General poor performance of my Mac mini

I have been using my mac mini for over a year, it continues to frustrate me how slow and unresponsive it can be even though I do very little with it, i.e organise photos and browse the web - usually looking for solutions to the poor performance problem!
I came a cross this app that has given me lots of information, unfortunately with my limited IT know-how there is nothing here that gives me any clues, as to the cause of the problem. I guess the red font is not good?
I'm sorry i can't be more specific about the problem other than to say that iPhoto and Safari the two programmes i use way more often than any other, keep giving me the beach ball. My internet speed is ok 25 Mbps down - 4.5 Mbps
Is there anything here that stands out as being wrong? if so any suggestions/ instructions for what I should do?
p.s. i had to quit Safari while writing this and have a report for this if it helps?
Any help much appreciated.
Problem description:
My mac is just generally very slow. I only use it to look at the internet and manage photos.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)
Report generated 3 January 2015 16:03:59 GMT
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Mac mini (Late 2012) (Verified)
Mac mini - model: Macmini6,2
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
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Intel HD Graphics 4000
DELL U2412M 1920 x 1200
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 5 days 22:14:3
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APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (759.01 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
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HP Photosmart B110 series
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
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[killed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.passwordcheck.plist
[killed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[killed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.xpc.smd.plist
5 processes killed due to memory pressure
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Wondershare Helper Compact Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Helper/Wondershare Helper Compact.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.5.5f1 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 240.33 GB
Destinations:
Time Capsule [Network]
Total size: 2.00 TB
Total number of backups: 56
Oldest backup: 2014-09-30 04:29:13 +0000
Last backup: 2015-01-03 15:37:35 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk used 240.33 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
    110% com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
      6% WindowServer
      1% Activity Monitor
      1% coreaudiod
      1% sysmond
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
1.11 GB com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
73 MB iTunes
49 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
39 MB mds
39 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
68 MB Free RAM
1.07 GB Active RAM
1.02 GB Inactive RAM
893 MB Wired RAM
63.93 GB Page-ins
2.15 GB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Jan 1, 2015, 11:43:39 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64_2015-01-01-114339_[r edacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]
Jan 1, 2015, 11:32:46 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WindowServer_2015-01-01-113246_[redacted].crash
Jan 1, 2015, 11:00:30 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64_2015-01-01-110030_[r edacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]
Jan 1, 2015, 10:19:03 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/iBooks_2015-01-01-101903_[redacted].cpu_resourc e.diag [Details]

