Is the Mac mini 2011 support the white Apple remote?

Can't find similar question. Anyone know if the Mac mini 2011 support the white (1st gen) Apple Remote? I have one but my Mac mini server seem no response at all.

Problem solved. System disable apple remote by default.

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On the mac mini 2011 how can I run windows 7 without the optical drive, On the mac mini 2011 how can I run windows 7 without the optical drive

On the mac mini 2011 how can I run windows 7pm bootcamp without an optical drive. I watch lots of football on sop cast and other such windows based programmes but can't work out how to do it.

Actually Windows can be installed and booted from an external drive if the drive is connected eSATA (external SATA), since the drive is treated as if it's an internal HDD. I used the same method previously to dual-boot from 2 different HDD instead of partitioning.
Most PC motherboards come with them as standard so it's pretty much plug and play but I don't recall seeing a recent Mac with eSATA connectivity though, so that might not be an option for you.

I just purchased the Mac Mini Server with the intention of replacing Lion Server with Lion for the first hard drive while installing Windows 7 thru Bootcamp on the second hard drive. Is it possible for me to do this? Thanks.

I just purchased the Mac Mini Server with the intention of replacing Lion Server with Lion for the first hard drive while installing Windows 7 thru Bootcamp on the second hard drive. Is it possible for me to do this? Thanks.

I would use Parallels or VMWare and use the second drive to hold the virtual machine. That way the VM only uses the space that it needs and you can still use the remainder of the drive for other things, not to mention that you would not need to reboot to run windows.
Also Time Machine does not back up a boot camp partition.

I plan to purchase a Mac mini and then a new iPad. Can I use the iPad as a monitor and keyboard for the Mac mini, either through the USB connection or thru Wi-Fi?

I plan to purchase a Mac mini and then a new iPad. Can I use the iPad as a keyboard and screen for the Mac mini, using either the USB connector or Wi-Fi?

I'm sorry, I should have said thru Bluetooth, not Wi-Fi. I want to use the mini as a base station and the iPad like a laptop that I can sync when I'm home and carry with me when I travel. Is is possible to hook these 2 up - iPad/mini, through Bluetooth? I understand I need to use a regular monitor/keyboard/mouse on the initial install.

How to configure the mac mini to allow the clients to access both partitions...the client will only see the one we are logged into at the server???

if possible??? how do we configure the mac mini to allow the clients to access both partitions...the client will only see the one we are logged into at the server???

You have to explicitly share directories on external/secondary volumes.
Use the Server admin app to configure file sharing, and select which directory/directories on the second drive you want to share, then they'll be available to clients.

I broke connector cooler cooling the Mac mini 2011, where I can buy a cooler to change.

When I was changing the hard discs by solid state discs, I disconnect the cooler and brake the connector that goes to the motherboard. I Need to change the entire cooler, sells Apple Stores this cooler?

Apple does not sell such parts.
Here is one place
https://www.ifixit.com/Apple-Parts/Intel-Mac-Mini-Mid-2011-Late2012-Fan/IF171-00 7
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/Mac-Mini-Unibody-Fan-p-24092.html
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/271722230457?lpid=82&chn=ps
http://www.amazon.com/Original-922-9557-610-9557-610-0056-610-0069/dp/B00B85A5NI

Why won't the Mac Mini connect to the internet but won't browse

Here's an odd one...I hook up the mini with an ethernet cable to the cable modem - it finds the settings on it's own - IP address, subnet - the whole thing. That's just great - go to the activity monitor - and look at the network - packets going and coming - but when I go to Safari...it tells me that I'm not connected to the internet...that's funny - according to the activity monitor and the network settings - I am.
What am I missing here? I've tried the network assistant - and even my laptop can't connect to the cable modem automatically from that either and it is a never fail - plug and play.
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Try checking the settings in Safari. I'm not sure how safari work,(Don't have my mini yet) but if it's anything like firefox or IE 6, you should have a setting that says "Connection Setting" or something similar. Make sure it's set to auto detect or broadband or w/e your options may be. (Not sure exactly how safari works so i'm not sure what options you may have there)
If those settings are correct and nothing changes, another thing you can try is opening quicktime or visiting the itunes music store. If the internet works for these programs then you are defenately connected and it's a based safari problem. In fact, sometimes simply accessing the net through quicktime, itunes or windows media player (For windows) have re established my connection when it randomly stopped working with firefox. (I have no idea why) Browsers are weird sometimes so try opening quicktime and see how that works out. If quicktime or itunes connects, reopen safari and check to see if it made any change. If quicktime and itunes can't connect to the internet, then it might be a more complex issue regarding your network settings. (can't help at all there until I learn the mac ways of interneting)
Sorry I can't be a bigger help, like i said i don't have my mini yet (Or any other mac since my old g3 non tower :P). Hopefully just opening itunes or quicktime will be able to help you (not sure what it does but it works for me sometimes). Or maybe the settings on safari need to be reconfigured, and that could be ur fix.
Anyways Good luck,
Wannabe

