Mac mini video memory

where can i check if my mac mini got a ATI Radeon 9200 with 32MB of DDR SDRAM with AGP 4X support, the new ones are shipped with this but i want to know if mine has it

Hey Jaime.
Click on the Apple in the left corner of your desktop and select "about this Mac".
Then click on "more info" and you'll find all about your videocart.
Greetz, Rob.

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Mac mini video cards

It was reported awhile back in Macaddict and in Thinksecret that the mac mini had been upgraded with a little faster processor and video cards with 64mb of memory. However, I don't see these as being options in the Apple Store. How do you go about getting one of these upgraded mini's and do they even exist?

If they don't exist, my computer's lying to me.
Machine Name:     Mac mini
Machine Model:     PowerMac10,2
CPU Type:     PowerPC G4 (1.2)
Number Of CPUs:     1
CPU Speed:     1.5 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU):     512 KB
Memory:     512 MB
Bus Speed:     167 MHz
Chipset Model:     ATY,RV280
Type:     Display
Bus:     AGP
VRAM (Total):     64 MB
Vendor:     ATI (0x1002)
Device ID:     0x5962
You can't order these changes, they have not been announced and are not official and most likely you'll get a thread lock for talking about them here.
Over on the MacNN site (forums.macnn.com) where people figured that the minis with the udpates had been built in or after September. I'm not sure how accurate that is, but I know mine was made in September.

Core Duo Mac Mini video lag?

Hello all my name is Jose I recently acquired a 2006ish Mac Mini that my friend gave to me that has a Core Duo T2300 1.66Ghz processor, Intel GMA 950 64MB of video memory, and 2GB of RAM. Its connected to my 46" HDTV and is being used as HTPC for Youtube and a bunch of other things. My problem is that the other night my mom wanted to watch her favorite spanish tv show on Univision.com and once I entered full screen whatever we were watching became choppy and laggy. My Flash Player Version is up to date (10.3.183.5) and I can watch Youtube videos like Top Gear in Full HD (1080p) that don't lag what so ever, video is silky smooth. So what do you guys think is up with it? You're guys help is greatly appreciated thanks in advance.

If you open Finder and click on your home folder, the one with the little house for an icon, you should see listed all of the folders in your home folder.
You should see a folder called Desktop, which contains everything on your Desktop.
If you left click on Desktop to high light and then depress the Command + I keys that should open a pane with information about your Desktop folder.
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Intel Mac Mini video outpot to component video

I am looking for an adapter/converter that allows me to connect the video output of my Mac Mini to a component video receiver. I currently use a Marantz S8001 receiver with multi-room capability but unfortunately the multi-roon video switching capability on it does not support composite, DVI, or VGA input.
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What happens when you click on the scaled item in System Preferences>Displays>Display? What option are shown?
Also
If you press ALT with clicking on Scaling, it will give you ALL the available resolutions. I was able to select 1920x1080, but needed a smaller res. the 1280x768 is what I chose. works like it's supposed to.
Above from:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5491224?tstart=0

Mac Mini Video Quality

Can anyone tell me how the Video Quality of the output to a HDTV if I buy the correct cables to connect to this HDTV? I am looking a "media server" and I would like to use a Mac Mini rather than an Apple TV because I can do more with the Mini (surf internet, use as DVR etc..), plus I would be able to play DVD files without having to convert them to .H264 format that would take eons.... I currently have a iBook G4 and used the S-Video adapter to connect to the HDTV set I have, and the Video quality is about par with VHS, even on DVD content (I'm not even going to think what iTMS downloaded content would look like). Thanks for your help.

Just to be clear, is this the model you have?
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-TX-P2675WH-26-Widescreen-HDTV/dp/tech-data/B0002KQ R3C/ref=deasmtd
# VGA/SVGA input: No
# Audio outputs: 1 stereo analog (left/right RCA, fixed-level)
# Audio inputs: 3 stereo analog (left/right)
# Video outputs: 1 (composite-video)
# Video inputs: 5
# Headphone jack: Yes (.125-inch, side panel)
# Digital-video input: 1 (DVI-HDTV)
# Component video: 2 (both auto-sensing 480p/480i/720p/1080i)
# Composite video: 4
# S-video: 2
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User manuals:
http://www.usersmanualguide.com/samsung/tv_flatcrt/tx-p2675wh

How to transfer photos/film from Mac mini to memory stick

mac mini late 2012 processor 2.3 Ghz intel core 7
memory 8 Gb
software OS X maverick
Can somebody tell me how to traNSFER PHOTOS AND MOVIES FROM MAC MINI TO SD OR MEMORY STICK?
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Mac mini's memory and snow leopard?

