Exchanging a new Mid 2010 mini for one Mid 2011
I bought mine in June and I was asking at an online store (OWC) about a processor upgrade for this mini and I was told that Apple could exchange it with one of the new ones just released.
In fact, the person I talked to, told me that people had been able to do it.
I just called Apple today (Sunday) and someone there told me to call on a week day so they can arrange the exchange or see if I qualify.
I paid 799 for the my mini including a ram upgrade so I think I can get the 2.5/4Gb/500Gb option that costs the same.
Has someone here be able to do an exchange of this kind?
I don't know why OceanDigital thinks it just the same mini without an optical drive, is adamant you should not upgrade or why it is bad to have two computers in one space ...
Please ignore what OceanDigital said. There is a significant increase in performance.
Here is a link with the test results from MacWorld about the speed differences between the previous and newer mini:
http://www.macworld.com/article/161306/2011/07/2011macminibenchmarks.html
A must read.
Going from a Core2Duo to a Core i5 or Core i7 is not an "insignificant" speed upgrade. It is a new architecture that at similar clock speeds can do certain tasks in half the speed.
As far as trading in / trading up. Some resellers do it. Apple will let you do it via their recycling page and give you a certain amount of $. Whether that sum is really worth it vs selling to a family member, keeping it in another room, ... is another topic.
Personally, I'd love to have the new mini - in the old form factor with optical drive, ideally - but it would be a significant improvement over our core 2 duo and core 2 quad systems from a couple years ago.
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panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80002d1208): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800048d8bd, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x00000000ffffffb0, CR3: 0x0000000000100000, CR4: 0x0000000000040660
RAX: 0xffffff804b773050, RBX: 0xffffff804b770620, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0xffffff800d32d004
RSP: 0xffffff805ff63af0, RBP: 0xffffff805ff63af0, RSI: 0xffffff805ff63b40, RDI: 0x00000000ffffff80
R8: 0x0000000081801175, R9: 0x0000000074001473, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x0000000000000000
R12: 0x00000000ffffff80, R13: 0xffffff805ff63b40, R14: 0xffffff804b7d0004, R15: 0xffffff804b7d5004
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Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff805ff63790 : 0xffffff8000204d15
0xffffff805ff63890 : 0xffffff80002d1208
0xffffff805ff639e0 :
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panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2abf6a): Kernel trap at 0x00caa35f, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x0000000c, CR3: 0x00100000, CR4: 0x00040668
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x483704ec, ECX: 0x08f8d4a0, EDX: 0x0b6eea04
CR2: 0x0000000c, EBP: 0x5761bb28, ESI: 0x105c4d00, EDI: 0x5761bb48
EFL: 0x00010202, EIP: 0x00caa35f, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x109d0010
Error code: 0x00000000
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x5761b908 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0x5761b93c 0x223ce1 0x0)
0x5761b958 : 0x2abf6a (0x59e3d0 0xcaa35f 0xe 0x59e59a)
0x5761ba38 : 0x2a1a78 (0x5761ba50 0x22744144 0x5761bb28 0xcaa35f)
0x5761ba48 : 0xcaa35f (0xe 0x48 0x57610010 0x2a0010)
0x5761bb28 : 0xc90eb9 (0x105c4d00 0x5761bb48 0x5761bb58 0x536373)
0x5761bb58 : 0xcc131a (0x483704ec 0x483872d4 0x5761bbb8 0xd1e381)
0x5761bbb8 : 0xcc1597 (0x48384004 0x483872d4 0x0 0xd1df70)
0x5761bc38 : 0xcb7d24 (0x48384004 0x0 0x0 0xc9287b)
0x5761bc78 : 0xc8d7d0 (0x48384004 0x0 0x1 0x535ce9)
0x5761bcd8 : 0xc988cb (0x909f004 0xc5c1828 0x18 0x1)
0x5761bd48 : 0xc97a8b (0x909f004 0xb 0x84b1166 0xc5c1804)
0x5761bd68 : 0xc7f327 (0x909f004 0xa86dc28 0x5761bd88 0x92f8804)
0x5761bd88 : 0xc80a35 (0x92f8804 0xa86dc64 0x8 0x3a4d5348)
0x5761bdb8 : 0xd045c9 (0x909f004 0xa86dc04 0x5145525f 0x54534555)
0x5761be18 : 0xca5769 (0x909f004 0xa86dc04 0x6 0x5c3e578a)
0x5761be38 : 0xca645a (0x8ea1204 0xd4b444 0x8ec5b04 0xd40650)
0x5761be88 : 0xca5396 (0x8ec5b04 0x1 0x5761bef8 0x5c3e578a)