Hi Linc Davis
Thank you for taking the time to respond.
I got this information from a time when I was opening up iPhoto, and then going to the iCloud folder. To be honest it wasn't the most disastrous of events, I did get a few beachballs and when I opened up a shared folder the photos weren't loaded as normal. As I get more lengthy delays in carrying out any activities I will post back the console results.
Just as a bit more info, I don't consider my problem an update to Yosemite problem, if anything since updating performance has been improved from Mavericks.
Do you have any comments about upgrading RAM from the 4GB I have?
Should I act on any of the messages in red from the EtreCheck report?
Many Thanks
Duncan
03/01/2015 19:30:18.331 com.apple.iCloudHelper[12481]: objc[12481]: Class FALogging is implemented in both /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FamilyCircle.framework/Versions/A/FamilyCircl e and /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FamilyNotification.framework/Versions/A/Famil yNotification. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
03/01/2015 19:30:18.391 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
03/01/2015 19:30:19.162 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: called
03/01/2015 19:30:19.162 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: entering
03/01/2015 19:30:19.163 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: called
03/01/2015 19:30:19.163 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: entering
03/01/2015 19:30:19.186 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: called
03/01/2015 19:30:19.187 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: entering
03/01/2015 19:30:19.188 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: called
03/01/2015 19:30:19.188 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: entering
03/01/2015 19:30:19.188 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: called
03/01/2015 19:30:19.188 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: entering
03/01/2015 19:30:25.446 WindowServer[7810]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "iPhoto" after 10.70 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
03/01/2015 19:30:33.548 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase MayBegin (128), but previous was 1 (not 0, Cancelled or End)
03/01/2015 19:30:33.919 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Began (1), but previous was 1 (not 0, MayBegin or End)
03/01/2015 19:30:34.077 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Ended (4), but previous was 4 (not Began)
03/01/2015 19:30:34.605 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase MayBegin (128), but previous was 1 (not 0, Cancelled or End)
03/01/2015 19:30:34.774 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Began (1), but previous was 1 (not 0, MayBegin or End)
03/01/2015 19:30:34.853 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Ended (4), but previous was 4 (not Began)
03/01/2015 19:30:47.562 pkd[12123]: FCIsAppAllowedToLaunchExt [343] -- *** _FCMIGAppCanLaunch timed out. Returning false.
03/01/2015 19:31:10.695 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase MayBegin (128), but previous was 1 (not 0, Cancelled or End)
03/01/2015 19:31:10.807 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Began (1), but previous was 1 (not 0, MayBegin or End)
03/01/2015 19:31:16.961 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Ended (4), but previous was 4 (not Began)
03/01/2015 19:31:18.514 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase MayBegin (128), but previous was 1 (not 0, Cancelled or End)
03/01/2015 19:31:18.593 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Began (1), but previous was 1 (not 0, MayBegin or End)
03/01/2015 19:31:22.538 discoveryd[49]: Basic Sockets SetDelegatePID() failed for PID[3491] errno[3] result[-1]
03/01/2015 19:31:27.912 mds[32]: (DiskStore.Normal:2376) 6052001 1.780097
03/01/2015 19:31:56.831 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Ended (4), but previous was 4 (not Began)
03/01/2015 19:31:57.224 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase MayBegin (128), but previous was 1 (not 0, Cancelled or End)
03/01/2015 19:31:57.281 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Began (1), but previous was 1 (not 0, MayBegin or End)
03/01/2015 19:31:57.405 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Ended (4), but previous was 4 (not Began)
03/01/2015 19:31:58.507 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase MayBegin (128), but previous was 1 (not 0, Cancelled or End)
03/01/2015 19:31:58.541 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Began (1), but previous was 1 (not 0, MayBegin or End)
03/01/2015 19:31:59.160 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Ended (4), but previous was 4 (not Began)
03/01/2015 19:32:09.891 com.apple.InputMethodKit.UserDictionary[12456]: -[PFUbiquitySetupAssistant canReadFromUbiquityRootLocation:](1492): CoreData: Ubiquity: Error attempting to read ubiquity root url: file:///Users/Duncan/Library/Mobile%20Documents/com~apple~TextInput/Dictionarie s/.
Error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=134323 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (Cocoa error 134323.)" UserInfo=0x7f90e152a380 {NSAffectedObjectsErrorKey=<PFUbiquityLocation: 0x7f90e152a2e0>: /Users/Duncan/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~TextInput}
userInfo: {
NSAffectedObjectsErrorKey = "<PFUbiquityLocation: 0x7f90e152a2e0>: /Users/Duncan/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~TextInput";