Alright so I have a mac mini. Runs on tiger. Well a friend bought me the sims 3 for my birthday but comes to found out i need os 10.5 and higher. Well I went out and bought snow leopard since it was cheap and THEN come to find out i need 1 gb ram.
To be honest i know nothing of computers.
so i check the memory and it says 512 mb
is that my ram?
if so are there tiny pieces of ram floating around my computer or do i need to buy another ram card?
really i might take it to the apple store to get it done but i don't feel like spending money on an analysis
thanks in advance

is that my ram?
Yes.
if so are there tiny pieces of ram floating around my computer or do i need to buy another ram card?
Yes to both.
A CoreDuo has a fairly weak graphics chip, so it may or may not be able to run the Sims 3 depending on the version it has. Read the specs on the graphics card on the software package's exterior. If it says Core2Duo or higher required, you can't run it on a CoreDuo machine. If it says ATI or nVidia required, you probably can't run it on a Mac Mini of that age.

Mac Mini video card drivers Win 7 64 bit sp1

I was running OSX 10.6.4 and dual booting with Vista 64 bit when Vista crashed. I went out and purchased Win 7 64 bit SP1 OEM version. I used bootcamp to install this sucesfully but whatever I seem to try I cannot find/install the correct driver for the graphics card in Win 7. It still defaults to Standard VGA Graphics Adapter 1280 x 1024.
I moved from the U.S to Thailand but forgot to bring my bootcamp disc (Otherwise I might not even be writing this post). I purchased a copy of Snow Lepoard 10.6.3 which has bootcamp 3.1 on it but still not the correct video card drivers. I have also upgraded bootcamp to 3.2 and 3.3 and tried all the Win 7 updaates but to no avail. I have tried to install manually from bootcamp on the DVD, I have read a few forums with the same issue but it tends to be a MacBook Pro and not a Mac Mini issue. I have also instaleld Nvidia 285.38 and 285.62 drivers and both of these give me a black screen, so I know these are not the correct drivers.
I purchased my Mac Mini in Nov of 2010 and its a model MC270LL/A. If I look in OSX I can see my video card is the
Nvidia Geforce 320 M
Vendor - NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID 0x08a4
Revision ID 0x00a2
Rom Revision 3546.
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There's a complicated driver issue.
I'm also a user of Mac mini(2010, server) with windows7 x64.
My experience is:
The only newest nvidia driver for daily using without trouble is 267.76.
If you want to use 27x~ 285.62/285.79,
your primary monitor must be connected to Mac mini with miniDisplayPort-VGA adapter,
I got the same black screen with applying HDMI port as primary.
If you upgrade to 290.36/295.51(the latest one),
you can prevent black screen with HDMI port,sounds good,right?
But as long as you update to any of the newest two drivers,
you will suffer BSOD(Blue Screen of Death, abnormally reboot, error code:0x116) during checking Windows index
or just watching HD movies, that anything may cause GPU malfunction.
Referece thread:http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=215256
I still searching the solution because the HDMI 1.4a 3D supporting of my projector was begun from 285.62.
I always got BSOD when I want to enjoy Blu-ray 3D films.

Very Slow Mac Mini / Decreasing Memory?

