I've had with the built-in screens on the iMac G5 systems, I don't want another Apple product with a built-in screen. I want to use my own LCD panel.
I have an LCD panel that I'm using now. It's about 3 years old, and only cost me $200. And, it doesn't have even the slightest indication of image burn-in or image persistence. I use it every day, and use it just like I did the iMacs.
So, what I want now, is a machine comparable to the iMac CoreDuo, but without the built-in screen.
The current Mac Mini's cost way too much for their very low specifications.
I already have a Mac Mini G4. It's underpowered as well. But, no worse-off than the current Mac Minis.
Now, if Apple produced a Mac Mini with identical specs to the iMac, I'd gladly buy it.
Even better for them, I'd pay the same price as the current iMac to get it without the built-in monitor.
Yes, that's right, I'd pay the full price of the iMac to get a Mac Mini without a monitor if it was of the same specifications otherwise.
The current Mac Mini is obviously stripped-down to prevent competition with the iMac. But, I think they'd find that they would simply expand their user base if they offered a better Mini.
With their product line as it is, the current Mac Mini is not a compelling machine, and the iMac is not an option because of it's built-in monitor.
Get me a high-end Mac Mini and you've got a sale.

File sharing between Mac Mini and iMac "breaks" after reboot of either device, and won't restore. Why? Running Maverick 10.9.1 on both. File sharing is setup on both. Help.

I'm a new user - recent convert from longtime Windows to Apple. Thought having desktops and computing aligned with phones and tablets would help. Not so far.
I have a MacMini running Mavericks 10.9.1, and an iMac running Mavericks 10.9.1. File Sharing is set up on both. If either device is rebooted for any reason, file sharing from the Mac Mini to the iMac "breaks" and will not easily restart. Various things eventually brings the connection back - usually having to do with checking and unchecking File Sharing, the AFP button, and/or the SMB button on the iMac - but never the same procedure twice in a row. File Sharing from the iMac to the Mac Mini is never disrupted - always comes back up without a problem. Screen Sharing also works between both without fail, and comes up after reboot of either. No problem there. Only difficulty is from Mac Mini to the iMac.
Why? Any ideas?

Should also clarify - usually takes multiple hours of checking/unchecking file sharing settings in order to restore the share between Mac Mini and iMac. NEVER happens automatically.
This is disruptive because I've got the Mac Mini pointing to several file locations on the iMac for various things - photos, music, etc. - and they all hang up unless the share is restored. Real bummer.

Internet connection sharing between Mac Mini and Imac G3- how?

Ok, I'm trying to connect my G3 Imac (running 10.4.8) to my Mac Mini (also running 10.4.8) but it just wont work.
I've turned Internet Connection sharing on on my Mac Mini, and set it to share the airport connection to computers connected using Built in ethernet.
Network (on the M Mini) shows
Built-In Ethernet is currently active. Built-In Ethernet has a self assigned IP address and may not be able to connect to the Internet.
Network (on the G3) shows
Built-In Ethernet is currently active and has the IP address 192.168.2.7. You are connected to the Internet via Built-In Ethernet.
When i try to go to a webpage on the G3 it fails stating, 'You are not connected to the Internet'.
I'm using a standard straight through ethernet cable, as I was told a while ago from apple support that it doesn't matter which u use, straight through or crossover.
Any help would be really appreciated
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OK after some playing about I can now manage to connect to the mac mini and vice versa to share files.
The iMac G3 now says it has an IP address of 192.168.2.18, and that it's connected to the internet via built-in ethernet. I've set configure IPV4 to Using DHCP.
Except it's not connected to the net.
If i select Using DHCP on the Mini it doesn't obtain an IP address, not even a self set one. So i've set a manual IP address on that, and everything shows up green. Airpot connected to the internet and Ethernet has an IP address of 192.168.2.30.
After reading some forums I set up firewall logging. The result is what happens on the Mac Mini when I use network diagnostics on the G3:
Feb 11 16:43:52 richard-xxxxx-mac-mini natd[394]: failed to write packet back (Host is down)
So I opened port 394 (not really knowing what i'm trying) but it had no effect.

Getting error "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." on mac mini and imac but it works on old macbook pro

Please help! My hard drives work on all other computers except new imac and macmini.