03/01/2015 19:32:12.862 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Began (1), but previous was 1 (not 0, MayBegin or End)
03/01/2015 19:32:20.818 com.apple.SecurityServer[53]: Killing auth hosts
03/01/2015 19:32:20.819 com.apple.SecurityServer[53]: Session 100281 destroyed
03/01/2015 19:32:20.974 com.apple.SecurityServer[53]: Session 100577 created
03/01/2015 19:32:34.833 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Ended (4), but previous was 4 (not Began)
03/01/2015 19:32:35.767 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase MayBegin (128), but previous was 1 (not 0, Cancelled or End)
03/01/2015 19:32:35.789 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Began (1), but previous was 1 (not 0, MayBegin or End)
03/01/2015 19:32:35.980 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Ended (4), but previous was 4 (not Began)
03/01/2015 19:32:36.273 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Began (1), but previous was 1 (not 0, MayBegin or End)
03/01/2015 19:32:36.487 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Ended (4), but previous was 4 (not Began)
03/01/2015 19:32:47.035 WindowServer[7810]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "iPhoto" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
03/01/2015 19:32:50.555 WindowServer[7810]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "iPhoto" after 4.52 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
03/01/2015 19:32:51.578 WindowServer[7810]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "iPhoto" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
03/01/2015 19:32:52.745 WindowServer[7810]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "iPhoto" after 2.17 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
03/01/2015 19:32:53.098 mds[32]: (DiskStore.Normal:2376) 6052001 1.279589
03/01/2015 19:33:03.332 BezelServices 245.23[7816]: ASSERTION FAILED: dvcAddrRef != ((void *)0) -[DriverServices getDeviceAddress:] line: 2602
03/01/2015 19:33:03.332 BezelServices 245.23[7816]: ASSERTION FAILED: dvcAddrRef != ((void *)0) -[DriverServices getDeviceAddress:] line: 2602
03/01/2015 19:33:11.961 mds[32]: (DiskStore.Normal:2376) 6052001 1.939804
03/01/2015 19:33:29.541 WindowServer[7810]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "iPhoto" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
03/01/2015 19:33:32.354 WindowServer[7810]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "iPhoto" after 3.81 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
03/01/2015 19:33:44.549 discoveryd[49]: Basic DNSResolver dropping message because it doesn't match the one sent Port:53 MsgID:20602
03/01/2015 19:33:54.055 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase MayBegin (128), but previous was 1 (not 0, Cancelled or End)
03/01/2015 19:34:05.143 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: called
03/01/2015 19:34:05.143 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: entering
03/01/2015 19:34:05.165 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: called
03/01/2015 19:34:05.165 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: entering
03/01/2015 19:34:05.165 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: called
03/01/2015 19:34:05.166 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: entering
03/01/2015 19:34:05.166 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: called
03/01/2015 19:34:05.166 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: entering
03/01/2015 19:34:05.166 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: called
03/01/2015 19:34:05.166 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: entering
03/01/2015 19:34:05.166 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: called
03/01/2015 19:34:05.166 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: entering
03/01/2015 19:34:05.166 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: called
03/01/2015 19:34:05.166 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: entering
03/01/2015 19:34:05.166 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: called
03/01/2015 19:34:05.166 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: entering
03/01/2015 19:34:05.499 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: called
03/01/2015 19:34:05.499 discoveryd[49]: WCFNameResolvesToAddr: entering
03/01/2015 19:34:07.001 discoveryd[49]: Basic Sockets SetDelegatePID() failed for PID[3491] errno[3] result[-1]
03/01/2015 19:34:13.809 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase MayBegin (128), but previous was 1 (not 0, Cancelled or End)
03/01/2015 19:34:13.821 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Began (1), but previous was 1 (not 0, MayBegin or End)
03/01/2015 19:34:14.124 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Ended (4), but previous was 4 (not Began)
03/01/2015 19:34:14.766 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase MayBegin (128), but previous was 1 (not 0, Cancelled or End)
03/01/2015 19:34:14.867 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Began (1), but previous was 1 (not 0, MayBegin or End)
03/01/2015 19:34:17.769 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Ended (4), but previous was 4 (not Began)
03/01/2015 19:34:18.186 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase MayBegin (128), but previous was 1 (not 0, Cancelled or End)
03/01/2015 19:34:18.186 WindowServer[7810]: scrollPhase Began (1), but previous was 1 (not 0, MayBegin or End)