Hi,
Unfortunatly I'm having a problem with my Mac Mini. For an unknown reason my Mac Mini (Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard) has been running extemely slow the last few days. I have reset the Mac a countless number of times now and done everything I can think of to fix the problem. I have noticed that occasionally the Mac will work fine for a few minutes, until suddenly the free space on my Macintosh HD will start to decrease. Roughly 1 or 2 GB of free space starts to disappear every few minutes. Please could someone offer me some help. I would be extremely greatful.
Thanks a lot,
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Thanks for the welcome.
The only thing I am running is Finder. For the first 3-4 minutes though everything is fine, no matter what I run (e.g. Internet...). The problem only occurs when the Macintosh HD available free space starts to randomly decrease every few minutes.
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Mac Mini video out (dvi to HDMI) is always larger than my TV Sony KLV 32S10

Hello, I'm outputting the video DVI to HDMI to my Sony LCD. I get video, so thats good.
what is not good, is the extents of the video are just beyond the phsyical parts that I can actually see. what does that mean... It means the tool bars at the top of the display are never visible. It also means that the bar at the bottom , the icons are only about half visible, the top half.
what can I do to fix that? (seemingly not yet to replace the LCD).
I did not try a DVI to VGA adapter, or other adapters.
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huh, so simple...
I first tried that, but I was left with a very fuzzy / flickery display and thought, no can't be that...
Put the little mini to sleep and awoke to a nice fitting display.
thanks for so obvious a solution!

Does 10.4.4 reslove mac mini video issues?

Hello Everyone,
Has 10.4.4 resolved the video display issues that have been reported?... According to the 10.4.4 there was an update to the ATI video drivers

Hi Doug
I was reffering to the DVI out problem people have had with various monitors in which users were geeting "red noise" and other oddities. I was hoping that the new video driver solved the problem
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=150291&tstart=0
Dual G5 2.5Ghz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Mac mini video output problems

My mini is one bunch of problems, here is what im dealing with,
On my screen i have 2 systems connected, when i switched bac from my windows pc to my mini, my screen says no signal. I can press the keyboard etc, nothing happens. Same as when the mini goes into sleep mode. It wont wake up . Si i have to reset the mini all the time. What is causing this and how could i solve it. The mini is connected with hdmi.

Hi, JO5B.
I have Dell Monitor that has 3 computers plugged into different inputs.
When switching between different machines I have to select the new input from the monitor's on screen menu. The Dell doesn't auto detect the new input and switch itself over.
Try a manual selection from the OSD, that might solve your problem.
Regards,
Scorpii

Putting new memory in the Mac Mini - tips and (especially) pitfalls

I had some problems in expanding my Mac Mini's memory. If you're about to do the same thing, you might find my experiences useful. So here they are.
*Opening the case*
I followed advice to use a plastic putty-knife and bought a one specially, but ran into a couple of problems. First, the plastic knives aren't as sharp as the metal ones, so they don't push into the available gap. I had to sharpen the edge before it would go in. The second problem was that, once in, it wasn't rigid enough to open the case; it just bent.
At this point I should have left it and gone back to the drawing board, but I was frustrated and flustered and casting about for anything that would do the job, I ended up using the metal blade of a set-square. This worked, but either because it wasn't flexible enough or because I was a bit coarse in my technique, I did some damage to the clips.
When I had to open the case a second time, I used a small, very thin and flexible cheese-grater and the case popped open like a dream.
*The four corner screws*
A magnetic screwdriver would have been a godsend for this, but since I didn't have one, I just had to tip the Mini up when the screw was loose and hope it didn't disappear into the workings. Fortunately none of them did. So not everything went wrong. Three of the screws were easy to put back - they could either be pushed or dropped into the holes, but the fourth couldn't be got in either way. Thinking about it afterwards, I realised I could have turned the mini upside down and put the screw on top of the screwdriver and got it in that way. But what I actually did was bite the end off a toothpick, jam it into the screw head and then push it in the hole. Worked a treat.
Note. My instructions said not to worry about the spring on the Airport antenna -"It's not going to fly off." Maybe not, but it can come loose and is then a pain to put back. Suddenly the wire holding the antenna doesn't seem long enough. Before you know it the antenna cable has come off completely, leaving you with the choice to undo all the screws again or forget about using Airport.
*Lifting the chassis*
Some advice tells you to undo all cables and take the chassis off completely, but the advice I followed suggested just undoing the fan control wire and propping the the chassis on a book with the others still attached. This worked fine. I was nervous about pulling on the wire to release the fan control, so I used a fingernail to get under the rim of the plug itself and popped it off that way.
*Fitting the RAM*
This was the easy part, though it didn't snap in as positively as some I've done.
*Putting back the fan control wire*
I put the wire back, as I thought, and powered up the Mini with the lid still off. I checked that the memory was properly installed and was delighted that it was. I vaguely noticed that the Mini was making a lot of noise, but thought that might be because the case was off. In my defence, none of the instructions identified the wire I was disconnecting as the fan control wire; they just called it "the little wire in front". Anyway, I put the lid back on, then realised I had a problem and took it off again. I learned (from Boece) that "the little wire in front" was indeed the fan control wire and saw that it was loose. It took me several tries to get it in. It's in an awkward place, is very small and sometimes appears to go in when it really hasn't. But whereas a few times I thought it had gone in, when it did go in I knew it was in. One of those things you only ever do once, but could do so much more easily the second time.
*Putting the lid back*
Some advice suggests just pushing the lid back, but you can cause damage that way. The clips can get bent out of shape. The best way is to use your cheese-grater or whatever, to gently ease the lid back on.
Conclusion
This was a bad experience; I had visions of ending up with an unusable machine and a void warranty. But in fact it I now have a quiet, working 2GB Mac Mini - and the nightmares have almost stopped. If you're about to try it, take comfort from the fact that you couldn't have as bad an experience as I had. Probably.
Michael