0x5761bea8 : 0xca62c4 (0x8ea1204 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x5761bef8 : 0xced5dc (0x8ec5b04 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x5761bf28 : 0x5571d5 (0x8ec5b5c 0x8f93200 0x5761bf58 0x2a0577)
0x5761bf78 : 0x230235 (0x8f93200 0x8f3037a 0x0 0x0)
0x5761bfc8 : 0x2a179c (0x863ea0 0x0 0x10 0x907da64)
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros9388(426.35.3)@0xc5b000->0xda8fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.6)@0x909000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family(320.1)@0xc37000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.10)@0xc20000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
10K549
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: iMac12,1 (Mac-942B5BF58194151B)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 27350630817063
unloaded kexts:
com.apple.nke.webcontentfilter 2.0.0 (addr 0x57201000, size 0x12288) - last unloaded 27313365705515
loaded kexts:
com.apple.nke.webcontentfilter 2.0.0 - last loaded 27338575732868
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.6.7
com.apple.kext.mcx.alr 1.1
com.apple.filesystems.afpfs 9.7.1
com.apple.nke.asp_tcp 5.0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 2.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.3d0
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com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 1.2.0
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Outlook 2010/multiple exchange accounts/new mail notification on one only
Hi, is there a way to have multiple exchange accounts in Outlook 2010 but just have new mail notifications on the first only?
I tried having the first exchange account open an additional user, but running into memory errors as a result. Found the solution to that by adding them as separate accounts, but this creates noise with mail notifications, reminders, etc-
Thanks in advance - JoeHi,
You can configure multiple Exchange accounts in Outlook 2010. For details on how to configure, you can refer to this article:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/outlook/archive/2009/08/25/multiple-exchange-accounts-in-outlook-2010.aspx
Also, only the default mail store will get the new mail icon. You can use rules to pop up a desktop notification for the other accounts but the icon will only appear
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Win 7 Activation in Boot Camp on Mid-2011 Mac Mini?
I bought my wife a new Mid-2011 Mac Mini (2.3 GHz) to replace her older 1.66 GHz Mac Mini. After running all the Apple updates and getting the new Lion Mini set up the way she likes, I downloaded Windows Support software, ran Windows Easy Transfer on the old Mac Mini Win 7, and then ran Boot Camp on the new Lion Mini in preparation to installing Windows 7.
Then I installed Win 7, installed all the Windows updates and had a perfectly fine installation of Windows 7 running. Until I tried to activate Win 7 online. I got the message that I had entered an invalid Product Key. So I entered the Product Key again, but I kept getting the message that the Product Key wasn't correct and that I needed to buy another one.
This stunned me, as I had used the same product key to install Win 7 on my wife's old Mac Mini, which is now out of service. After Googling around for hints, I discovered something that I had missed: In Boot Camp 4.01 in Lion 10.7, a full-install retail version of Win 7 is needed. Aha! I had used the Upgrade version of Win 7 (Family Pack) I bought in late 2009 from Microsoft (I have 3 valid full-install Win XP and Vista licenses). I used the MS-approved double-install method to install Win 7 on the new Mac Mini to avoid the install-then-upgrade waste of time, not even knowing I couldn't install XP or Vista in a Boot Camp 4.01 partition.
I actually have two Win 7 Family Packs, bought in late-2009, and I have 6 valid full-install XP and Vista licenses/discs. Only 4 of those Win 7 installs were actively being used until yesterday, although all 6 have been activated in the past.
So here are my questions: Is the Lion Boot Camp 4.01 requirement of a full-install Win 7 disk causing the activation problem, or do I need to call Microsoft for a manual activation? Will Microsoft refuse to activate a copy of Win 7 Upgrade on my brand-new Lion Mac Mini even if I can provide proof of legal Product Keys?
