HT1338 Mac Mini 2005 runs Mac OS X, can I update to OS X 10.6?
Do I need to run OSX 10.6 to use a wireless keyboard for this Mini Mac (2005), and if so, how can I upgrade to MAC OS X 10.6? Or can I
purchase another keyboard that will work with my present operating system (MAC OS X)?
Both the 2005 MacMinis were PowerPC computers that originally came with 10.3 or 10.4.
The highest they can go is 10.5
However that shouldn't matter. To run a wireless keyboard requires bluetooth and your MacMini may have it. I don't use a wireless keyboard myself, so I can't offer you the finer points of connecting one up, but check to see if your Mac has bluetooth.
Click on About this Mac and read its specifications.
If you just need another keyboard, I'd stick with a wired USB one. However that may require trying to find one secondhand. If you can locate a computer swap meeting in your area, maybe that will offer you the chance to pick one up there.
Also a windows keyboard will probably work except for some of the function keys along the top.
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Can I hook up a wireless keyboard to my mac mini 2005 running OS X 10.4.11? if so how?
can I hook up a wireless keyboard to my mac mini 2005 running 10.4.11? If so how?
The original Mac Mini does have Bluetooth, see > Mac mini (original) - Technical Specifications
Of course it also depends on what wireless keyboard you mean...?
For more on setting up an Apple wireless keyboard, see > Troubleshooting wireless mouse and keyboard issues
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My first post to the Apple Support Community so it looks like all I wanted to know is covered in the title. The research I have done led me to solutions that I am not comfortable trying for fear of irreparably damaging my keyboard and/or Mac mini. Does anyone have a simpler solution? Please? Hellooooo?
Just in case the title is too long to show, I have re-pasted here:
The volume keys on my Logitech K760 wireless keyboard do not work with my 2.3 GHz, Intel Core i5 Mac mini which runs Mac OS X 10.7.4. Anyone know how to correct this without having to re-code firmware?BDAqua wrote:
Hello & welcome to the Forums!
I think Spark cured this for another person and the same problem...
http://www.shadowlab.org/Software/spark.php
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http://doublecommand.sourceforge.net/
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If it's a PowerPC Mac, it's already running the newest OS it can.
If it's an Intel Mac, click here, buy the DVD, back up your system, install it, and run Software Update.
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Have you looked here:
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I need to update the software on my Macbook. I'm still running 10.4... This is for school. I'll be using animation programs. Please help and thank you!!
I have a similar question.
Am I limited to the upgrade versions I can install, based on the Technical Specs for a MacBook Pro (late 2006) (Oct. 24, 2006)?
I'd like to go to os10.6, so I can sync with my iPhone 4s. Is OS X Mountain Lion an option worth considering?
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro 15"
Model Identifier: MacBookPro2,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.33 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP22.00A5.B07
SMC Version: 1.12f5
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HT1338 how do i update my mac mini (2005) edition
how do i update my mac mini (2005) edition
What do you want to update? The OS? If so, what version OS are you currently running?
If that's the question all you need to do is click on "software update" ... Be aware though that if you go past 10.4.x you lose the ability to run OS9 (classic) applications. -
HT1338 Silverlight on MAC MINI to run Redbox Instant?
1. Silverlight on MAC MINI to run Redbox Instant?
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Hello,
My uncle gave me a free Mac Mini 2005 model when he purchased a newer model. The wireless wasn't working with it so I fixed it. From what he said the Mac was always slow, but lately my Mac has gotten a lot slower than normal. I don't know what happened but all of a sudden it just slowed right down. It always freezes and lagey. I don't know if there is something that I can do. I could possibly upgrade the RAM from 1GB to like 2 GB. But I'm not too sure if that'll fix this issue.
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my wife and i both have an itunes library installed on to our separate pc's, we are now de-commissioning the pc's and are moving over to a single mac mini, can we install both libraries on to the mac mini and run them as separate libraries?
graham218 wrote:
are moving over to a single mac mini, can we install both libraries on to the mac mini and run them as separate libraries?
Generally YES.
It's possible to hold separate iTunes library's on a single machine.
Generate two new folders inside the Music folder of the Mini and name them differently; e.g. man and woman.
Copy your whole library into "man" and your wifes into "woman"
Go to sharing in the system settings of the Mini and share the Music folder in your network.
After copying the whole library's to the Mini you may point iTunes to the new location at startup by holding the option key (alt) at the keyboard.
iTunes will then ask you where the library is located.
Point it to the matching library on the Mini.
That's all.
Lupunus
PS ... If you both use only the Mini you have to setup a user account for each and just copy the whole library to the Music folder in particular.
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My mac mini is running very slow all of a sudden, how can i restore it's speed?
my mac mini is running very slow all of a sudden, how can i restore it's speed?
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. All it does is to gather information about the state of your computer. That information goes nowhere unless you choose to share it on this page. However, you should be cautious about running a program at the instance of a stranger on a public message board. If you have doubts, search this site for other discussions in which this procedure has been followed without any report of ill effects. If you can't satisfy yourself that the instructions are safe, don't follow them.
Here's a summary of what you need to do: Copy a line of text from this web page into the window of another application. Wait about a minute. Then paste some other text, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page. The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. Details follow.
You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.
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Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
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USB Ethernet Adapter Stopped Working On Mac Mini Server Running 10.6.6
Is anybody out there successfully using the Apple USB Ethernet adapter on a Mac Mini Server running 10.6.6? They have stopped working for me.
The boot disk in the 2009 Mac Mini Server in my classroom failed and after Apple replaced the disk and I reinstalled SLS and ran Software Update to bring the machine up to 10.6.6 the USB Ethernet adapter that was the interface to the outside world no longer recognized when a cable was plugged in. The cable was good and worked just fine if plugged into another machine or the built-in interface. At first I thought that the USB Interface had failed but after trying two new ones (graciously exchanged by Apple) and finding that none of them worked I'm coming to the conclusion that perhaps the warning on the package that the USB Ethernet only works with the MacBook Air finally became true.Douglas Urner wrote:
Is anybody out there successfully using the Apple USB Ethernet adapter on a Mac Mini Server running 10.6.6? They have stopped working for me.
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Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
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☞ 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 Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
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My Mac Mini is running on iOS 10.6.8 can it be loaded with 7.0 or higher?
My Mac Mini is running on iOS 10.6.8 can it be loaded with 7.0 or higher?
Choose About this Mac from the Apple menu, check if the computer has at least 2GB of RAM, and if it does, click here and order a download code for Lion 10.7.
Back up your data and check your applications for compatibility before upgrading. In particular, Mac OS X 10.7 and newer don't support PowerPC programs such as versions of Microsoft Office prior to 2008.
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Hi All
I have a number of Mac Mini labs running Windows 7 64bit. Prior to having Mac Minis we had straight PC's and WOL worked perfectly. Now we cannot get WOL to work at all. These are straight PC's now, not bootcamped Mini's. Anyone got any advice on how to get WOL to work at all.
thanksThese are straight PC's now, not bootcamped Mini's.
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