Both the mac mini and imac do not have cd drives. The trouble is why should I repair the external HDs when they work fine on other computers? I'm running OS X 10.8.4. I feel like its an OS X problem but I cant say. I will try the suggestion but I absolutely cannot reformat these drives right now becuae it would be way too time consuming to recover all the files on them

HT204388 how do I switch between my mac mini and iMac using iMac screen?

how do I switch between my mac mini and i mac using i mac screen? I thought it was using F2 but that does not seem to work.

To switch between your Mac mini and iMac, you just have to turn on or off Target Display mode. To do it, press Command and F2 keys in your iMac, not only F2

How do I sync files on Mac mini and MacBook pro

I want to sync files between my Mac Mini and my MacBook Pro. Is there a way to do this? Primarily, I want to access photos in my LightRoom Catalog from both platforms. Thanks for any help you can provide.

Note that there's a difference between sharing and syncing.
Sharing will allow you to access the files on your Mini from your MBP, but the files won't be on your MBP when you take it somewhere else.
Syncing is making both Macs have identical copies of files, so that a change on one Mac makes a change on the other Mac.
If you've got a large LightRoom catalogue and limited space on your MBP, then you want sharing. The link above should get you started with that.
For syncing, I recommend BitTorrent Sync, which is free. It's basically "DropBox without the cloud". You select a folder to sync, and then whenever your two Macs are on the same network, any file in that folder that changes is synced to the other Mac.
I use it to keep my entire Documents folder synced between my Mini and MBP.
http://www.bittorrent.com/sync
You may need to be careful about modifying the same document on both computers at the same time, though I believe BS does handle this in some way. Also, if you're syncing an app's data library, then some database files (e.g. with computer-specific data like file path names) may not sync well.
Of course, you could use DropBox, though you'll need to subscribe if you want more than a couple of GB.

Can I turn off the monitor for Mac Mini and use it as a music server?

I am in the process of upgrading my PC most likely to a Mac product. With the non-server version of Mac OS X, can I turn off the monitor connected to a Mac Mini and use it as a streaming server? Or I have to get the server version of OS X to do that?

I plan to run Logitech Media Server on the Mac to stream music to players. Each player interacts with the Logitech Media Server to select songs to stream. When I turn on a player, it will wake up the computer from the sleep mode.
Currently, this Logitech Media Server runs on a Windows Vista machine and it will keep the PC from entering sleep mode while playing the songs. After I play the last song, the PC will start the idle count down and then enter into sleep mode.
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The Battle between Mac Mini and windows machines

Ok i have a strange problem. I have a Mac Mini and it likes to fight with windows machines on the same network resulting in a loss in internet connectivity. Ok so here is the info the mini and the windows are on the same network the windows is wireless the mini is wired when both computers are on the internet for the whole network slows down. So i brought it to a friends house and hat it share his wireless connection same problem different windows machine except the internet connection stopped completely. With an all macintosh network nothing bad happens to the network.
Solutions anyone?

If your Mac Mini is wired you can easily turn 'Airport' (the built in wireless) off. By clicking on the icon next to the speaker icon in the top right haand corner and clicking Airport off.

New mac mini and imac vs powermac G5 running FCP studio

I want to compare running the FCP suite on the new max minis and imacs that came out today vs what I am currently using:
Currently I am running FCP Studio on a Powermac G5 dual 2GHz with one gig of ram. I believe the frontside bus is 1GHz. I believe the stock video card isan ATI Radeon 9600 Pro (AGP 8X Pro) video card with 64 MB of DDR SDRAM.
With this being said, is it safe to assume that the new entry level mac mini would surpass my G5 in terms of performnce in both video (NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with128MB or 256MB of shared DDR3) memory processing (intel core2 duo 2GHz)?
If not would the two low end Imacs (using NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with 256MB of shared DDR3 memory) and processing power handle FCP studio better than my current powermac G5 setup listed above?
I am wondering because I spoke to a apple sales person who transfered me to a system engineer that said I'd have a slow time rendering video on FCP with the mac minis as well as the 2 low end imacs. This may be but Im wondering if it is still better than what I am using
I appreciate your opinions, but please only answer if you really know,
Thanks!

For FCP/FCS I would not save on anything but will get the max what my budget allow. You will be always doing more and the workflow in FCS will entice you to open almost all apps in FCS concurrently to make use of the advanced features. I think that the new iMac are powerful enough to handle FCS, but once again, the extra dollars will save you alot of pain. FCS is a pro app and is not to be underestimated. Good luck.