Pretty much describes my experience. I used a relatively thin metal putty knife to take the case off. Not to difficult doing one side at a time. I totally agree, a magnetic screw driver would have been very helpful when replacing the bracket. By far the biggest problem I had was the fan control wire. Very short cord in an awkward location. End of story - all back together with 2gb or ram. Probably toook 35-40 minutes (Including 10-15 fooling around with that lousy fan control wire.)

Mac mini hdmi video output blurry

I have an Aug 2011 mac mini plugged into an AV receiver en route to a sony bravia 32" and the resolution is pretty bad, especially text and photos. PS3 and HD cable box output look great. I've tried working with the picture resolution on the tv but that does little to help the fuzzy mac mini video output. I have an earlier vintage mac mini that used a monitor cable to the tv and the resolution was fine -- do I have to go back to that? It seems from the message boards that windows 7 on mac mini works fine and looks great but that OSX is failing to deliver a sharp image. Suggestions? Or is there some software fix available?

I just bought a mac mini(2010) and had the same issue as coaster - mini to samsung P2270HD via HDMI gives a very bad picture quality. Took the mini back to the store and they reproduced the problem on the same monitor. Then the guy took a dvi cable and via HDMI-DVI adaptor connected it to the same monitor but on DVI input. Picture quality was fantastic.
Now why did that happen? Same HDMI port but different input to Monitor

Late 2012 Mac mini upgrade ssd - also install parallels 8 and windows 7

Late 2012 Mac mini (16gb memory) SSD install - samsung 840 pro 512 gb. I am looking to install this new SSD as possibly a dual drive setup almong with the stock HDD 500gb in order to: make the system faster (with more storage etc.), possibly use the stock drive as a backup drive and I also want to run parallels 8 with windows 7.
I have ordered the data doubler kit from Owc and am wondering exactly how to setup properly. Can I simply install new drive in the upper bay (and move stock drive to lower bay)? Then migrate the data from the stock drive then after that's complete run the setup for parallels? I am also confused as far as using trim enabler or not? I was also wondering how much space/memory is recommended for windows 7 partition?
-Thanks in advance for your suggestions

NOTE: A small number of 2012 units were shipped with the drive mounted in the upper drive bay rather than the more typical lower bay shown in this video. If you have a 2012 or later model, you will want to determine the configuration of your Mac mini's drives prior to ordering. To do this, open Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app and click on the grey drive icon at the left-edge of the window. If you see "Lower" after the "Connection ID" at the bottom-left corner of the window, you may proceed using the standard installation instructions. If you see "Upper" then you have a special configuration which will need additional components, and you will need to also refer to the Addendum video.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/DIYIMM11D2/
Some users have reported problems with an SSD being the boot drive in the upper bay. They have not reported problems with a HD boot from either bay To avoid the problem I would move the HD (if it is in the lower bay) to the upper bay and install the SSD in the lower bay.
I allocated 64 GB for Win 7 in Parallels abd 4 GB Of 16 installed). You can change them later after you install so it is not that importent what you specify initially.
For TRIM see:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23819753#23819753
http://www.mactrast.com/2013/11/enable-trim-ssds-os-x-mavericks/

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