Thanks for any help, insight, tips. What a complicated mess progress can be!Solved the problem by using the Windows automated activation via phone. It took me several tries before I gave the right answer about how many computers had been activated with that particular Windows 7 Upgrade family pack Product Key. The magic answer was/is "one", even though I know for a fact that two computers in my household were actively using that Product Key. Go figure.
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Need Advice: New Intel Mac Mini Still In The Box
Hi!
Okay.. I know... I have several posts going here as I have several issues I am trying to solve rather simultaneously. Thanks for being patient with me.
I have my old 1.25 Ghz PowerPC Mac Mini running 10.4.11 and all was well and happy. Then Security Update 2007-009 happened and all went to ....well... you know and, yes, it was bad! Went to Apple, got it running of sorts as they re-installed the OS, but they used an old version of OS X. (10.4.7. Can you believe that?) This caused other problems. It continues to have all sorts of difficulties, as I have had to get applications to re-recognize that the computer is back up to 10.4.11. Currently, I am struggling with trying to get iTunes to access it's music folders on the external hard drives. Realized that I hadn't even gotten around to figuring out whether or not some of my other applications work, like some of the games and third party, etc.
The thing is I got a new Intel Mac Mini for Christmas and it's still in the box because as I suspected I need to get my old mac perfect again before I can even think about migrating stuff over to the new Mac. But.. here's the thing... it's starting to look pretty much like 2008 will come and go before I can get the old Mac ready enough to take the new Mac out of the box. This really is rather silly!
Now... I can't get the old Mac to see the music and it made me think. I have all of my iTunes music and iPhoto backed up on an external hard drive (I used Apple's "Back-up" software to do it) and in addition to this two complete copies of the iTunes music and iPhoto photos albums on two separate external hard drives. Should I just forget using migration assistant? Can I get my music and my photo albums into the new mac directly from the external hard drives?
Or...can I use "back up" to restore the music and photos into the new Mac?
I am starting to think that the best way to get my new Mac running is not risk it by attaching it to my old Mac. What do you think?
Thank you so much for any advice or experiences you can give. -CharlotteI know that I am vacillating back and forth as to what to do. Thanks so much for being patient with me. All of your advice is really appreciated and I am at least closing in on deciding on my strategy. Probably will follow your first response advice, especially considering that some of the third party apps may not have updates to handle Leopard quite yet. Anyway... it's a good strategy since everything is on the externals anyway.
You can say that fine.
Ha ha ha.... yes, I've been messing around with computers since my parents bought our first Apple computer back in 1979. Just like you, I've never had a serious problem with any of the computers and we've had them all, running all sorts of things from the Original Apple and Apple IIc (which my parents still have and it still runs!) to the Commodore and all the Windows permeations and then on to the Macs running Jaguar, Panther and Tiger, probably because we've always been careful with the machines and what we install in them and how we update them. I have always kept my computers on UPS' and un-plug them when storms brew outside. As it is I am still using my eight year old Windows 98 computer, (for games mostly) and it still runs quicker than most peoples windows pcs and it's only a 740 Megahertz.
I haven't had to re-install anything, especially on this lovely little Mac Mini until now and wouldn't have in this situation, had I known more. I had taken the little Mac Mini in for a Procare "Tune-Up," only four days before the big up-date disaster. Not sure what they did to my mac in the tune-up but the guy gave me back the machine assuring me that the computer was perfect with no problems in answer to my asking "were they sure?" Even after the Genius Bar techs at the Apple Store re-installed the OS to fix the big problems it seems that no one ever thought to run verify disk. Had the Genius Bar techs at the time of the tune-up done this, or at least told me to do this, the last security update would not have wrecked so much havoc. It was only after I got the machine back from Apple that second time that I found that the directory had been corrupted when I ran disk verify. Actually it is amazing that I have had this little Mac Mini for so long and so not have had any problems on it that I would be able to go so long without having to know this really pretty important aspect of keeping one's mac in good running shape. I had been running maintenance scripts and permissions verify and repair and thought that was all there was to it. Silly! You know... that really is a testimony of how nice these little machines are.
Anyway... experience is a good teacher and I have learned so much it's actually been great! This stuff is pretty interesting.
Now... on to Leopard!