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I think Boece has nailed it. Can you get more memory in your mini? I know it's a pain and the max quoted by Apple is only 1G, but I think a big part of your problem is just plain lack of memory. When the system does not have enough real memory to work with it will use virtual memory - use the hard drive as if it were memory. This really slows things down, especially when you have a hard drive that is way too full as yours is. You have very little ram to be running OS X and you've effectively blocked the system from the work around it wants to use to deal with this by having a hard drive so full. Add a resource hog like flash and the problem just gets worse. Every time I've added memory to a mac the page-outs have gone down and the system become more responsive. You have a lot of page outs. I've seen macs run all day and have zero - but that's with 4-6g ram. Still, the fewer the better. Here's a nice link to Apple's discussion of memory usage in OS X: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1342?viewlocale=en_US
Also, flash will never run great on the graphics sub-system in that unit. I have a MDD G4 1.25 with a similar graphics unit and flash isn't great on that either. But for security reasons I would never run less than the latest version of flash - it is one of the main conduits of malware these days and although I've never heard of problems on the mac it's still not good to leave gaping security holes. Hope this helps.

General poor performance

Hello all,
This is a rather broad question, but one I need help with so here goes...
I'm running FCE4 w/ my MacBook Pro. I'm still in the learning process so I was trying some things like mattes, etc. When I applied a matte to a 10 second clip, I got that dropped frame message. I looked at my playback control settings and they are as follows:
-RT Unlimited
-Vid Quality Med
-FrameRate Dynamic
I changed these setting around and when set to to about the lowest possible settings, I still got that dropped frame message.
Basically, I believe the performance of my machine should be able to handle this much without hiccuping this way. My hard drive has lots of room and is the 7200rpm model, 4gig ram. I'm just thinking this should behave better than this. Any ideas, anyone?
Heaven forbid I should add a second video track!
Lastly, (meaning I just remembered) I am using a WD 500gig external drive to keep footage on. I'm sure it's 5400rpm. Could this be the culprit?
Thanks all,
Dave

Whenever you apply any effect to a clip you'll almost always have to render it out in order to view it real-time and without dropped frames. Press Option-R to render everything out and then try viewing it again. You can also click Option-P to preview it as fast as your system will allow.
If you want to work in Unlimited RT without getting the dropped frame warning and then render at the end, you can always turn that message off.
As for the external drive, it should be a Firewire disk formatted to Mac OS Extended.

Optimize performance mac mini server

What is the best way to optimize performance on my Mac Mini Sever? I recently completed mutiple video editing projects that filled both my 1tb drives (with less than 5% space remaining on each). I copy/pasted the files to an external drive after the project but my computer is now running very slow (i see the swirly lollipop thing almost every time i click a new function). Suggestions? Is there something native to the Mac OS that I can use for cleanup? I would rather not use 3rd party software if i can help it.
Thanks!

First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive might be failing.
There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
Reset the System Management Controller.
If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane.
Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk.
Otherwise, take the steps below when you notice the problem.
Step 1
Launch the Activity Monitor 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. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the icon grid.
Select the CPU tab of the Activity Monitor window.
Select All Processes from the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for % User, % System, and % Idle at the bottom of the window.
Select the System Memory tab. What values are shown in the bottom part of the window for Page outs and Swap used?
Next, select the Disk Activity tab. Post the approximate values shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec (not Reads in and Writes out.)
Step 2
If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.
Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. That should be easy to do if your extract is not too long.

Sluggish performance - Mac Mini and MBP?

I'm experiencing sluggish performance on my Mac Mini with Leopard (upgrade installation) when using the genie effect, expose, spaces, gadgets, 3d dock, etc. It's jerky, as if the animation is missing frames. Is it related to the graphics card? I also find my finder painfully slow opening folders.... Any other people experiencing this? Are there any solutions available?

Exactely the same here. I had to disable the 3D dock alltogether, admittedly not a big loss. Sluggishness seems to worsen with a 'complex' desktop picture (graphics card - texture issue?). Also, and most annoyingly, I find that text rendering seems to be much worse, e.g. look at the system menu with an all black or white desktop background. Or a SoulseeX window on top of some other (Carbon app with opacity set to 90% per default). This is a litte better if I set the display to a '2.2 Television gamma' (I have a 23" Cinema display). One thing that i will try is to boot back into 10.4 and see if it's just my imagination but I am pretty sure it's not.

Mac Mini almost impossible to use

Got my mac mini 1 month ago, brand new out of the box.
It runs slower than any other computer I have ever owned. We are talking many years of experience. I really want to love this computer as I do my Iphone. Went to the Apple store today and spoke with a rep. Explained some problems and the fact that it took 1 hour to download 160 photos from my camera. Asked if adding more RAM would enhance the performance. The rep explained that the mac mini was "basically the lowest end of all their products and was not user upgradable". Asked if I could return it since I needed something that functioned in a reasonable amount of time. After a few more questions, was told it "technically was user upgradable but there was a possibility that I would void my warranty." The rep then went on to explain that regardless, the mac mini should not be operating so poorly and slowly. My questions are 1. has any other persons experience similar types of issues with regards to the poor performace of their mac mini. The reason for this question is that the rep stated that he thought this was a system defect ie. I have a faulty mac.
2. What is the honest story with regards to upgrading my "not user Upgradable" mac mini.
Why should I invest any more money if the computer is going to continue to function as poorly as it has the past month.
The rep did offer to give me a discount on "classes" to learn how to use the mac, but until it can perform more appropriately, I don't want to waste another penny.
Thanks for any advice you can offer.