KVM, Mac Mini, and iMac

I think I may have made a mistake by not doing sufficient research and by relying on an Apple retail store supplied answer. To expand, I've purchased a Mac Mini and was told that I could use a KVM switch to share the keyboard and monitor of my iMac G5. Now that I have it home, it looks as though that is impossible. Can anyone confirm this?

Programs in the VNC family are useful for remote control between Macs and any other OS (Linux, Windows, OSX).
To initially configure your Mini you will need to borrow a real monitor and keyboard and mouse -- especially if you are going to run Windows.
Keep in mind that you will need a full, unregistered copy of Windows to install -- unless you plan to run (a limited few) programs in Mac OSX via Crossover. Except for Crossover, Windows programs will need Windows, running either via Bootcamp or Parallels Desktop.
While a 512 Meg RAM mini would be fine to run WinXP under Bootcamp, you would need at least 1 Gig (preferably 2 Gig) to run Parallels + WinXP. For Windows Vista I think a 2 Gig RAM Mini running via Bootcamp is the only possibility.

Benchmarks of mac mini and imac

hello
i'm looking for buy imac or mac mini !
its hard for me to chose one of them ,
i wana know how much cpu performances are differend between 800$ mac mini and 1300$ imac .
is there any benchmarkes to clear it for me ?
thanks in advance

You can find tons of benchmarks at http://browser.primatelabs.com/mac-benchmarks.

File sharing between mac mini and iMac

can I share files on my iMac with the Mac Mini wirelessly so I can view them on my HDTV without transferring files to an external hard drive and then connecting the hard drive to the Mac Mini? Or better yet, can I use the Mac Mini to mirror my iMac so I can work on the iMac from the comfort of my recliner in front of the big screen?

The short answer is "yes."
You will need to enable file sharing.
When you open the finder on the mini you should see your iMac listed under "Shared" on the left hand side. When you click on it you will initially see just the public folders. If you open one all you will see is the drop box. To get to your files on the iMac click on the "Connect As..." button on the upper right of the finder window. Log on with your iMac user/password. Now open your public folder and all your files will be available.
Dan

Coordinating files between Mac Mini and Powerbook Pro

How can I synchronize email between 2 computers.
Posted: Jan 15, 2008 12:53 PM
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I have my own domain which I use for email <edited by moderator>. When I am at home I use my Mac Mini. When I travel I use my Macbook Pro. I use Mail for email. What is the easiest way to keep my email synched on my two Macs, including Sent mail? When I am about to travel I would also like to synch my Address book, iCal, and my Documents. Can this be done automatically?
I would appreciate any assistance.
Thanks
Stan Trollip