Thanks so much and you have a great New Year! -Charlotte -
Dual boot OS X 10.10 plus OS X 10.6.8 on new 2014 Mac Mini?
Hi,
I am currently thinking about buying a 2014 Mac Mini. As I still need to use some very expensive (albeit old) software, I would like to run a copy of OS X 10.6.8 (strapped for cash).
I currently own a 2011 MacBook Pro 17" and I have partitioned the disk and run OS X 10.9.5 on 700GB and OS X 10.6.8 on 50GB. This has worked great for the past 2 years. I simply press ‘alt’ on booting and select my OS depending on which software I need to run.
My question is, can I do the same with a new 2014 Mac Mini using one of my Time Machine back-ups (install from Time Machine option on istall)?
I would be very grateful to anyone who can offer me some advice.
Many thanks,John Lockwood wrote:
Other than running Mac OS X 10.6.8 Server in a virtual machine as previously suggested your next best option is to consider buying a secondhand older Mac that is capable of running 10.6.8.
Just to make it clearer, 'ordinary' 10.6.8 is not allowed due to Apple's license terms to be run in a virtual machine only the 'server' version is. The server version of 10.6.8 can run normal applications and you do not have to use the server bits itself. If you try installing the 'ordinary' 10.6.8 in to a virtual machine it will not work as they check for this.
The new 2014 Mac mini will not run 10.9.5 either, the 'oldest' version the 2014 model will run is 10.10, it will of course also run 10.10.1.
1) Older Macs are just that: older and out of warranty. So of course the user is subject to the risk of hardware failure without necessarily much warning and little or no recourse (other than purchasing another older Mac) when the hardware does fail. This may also be a different problem for the OP, as cost appears to be a major consideration here.
2) The use of Snow Leopard Server in Parallels will cost about $99 retail (less, if some shopping for "discounts" on Parallels is done on the internet).
Installing Snow Leopard Server into Parallels for DUMMIES:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=17285039&postcount=564
3) It was a common myth that the Snow Leopard EULA prohibited its virtualization in Lion and thereafter on a Mac. That myth has been debunked in the 3-1/2 years since Lion was first released and repeating it now does not make anything "clearer" but only tends to confuse an OP.
In any event whatever remains of that long forgotten debate is now mostly moot since Apple reduced the sales price of Snow Leopard Server by 95% (by telephone orders only; 1.800.MYAPPLE (1.800.692.7753) - Apple Part Number: MC588Z/A); that is, for the same $20 as it sells Snow Leopard client and it is much easier to install, use and maintain Snow Leopard Server in virtualization, including Parallels. -
Official news on a fix for those of us with issues with ios4 and 3g?
Hello all I'm new here on the forums waves
I have recently upgraded to iOS4 on my 3g and am one of the unfortunate to experience a downgrade in performance and major increase in heat(very concerned about the heat issue).
I have noticed a lot of people around different forums venting about this issue which is very understandable but...What I want to know is, does anyone know or have any official info on weather apple are releasing a fix for these problems? I know that the 3G is now been discontinued but surely they need to do something about this?
ThanksHey all thanks for the replies
Sorry wasn’t trying to get people to speculate more trying to get some official facts in the hope someone had seen some sort of news from apple.
I really hope they care, I am thinking of getting me a Mac but if they are like this with "old product"...I mean I know it’s a very old product and they are concentrating on newer products, but I for one can't upgrade for the foreseeable future and I’m sure many other are in the same boat it would be nice to know they still care about keeping us out dated owners happy just for a little longer until we can all upgrade! =(
I did try the rest thing and I think it may of help the problems slightly...still getting extremely hot with basic things though...
Thanks again for the replies -
"Error 4 trying to transition CPU 1 to OFF" Mid 2011 Mac Mini
A brand new Mid 2011 MAc Mini running lion (10.7.2) won't reboot, resume from sleep and present the following report after a shutdown holding the power button.
Any tips?