+What is the honest story with regards to upgrading my "not user Upgradable" mac mini.+
Apple states that there are no user serviceable parts inside the Mini. I'm afraid there is no clear-cut answer as to what that means.
At one end, it clearly means that if you open the Mini and you break something, Apple will not honor the warranty.
On the other hand, if Apple or an authorized service provider installs new memory, the warranty will hold.
The gray area in the middle is when a competent user upgrades the memory and does a "professional" job.
Having said all that, a 1-Gig Core2Duo's speed at downloading photos should not be noticeably impacted by having only 1-Gig of RAM -- depending of course on what other activities (programs) are running during the download. More RAM is always good, but I don't think it is the direct explanation for that 1-hour download time.
I should add that this is a user-to-user support forum that is most helpful dealing with technical issues. While many of us have enough experience with Apple to provide some guidance from personal experience on Apple's policies -- the real purpose of this forum is to help with technical problems. So the more you talk about the nuts and bolts of the problems you are having in using your Mini, the more helpful we can be.

Installation of Yosemite 10.10.1 has severely slowed the performance of my Mac. Takes a long time to start-up and to load any apps. Any suggestions?

Installation of Yosemite 10.10.1 has severely slowed performance of my Mac Mini. Tales a long time to start, and a very long time to start any apps.

Open Activity Monitor and kill this process - rapportd.
Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility and press the Continue button. After Disk Utility loads select the Macintosh HD entry from the the left side list. Click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If Disk Utility reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit Disk Utility and return to the main menu.
Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
Alternatively, see:
Reinstall OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Choose the version you have installed now:
OS X Yosemite- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
OS X Lion- Reinstall Mac OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

Is it possible the current Mac Mini 2.7 Ghz i7 with two full-resolution displays and Thunderbolt operate?

Hello,
Is it possible the current Mac Mini 2.7 Ghz i7 with two full-resolution displays and Thunderbolt operate?
Thanxs for your answers.
Gerald

On Second thoughts...
I don't really know how well Logic Express 7 performs on the Mac Mini because I have not yet had the chance to experience the two together. Don't let that put you off the idea though! From my understanding of the system requirements printed on the Logic Express homepage, it states that a G4 or faster system is required, however Apple personally recommend a Dual G4 or G5 is recommended alongside a minimum of 512MB of Ram. This Does mean that Logic Express will run on the Mac Mini but you will most probably find it lags when moving samples in real time and rendering them onto your hard drive. If you really want to enjoy making "serious" music on the Mac then you really need to be looking at the iMac G5 or the iMac Core Duo (Intel) purely for your tempers sake. As for an Intel Mac Mini, there is no indication as to when we will be seeing one on the market and therefore you may find yourself on the fence between keeping your fixed budget and holding on a little or jumping in and getting on the right road to a digital musical life - mac style.
Maybe this will inspire your decision:
http://www.engadget.com/2005/02/08/how-to-turn-your-mac-mini-into-a-low-cost-rec ording-studio/
Hope this helps
-Pos

None mac mini user question

Hi!!
I have an ibook and i just wanna know something about the mac mini.
On what does it go and is it a comp... i know its newb but i just can't figure out how it work. Can we plug it on an ordinary screen?
thx for answering me

Yes, Troy is right, it is a full-fledged computer, that now with the Intel processors has become a contender in the more powerful and higher end computing market due to the increased processing speed. Performance wise, a Mac Mini Core Duo performs at/higher than the iMac G5 for Universal Application compatible with the Intel architecture.
The slogan Apple uses is BYOKDM, Bring Your On Keyboard, Display, and Mouse, which means you can use your existing keyboard, mouse and display on your Mac Mini.
It is mainly a computer used to draw in the market of iPod users with it's lower price, yet still highly customizable hardware configurations to make the Mac Mini a pretty powerful machine.

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