Late 2014 Mini 24/7

Greetings just received my late 2014 Mac Mini from apple today. Very fast and nice system, I see why everyone likes mac systems. Anyway I have for over 10 years always run my desktop PC's 24/7 without turning them off or shutting down the hard drives.
My question is will there be any ill affects from setting my mini so it won't spin down the hard drive won't turn off the display or go to sleep? Just leaving it on and ready 24/7/365?
Thanks and have a good night!

I'm also a newbie.
An added thought which you've probably already considered -- the mini will do tasks, such as back up using time machine, update etc.., while sleeping or idle. If you don't have an uninterruptible power supply and the power goes out....
I hooked up my existing UPS to the mini and am now able to control its settings through the mini -- system preferences >> energy saver
The settings appeared upon UPS connection; no software required.

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2. Windows 8.1 Pro x64 full version ISO downloaded from Microsoft Store.
3. Sandisk Extreme Flash Drive (I have tried both 16GB and 64GB).
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7. Booting from the EFI portion of the Bootcamp created Windows installer.
I have read that I should try using a USB 2 flash drive rather than a USB 3 flash drive, so I will try that next. I fail to understand how this could make any difference.
If you have any other tips, please let me know.
I have installed or helped other people install bootcamp many times over the course of the past 2 years. Every single time it has caused endless headaches and literally weeks of wasted time.
I have read endless posts on what is causing these problems. I will consider summarising these for anyone else having the same problems. Everyone has their theory so far about this Bootcamp nightmare, but so far there doesn't appear to be any one magic solution.
Apple's inability to address the issue suggests that the problem may be with the Windows installer. Perhaps Microsoft is deliberately causing this?
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If you have any better idea, please let me know.
On another topic, how to I rename the NTFS partition back to BOOTCAMP? All options to rename this partition are greyed out in Disk Utility...
Cheers,
Paul

Paul@Sydney wrote:
7. Booting from the EFI portion of the Bootcamp created Windows installer.
The FAT32/NTFS partition is usually not adequate for an EFI install. You can delete the BCA-created partition and create a Disk Utility partition which is formatted as Free Space. This will be split into an MSR and MSD. Fusion drives create problems, especially if the BC partition lies outside the traditional MBR 2TB boundary.
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Windows installers up to W8.1 do not have USB3 drivers. These are installed after Windows is installed and BC drivers are in place.
Apple's inability to address the issue suggests that the problem may be with the Windows installer. Perhaps Microsoft is deliberately causing this?
The requirements are pretty strict when installing Windows. Any deviations cause headaches and grief.
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The USB is usually the issue.
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Attempts to download my purchased Mountain Lion from the App Store result in the following message "We could not complete your purchase. OSX Mountain Lion is not compatible with this computer".
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Hi Steve
Its not a fusion drive. The full spec is
2.6GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz)
16GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
1TB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
Intel Iris Graphics
I wanted the size of the drive large as I'm going to use it for just a small amount of Mac work and a very large amount of Windows work.
I did actually click format during a number of the attempts I've tried. It generally formatted and left me no better advanced. Generally it would removed the word BOOTCAMP from the drive. I've even tried deleting the partition and reestablishing in -- that doesnt help either.
My latest attempt has seen that the whole bootcamp partitioning structure is truly busted. When I go back to the Mac and enter bootcamp assistant it says I cannot do anything now and tells me the partitions cannot be changed. Now I'm really not in a great position.
James

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HT202856 Can the Mac Mini (Late 2014) support 4k display @ 60 Hz via the DisplayPort?

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The only things I have checked under Energy saver is "Wake for network access" and "Enable Power Nap". I don't have anything Scheduled, as I don't have a specific time of day I want it to turn on and off, but I would like the Mac to wake up right way and display correctly if I have to leave the Mac for a while during the day.
I've seen other similar threads, but so far all the suggestions I've seen talking about upgrading to 10.10.2 (which I have) or some sort of workaround involving sleep settings (which I can't quite understand). I'm going to call the Mac Store where I bought the Mini next week, or when I have some time, but I have a feeling they aren't going to be able to help me much. It seems like this is such a common problem with the new Mini's I might be stuck with it, unless someone has a better solution or workaround.