I'm going to go ahead and assume that you have your Mail client set up as POP and that you've permanently downloaded all of your mail onto one machine. That one machine I will refer to as your primary machine. The machine you want to add the same messages to, I will refer to as your secondary machine. (I'm not sure as to how much knowledge you have of this subject, so please pardon some of my explanations if they seem too simple or beginner level for you.) If you have downloaded all of your mail off the server and onto your machine then I want to be very sure that you first save off the mail stored on your Mac before changing account settings to IMAP. If you don't save a copy of your mail off before you delete the account settings for POP, then you will loose all of your mail forever.
To manually back up all of your e-mail from Mac OS X Mail:
1. First close Mac OS X Mail
2. In the Finder, go to your Home directory and open the "Library" folder.
3. Copy the "Mail" folder to a safe place.
The "Mail" folder contains all of your e-mail and all of the folders they reside in... meaning, Inbox, Outbox, Sent, Trash, and any other folders you may have created to store messages in.
After copying your "Mail" directory to a safe location, open Mac OS X Mail and delete the POP account and then set up your IMAP account. Go ahead and click the "Get Mail" button at the top to import any new mail you might have.
At this point, you need to be able to access your old e-mail messages from within Mac OS X Mail. We're going to do some rather complex copying of files around, so take your time as you work through this process. You can go ahead and close Mac OS X Mail for the moment. On your desktop, you're going to need to have two Finder windows open. First open the Finder to your Home directory. Open "Library" and then "Mail." Keep that Finder window open and then open up the "Mail" directory that you saved off earlier. If you don't know how to open up a second separate Finder window, you may do that by holding down the Command key (aka "Apple" key) while clicking on the folder to open. In the first Finder window that you opened (Home > Library > Mail), you should see a folder named "IMAP-your account name." Go ahead and open that folder and look for another folder named, "INBOX.imapmbox." Inside this folder is another folder called, "Messages." Open the Messages folder. (If you do not yet have a "Messages" folder, then you may create one... just be sure that you put in a capital "M" for "Messages.") This is the folder where you are going to copy your old Inbox mail into. In the other Finder window you have open, you should see a "POP-your account name" folder there. In a similar manner browse to: "INBOX.mbox" > "Messages." In this folder, you will see all of the e-mail you had in your Inbox. All email messages are named with a number and have a ".emlx" extension. Just press Command + A to select all the files and then press Command + C to copy them all into memory. In your first Finder window for your IMAP account, paste (Command + V) the messages you copied from your old account.
At this point, go ahead and leave both Finder windows open for now and open up Mac OS X Mail. At first you won't see all the e-mail messages you copied over. In order to make Mail see what you have done, you need to go up to the menu item "Mailbox" and then select "Rebuild." Within a few moments you should begin to see all of your old mail in your Inbox. If you have seen success from this, then you are beginning to understand how the Mac OS X Mail client interacts with the raw files on the filesystem. Pretty interesting, eh?
Ok, now you may want to copy over all of your old "Sent" messages. To do this, first create a new message (contents don't matter... it's just a sample test message) and e-mail it to a different mail account. Once the message has been sent, close Mail.
In your first Finder window (for your IMAP account), you need to back up a couple of folders to get back to your "IMAP-your account name" folder. Now you should see a "Sent Messages.imapmbox" folder. Much like what we have done before... you should see a "Messages" folder here. It may only contain 1 item - that being the test e-mail you just sent. Like before, you need to browse to your old "POP-your account name" folder and look for your "Sent.mbox" folder. Again, go into the "Messages" folder and copy all the messages here and then go to your first Finder window and paste the files there. Open Mac OS X Mail again, but this time click on your "Sent" folder on the left to view your sent messages. With this folder selected, again go up to the menu item, "Mailbox" and click on "Rebuild." Now you should see all of your old sent messages.
Apply this knowledge to copying over any "Outbox" and/or "Deleted" items you may want to keep.
Let's say that you had custom folders created in your old Mail account that you stored e-mail messages in... For example, you filed all of your financial e-mail in the "Financial" folder, and all e-mail from family in your "Family" folder... and you want those old folders and e-mail messages to show up in your newly configured mail client. This process is fairly easy, but it is very different from what we did above. Go ahead and close out Mac OS X Mail if you still have it open. In your first Finder window back up a couple of directories or just go to Home directory > "Library" > "Mail." Inside the "Mail" folder you should see a folder simply called, "Mailboxes." If not, then open Mac OS X Mail back up and create a temporary folder for now and then exit Mail again. Now you should see the "Mailboxes" folder. Open this folder and you should see the directory that you just created and it will have a ".mbox" extension on it. All you need to do is go to the old "POP-your account name" directory (where you saved off your old mail) and browse to the "Mailboxes" folder and then copy each folder from there to your IMAP "Mailboxes" folder. When you open up Mac OS X mail, you should see those folders appear after a few moments. If by chance you don't see any e-mail inside any of those folders, then just "Rebuild" each folder... from inside each folder.
Let me know how this works for you and if you have any further questions.

Is the superdrive in the Core duo Mac mini and the G4 mac mini the same ?

I have a G4 mac mini with a busted super drive and someone is selling a core duo mac mini with ram and a super drive but a bad logic board.
Is the super drive the same in both machines ?
How tough is it to swap it to the other ?
I've done some Hard drive installations and ram installations using the macfixit guide but don't want to bust it I'm certainly not Mr Fix it.
Thanks in advance.

They are not the same.
Compare the PowerPC Mac Mini specs from Archive.org:
"Optional SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW): writes DVD-R discs at up to 4x speed, writes DVD-RW discs at up to 2x speed, writes DVD+R discs at up to 4x speed, writes DVD+RW discs at up to 2.4x speed, reads DVDs at up to 8x speed, writes CD-R discs at up to 16x speed, writes CD-RW discs at up to 8x speed, reads CDs at up to 24x speed"
To the Intel Mac Mini specs today:
"Slot-loading SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW): writes DVD+R DL discs at up to 2.4x speed, writes DVD-R and DVD+R discs at up to 8x speed, writes DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs at up to 4x speed, reads DVDs at up to 8x speed, writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed, writes CD-RW discs at up to 16x speed, reads CDs at up to 24x speed"

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