Anonymous UUID: xxxxxxxx
Tue Nov 15 23:32:19 2011
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002ca350): "Error 4 trying to transition CPU 1 to OFF"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1699.24.8/osfmk/i386/acpi.c:179
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff809c263c70 : 0xffffff8000220702
0xffffff809c263cf0 : 0xffffff80002ca350
0xffffff809c263d50 : 0xffffff7f820fc4bf
0xffffff809c263d80 : 0xffffff7f820ff604
0xffffff809c263da0 : 0xffffff800064bba0
0xffffff809c263de0 : 0xffffff8000664b8b
0xffffff809c263e20 : 0xffffff800062b9ca
0xffffff809c263e70 : 0xffffff8000632db9
0xffffff809c263eb0 : 0xffffff8000628ac4
0xffffff809c263ef0 : 0xffffff8000628c6b
0xffffff809c263f30 : 0xffffff80006386e0
0xffffff809c263f70 : 0xffffff8000638584
0xffffff809c263fb0 : 0xffffff8000820057
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform(1.4)[9FC0A7ED-417F-32BB-B3DA-F796353FEBEE]@0 xffffff7f820f2000->0xffffff7f82149fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[8B3C2276-CD6A-355B-A5F7-A09E4499594B]@0xfffff f7f809a6000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.7)[6D54F06A-46B7-37FC-AF22-DE68DC18A1A3]@0xffff ff7f80862000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
11C74
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 11.2.0: Tue Aug 9 20:54:00 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1699.24.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 59275DFA-10C0-30B3-9E26-F7B5DFB1A432
System model name: Macmini5,2 (Mac-4BC72D62AD45599E)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 88406132648
last loaded kext at 51892080266: com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.4d0 (addr 0xffffff7f81e65000, size 28672)
loaded kexts:
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp 4.1.6
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt 4.1.6
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB 4.1.6
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv 4.1.6
com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring 8.0
com.kext.HDAEnabler 1.0.0d1
org.netkas.FakeSMC 3.1.0
org.tgwbd.driver.NullCPUPowerManagement 1.0.0d2
es.osx86.driver.EvOreboot 1.0.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.4d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver 1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.0.4d2
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch 66.3
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.12.42
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.59
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 122
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.9
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.26
com.apple.kext.ATIFramebuffer 7.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD3000Graphics 7.1.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.0.16
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 4.7.5d4
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.5.3
com.apple.driver.MEDetect 1
com.apple.ATIRadeonX3000 7.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 312
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 33
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC 1.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 4.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.8.9
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 512.20.18
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.0.8b2
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 4.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 4.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.5
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 3.2.30
com.apple.security.quarantine 1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 167.0.0
com.apple.kext.MojoKDP 1
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard 152.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 152.3
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAVBAudio 1.0.0d11
com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver 220.62.1
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.0.1f4
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver 2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.10d0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio 2.8.2f5
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 80.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.1.3f7
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.1.3f7
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.0.1f4
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.5
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com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.3fc11
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.3
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com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.10d0
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com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.1d8
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3.2
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSink 1.1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSource 1.1.3
com.apple.kext.ATI6000Controller 7.1.2
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController 4.0.1f4
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Impossível reunir informações sobre a configuração do sistema.Model: Macmini5,2, BootROM MM51.0077.B0E, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.5 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.75f0
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6630M, AMD Radeon HD 6630M, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353737334448302D4348392020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353737334448302D4348392020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xE4), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.100.98.75.18)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.1f4, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS547550A9E384, 500,11 GB
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 3
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8281, 0xfa113000 / 5
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: Microsoft® LifeCam Cinema(TM), 0x045e (Microsoft Corporation), 0x075d, 0xfd130000 / 5
USB Device: USB2.0 Hub, 0x05e3 (Genesys Logic, Inc.), 0x0608, 0xfd120000 / 4
USB Device: iPhone, apple_vendor_id, 0x1297, 0xfd121000 / 7
USB Device: Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse® 1.00, 0x045e (Microsoft Corporation), 0x00e1, 0xfd124000 / 6
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd110000 / 3com.kext.HDAEnabler 1.0.0d1
org.netkas.FakeSMC 3.1.0
org.tgwbd.driver.NullCPUPowerManagement 1.0.0d2
es.osx86.driver.EvOreboot 1.0.3
Well, it seems that you have used Hackintosh to migrate or transfer your system from. These kexts are not present in original MacOs X.
On original Mac these kexts prevents it to enter sleep mode.
Solution is to remove these kexts from System/Library/Extensions or to do clean install.
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