4GB of RAM is supported for the Mac mini not 2GB

Hi everyone,
Its my first post and this is by no means the first one on this topic or with this finding, so your patience is appreciated.
I just wanted to tell everyone how happy I am that I put 4GB of DDR2 PC5300 RAM in my brand new Mac Mini and it works great. Apple say it only supports 2GB, why? The mac mini is not the easiest thing to upgrade I must admit. If you don't know your way around a PC then get a service centre to do it. But there is plenty on youtube etc to help you out.
Lots of people are only going up to 2GB as they do not want to risk paying for 2 x 2GB and it turns out not to work. It just so happened my Acer laptop had 4GB of the exact same RAM so I tried it out and it worked perfectly.
4GB in an Mac Mini is great as it means a fully functional mac for under £600 (inc RAM upgrade). I almost spent over twice that much on mac book pro and for my needs the mac mini matches it (any extra capacity the mac book pro has would go unused).
So I made the jump from PC to Mac and I am really happy. Macs are great esp for my creative needs. But they are generally tools and toys for rich people which is why I avoided them for so long.
Lets not forget guys if Apple supported the fact that 4GB works then why would you go out and spend all that money on a Mac that other than having a great screen (iMac) only offers 0.2-0.6Ghz more in power than a Mac mini that costs less than half the price.
iMacs are great as are mac books pros, but my Mac mini other than its graphics card offers me the same and looks great!!

No problem.
The mini is a steal and one of Apples best products I think. Design is great, value for money is great, features are great. It is a Mac for under £500! I have just purchased a RAID 1 based 800GB firewire drive for £130 from Amazon to make up for the small disk on this baby so my setup is even better. I have spent less than £700 and I am over the moon with my purchase. Find me another Mac or PC for that matter that provides me with so much for so little.
Oh and it also work great as a music player too. Comes with a remote for Front Row so when you are not using it as a computer it works amazing as a hi fi. It is amazing.
2.0ghz is more than enough juice for many things. I am running my Logic Studio and it is working very well and such an application requires above average juice. So for the average user who needs to pay twice as much for the extra .2 or .4 ghz.
I am going to get over this soon guys. Just happy thats all.

Is the mac mini server the same hardware as the other mac minis (except for the quad core i7 and dual hard drives) with different software or is it configured differently?

I have a mac mini with an i7 dual core processor. It is perceptably slower than my macbook pro with a quad core i7. Does the mac mini server have the same hardware configuation as the regular mac mini with server software or is the hardware different (aside from the i7 quad core and dual hard drives)? I want a mini with a quad core i7...

Your assumption is correct. The server does however only
have the Intel HD3000 graphics like the base model with
no option, at this time, for the discrete graphics chip. So,
depending on what you are using it for, that could be a deal
breaker. Remember that your MBP does have a discrete
graphics chip.
I have a 2011 Mini Server connected to a Thunderbolt display
that gets used as an engineering workstation and general
personal use (some photo editing, LP restoraton, general
internet browsing). You simply just not enable any of the
server services. I find the combination to work quite well
for my purposes. I also have a 13" 2.7 GHz i7 Macbook Pro
which is pretty much strictly for work. As far as CPU
power it is pretty much equivelent to your Mini. For the most
part I find the Mini does outperfom my MBP. I heavily use
Parallels and Windows7 virtual machines, so the more cores
the better.
So, If you do a lot of CPU intensive stuff that is multithreaded,
the Server may help. If it is graphics intensive and your software
heavily leaverages the GPU, you may actually take a hit on
performance.

Does the Mac Mini work well with a Sony 50" SXRD HDTV?