Reset the SMC and PRAM
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About NVRAM and PRAM
Text, as yo said contact Apple or make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
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HT201541 Mac mini Late 2014 Boot Camp Windows 7 sound issue

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Is the volume Muted? The Mac has an Audio database of devices and volumes in NVRAM, so an SMC Reset or PRAM reset might help. Please see this link for appropriate keys Startup key combinations for Intel-based Macs - Apple Support.

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Hello,
First of all, i'm not native speaker, so, please excuse my poor english.
I have a mac mini (late 2014) and use the wifi-sharing feature of yosemite.
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I need to purchase two displays, one connected to the HDMI port, another connected to the Thunderbolt 2 port.
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Hello to Everyone,
i have the following problem:
USB3 Devices does not work on my new MacMini (Late 2014).
I tried different USB3 Devices/Adapters with SSD/SATA Drives Connected and they are recognized by the system,
but when trying to access them, they just hang, or the MacMini reboots randomly when accessing usb3 devices !
This happens with Yosemita and Win8.1 either.
Connecting the SSD/SATA Drives with USB2 Adapters, works fine.
Connecting the same USB3 Adapters to another Computer with USB3 (like MacMini 2013) everything works fine, too.
Anyone has an idea or the same problem ?
Hopefully Apple releases an Bios update soon.
regards,
Stefan

Reset the SMC and PRAM
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
About NVRAM and PRAM
Does it happen in Safe Mode?
OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
\Next after it happens, start up the Mini and then open Console in the Utilities foler and look for USB related log entries and post them here.
You can also call Apple. You get 90 days of free telephone support
Complimentary Support (USA)

Sleep on the mac mini late 2014 strange behaviour

my system specs are:
Late 2014 mac mini.
16GB Ram
1TB Fusion drive.
Recently I decided to completely reformat my fusion drive and pop a clean copy of yosemite on. All seems well. I have power nap enabled and wake for network access turned off.
Recently my mac has been asleep as normal and waking up for power nap activities which is all normal. I sometimes look at the white led to know its ok as it is pulsing which is good. Last night and the night before that, the while light has been pulsing and then last night I saw that it was off. I was still able to wake the computer but noticed this in the console log:
04/04/2015 02:35:41.000 kernel[0]: WARNING: hibernate_page_list_setall skipped 29380 xpmapped pages
04/04/2015 02:35:41.000 kernel[0]: hibernate_page_list_setall preflight pageCount 265101 est comp 45 setfile 556793856 min 2147483648
04/04/2015 02:35:41.000 kernel[0]: [0x3e6d1000, 0x14000]
04/04/2015 02:35:41.000 kernel[0]: [0x324fe5000, 0x80000]
04/04/2015 02:35:41.000 kernel[0]: [0x506da5000, 0x180000]
04/04/2015 02:35:41.000 kernel[0]: [0x50ffc5000, 0x80000]
04/04/2015 02:35:41.000 kernel[0]: [0x5100a5000, 0x80000]
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04/04/2015 02:35:41.000 kernel[0]: kern_open_file_for_direct_io(0) took 9 ms
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04/04/2015 06:35:40.000 kernel[0]: vm_compressor_flush - starting
04/04/2015 06:35:40.000 kernel[0]: vm_compressor_flush completed - took 3953 msecs
04/04/2015 06:35:40.000 kernel[0]: hibernate_flush_memory: buffer_cache_gc freed up 10281 wired pages
04/04/2015 06:35:40.000 kernel[0]: hibernate_alloc_pages act 87276, inact 11090, anon 201, throt 0, spec 31706, wire 287721, wireinit 207717
04/04/2015 06:35:40.000 kernel[0]: hibernate_setup(0) took 4531 ms
Normally and correct me if I am wrong power nap would cause the computer to wake every hour?
It doesn't explain why my mac goes into like a deep sleep but I am still able to wake it up. There is no process bar or anything to indicate that it has gone into safe sleep.
I have checked the hardware and there are no problems. Disk permissions there are no errors. everything seems ok?
I was wondering if anyone else with a mac mini late 2014 has or have been having the same problem?
Many thanks

You asked "Normally and correct me if I am wrong power nap would cause the computer to wake every hour?"
During Power Nap normal TM backups still happen so if you have Power Nap and default TM settings, TM will still backup every hour.
Otherwise I have no info on your other problems

Late 2014 Mini 24/7

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