I would like to purchase a Mac Mini and use it as a home theatre PC for my tv. I have a Sony 50" SXRD Grand WEGA Model # KDS-R50XBR1 tv. I will connect the Mac Mini to the tv via a DVI-to-HDMI cable. I want to make sure the Mac Mini can support this size screen at full native resolution which is 1920x1080. Any help, comments, or suggestions will be very helpful!
Thanks.
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jayschr
Thank you for posting on this specific topic. The combination of a Sony KDS-R50XBR1 & a Mac Mini is a keen interest & current distraction in my life.
To this point, I can confirm that out of the box the Mini will reliably support a max 16:9 resolution of 1280x720, when connected to this TV via DVI-to-HDMI, albeit with over-scan (all edges off screen by a distracting degree). Display quality at this resolution is clear/readable (although some text may have some minor distortion or artifacts). Alternatively, connecting via DVI-to-VGA (PC 8) provides a crisper display, however (confirming pg 100 in the tv's manual) the Sony limits to the same 1280x720 resolution. Via this input the image has under-scan (black bands [letter & pillar box) all edges ~2"). Obviously, given the published specs of both devices, this is sub-optimal. That unfortunately is the straight forward answer to your question.
This lack of out-of-the-box native compatibility is not unique to the XBR. I have confidence that those more qualified than me, may be able to prescribe a pixel for pixel solution/work around. Throughout this forum, many informative posts have been generously/gratiously contributed by those in support of Mac Mini/HDTV harmony, quite often leading to success.
Significant among these have been contributors such as BSteely. I am both encouraged to see that BSteely has replied to your post, and concerned by the words of caution. I'm hopeful that this thread will continue to develop, ultimately leading to an optimal solution for this pairing.
There are many indications that a full native resolution of 1920x1080 should be possible. The Mini's display settings will recognize this particular Sony and register 1920x1080 (interlaced) as an example. However selecting this will cause the display to go black. This apparently is an out of the box limitation of the Mini, as my 17" PowerBook will display/maintain this setting (again with over-scan). So far I have not found the alternate settings (including those registered by the PowerBook) & techniques posted elsewhere in this forum to be effective when adapted to the Mini/XBR.
Please note that my primary objectives (equally weighted) going into this were;
1) getting on the HDTV bandwagon, by purchasing what I believed to be the best combination of technology/quality/future proofing/price. Regardless of how the Mini might ultimately perform when connected, I'm very happy with this set as a TV (Although the 1080p capability via 1080i input continues to confuse).
2) connecting a Mini I had purchased last summer, to a large digital display. The obvious & elegant manner in which a Mini can be integrated into a home theater/home network, is (I can attest) truly compelling.
Although I have yet to find the holy grail we both may be seeking, in a world where any thing seems possible, I remain optimistic.
Stay tuned here & elsewhere
SB
17 PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

How reliable is the Mac Mini or iMac (2009) models?

Greetings to you all. I have a question directed at anyone who owns the 2009 Mac Mini or has recently bought a Mac Mini either last year 2009 or this year, 2010. My Acer Aspire L-100 finally died on 29th Dec 2009 as a result of USB failure caused by a windows auto update. Fed up with Microsoft, I am thinking about switching over to Mac and thought the Mac Mini or iMac would be a good start. I am however troubled by the numerous complaints I am reading on the Apple website posts regarding the 2009 model Mac Mini loosing sound after a month or two of use and some posts claim that the sound on their Mac Mini is distorted, crackling and some had broken systems out of the box. How many of you have had similar sound issues with the Mac Mini? Also, is it better to get the iMac 21.5 inch instead? Has anyone had hardware issues with the Mac Mini and or the 21.5 inch iMac in less than 2-6 months of use? If so please let me know so that I can make up my mind, whether to purchase Mac computer platform or just build my own customized machine. What I need to know is, how reliable or durable is the mac mini computer, especially the 2009 model and how does the mac mini, especially with its small size, handle temperatures? Does the mac mini overheat? Please help. All information will be highly appreciated.

Remember, Apple offers a 1 year hardware warranty and 90 days free software support, both of which can be extended to three years from date of computer's purchase. This means if you appear to have what is a technical issue with your machine off the bat, Apple will cover the lemon issue, if it is obvious it is not an issue you the user could have caused. Mind you, if issues appear much later during the ownership, it gets harder to justify that it is a manufacturer issue. As long as you don't upgrade the internal hardware, the hardware test CD that comes with the machine will be able to tell if there is a manufacturer issue with the machine. All bets are off, if you change the RAM, or hard drive beyond the specs of the machine. Apple publishes the specs of the machine on http://support.apple.com/
Your machine shouldn't overheat unless you excede the published specs.
The advantage of the Mac is that malware and viruses are practically a nonissue, and everything you usually could desire is already built-in to the machine. So while you could build your own machine, you can't really get the integrated hardware and software as you do with the Mac.
Yes, the 27" iMac has been hit hard with issues, more around the display than anything else. I for one, if were forced to get an iMac, would get the 21.5".
I've not seen any specific Mac Mini issues really come to the fore.
If sound is lost on a Mac Mini, it usually is due to the fact that minijack connectors themselves are fragile to begin with, and endusers tend to jiggle them a lot in the connector, causing the connectivity to get lost. If you are careful to follow these directions about cables*:
http://www.macmaps.com/frayguide.html
You should avoid most of those issues. Thankfully there are 5 USB ports on Mac Minis, and USB audio is frequently better than the built-in audio, except when adding your own 5.1 speaker system with mini-Toslink connector speakers.
Don't forget the number of posters to this board, don't even amount to 1 tenth of a percent of all purchasers of iMacs, Mac Minis, or MacBooks any one quarter. Thus the remark you said was "rude" is not. It is factual. You are basing your information on what amounts to less odds of happening than a space program disaster with NASA. Mostly people who have problems are posting, and those who don't rarely do post.
I recently had a hard drive die after the three year warranty was spent, but hard drives I've seen die on Acers and Dells on the first day of ownership too, so that's nothing new. Backing up your data is the best way to deal with data loss*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

I am trying to play my digital music off a hard drive onto my home stereo. I would like to know if the mac mini can just hook to my processor and play music through the processor(preamp) on my home stereo speakers?

I currently have a nice home stereo component system. I also have a 500 GB external hard drive loaded with music. I am looking for a way to play the music off this Hard Drive onto my home stereo system. I currently have a WD home entertainment box that I can play movies that I download off the Internet on my TV, of course piped through my home stereo for the sound. I would like to know if the mac-mini could be used in this form also. Just have the HD hooked to it, the TV would become my monitor and the mac mini would play the music ... RANDOMLY ... with the use of iTunes. This of course would be hooked up to the home system with an hdmi cable and the HD hooked up through a USB connection.
Just would like to know if this could work?

Yes. Is the short answer.
You can directly connect the speaker out port of the Mac mini to an input on the AV Receiver which then feeds your speakers. This would be an audio only solution. If you use a TOS-Link connection this will be a pure digital connection ensuring the best quality (important for audiophiles).
You can if you wish connect the video from the Mac mini to the AV Receiver, and if you have a Mac mini with HDMI or a Mini Displayport you can run the audio and video via a single cable. (Older models would use two cables, the aforementioned TOS-Link pus a DVI to HDMI cable.)
If you do connect the video output from the Mac to the AV Receiver you can then display this on your TV, and have as one possibility iTunes displayed with perhaps one of the iTunes visualisers playing along with the music. Another possibility would be to use FrontRow on the Mac.
A different approach would be to have the Mac mini stream over a network to a device e.g. the Sonos Zoneplayer which is then connected to the AV Receiver. An AirPort Express is also able to do this.

Any chance the Mac mini and the Apple TV will be combined into one unit?

Any chance the Mac mini and the Apple TV will be combined into one unit?

No.
The Apple TV is the guts of an iPad without the screen or battery running a different build of the OS. Ie, its very cheap to make and runs an ARM processor (like all iDevices)
The Mac mini is 6x the price and is a full intel computer running the OS X.
Now, it could be that the Apple TV gets more powerful and its OS more diverse and "computer like" (apps + iCloud for example), but for now they're still coming from totally different directions.
They just happen to look alike

Using the Mac Mini to create a Wisp Client Router

My condo association has just offered WiFi to all units however the problem that I have is firstly lack of signal penetration within my unit and secondly the use of WPA2 Enterprise PEAP access. I can't find *ANY* Wisp routers or range extenders that can handle this protocol so what I am thinking is the following.
(1) Set up my Mac Mini to connect to the condo's WiFi
(2) Set up internet sharing on the Mac Mini to share it's wireless internet with the ethernet port
(3) Attach a wireless router or Access point (please tell me which one to use) to share this internet throughout my apartment and hopefully have the Mac Mini included in the resulting network neighborhood.
Will this work as described? Is this the best (or only) solution? I need to hook up things like a WiFi all-in-one printer, VOIP phone, Dell workstation, Asus laptop, roku, Sony PS3, + others and the current WiFi signal will not reach them all plus not all devices can join this secured WiFi signal.

Hello,
Only problem I see is having the Mini included in the neighborhood.
Besides a Wifi Router, I think I'd add one of these to the Mini to make that happen...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/MXP3802NU2C/

Format the mac mini server 2010

Dear Friends,
good day
I have a Mac mini 2010 running OS X snow leopard server, when I bought it I had after few days later some booting issues ,, hence I visited maintenance center & they just format it and every things going fine after the initial setup.
Few days later I had issues with the web service (wiki) ... that's make me decided to format the Mac mini by using the installation DVD which come with it.. since I don't have an external super drive I use what they called remote disk function by inserting the server OS X installation DVD on my iMac 20" Intel 2006 and use the DVD remotely through wireless/Cable.
The wired thing when I choose the distention to install the os in the Mac mini server it gave me an error the you can't install an older version to this volume !
I never had such issues with my other Macs,, did any one face such problem ??
Thank you in advance for helping me out.
cheers mates

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The wired thing when I choose the distention to install the os in the Mac mini server it gave me an error the you can't install an older version to this volume !
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The problem is your mac os x server version is more updated than your Mac Os server DVD version . if you want to completely reformat and install it from the beginning you need to reformat the hard drive using disk utility ?
HIH
(Hope it helps)

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