Performance on a 2011 Mac Mini: Mountain Lion Vs. Lion Server

I have a 2011 Mac Mini running 10.7 server (i7, 8Gb RAB, Dual 500 GB 7200 rpm drives). I use the Mini exclusively as a DAW and am running Logic Express 9 with Native Instrument and Toontrack VST's. I also use a Presonus Firewire mixer.
I am planning my upgrade to 10.8 while I wait for all my VST's to become fully compatible (with 10.8), I wanted know if Mountain Lion will bring significant performance improvements or if am I better off staying with 10.7 Server ?

Let me ask the question again, why are you planning to upgrade to 10.8? What does 10.8 do that 10.7 does not?
Honestly, the first prinicple of a working computer is - if it is stable and you are productive with it, don't change it unless you know why the change is required.
If 10.8 does something that you really need, jump on it. But, before you do, make a full working clone of your 10.7 system disk. This is your insurance if things go south in the upgrade process or your programs are not fully compatible. You can get back to your working system in an hour or so.
Good luck,
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How do I set up my Time Machine and Mac Mini with Lion Server so i have one wifi loop in the house?

HELP!
So I have had a Time Machine wifi loop at the house for approx. 6 years. I run two Macbooks, 2 iPhones, 2 iTouch and a Samsung Smart Blueray on the loop.
I just bought a Mac Mini with Lion Server. When setting it up I'm not sure what or how I managed to do, but I now have 2 wifi loops, one doesn't lock and niether will support the Samsung BlueRay. Also, each time I want to go online with one of the other Mac devices i have to relog into the wifi loop.
Can someone please walk me through the fix. The mac Mini is plugged straight into the Time Machine to recevie its internet connection.
Thanks!
John

You often see this limit of 10 clients in wireless hotspots but I have yet to see it in an adsl modem.. most strange way to pay for a service that is really irrelevant how many clients you use.
Have a go .. I recently setup a TC to help a guy run his Roku.. and this setup worked well.. I have no idea if it can work in your case.
Lets say the IP you get is 192.168.2.1-10 .. doesn't matter what it really is. And the adsl modem is 192.168.2.254
(Assuming they are private addresses.. if they are public IP you can just use the DHCP and NAT. )
But go to the airport utility.. I think you need to run v5 at least to change DNS.. but you can do the same thing in v6 using static but no dns changes.
Now you set the IP of the TC manually.. This address might need to be in the dhcp range of the modem to work. You can set the DNS to same IP as the router address.. ie home address of the modem. Or you can use another DNS.. whatever you like.
Then set DHCP for clients that will join.. this can then expand the scope of addresses..
It worked without a NAT error.. although I am not sure exactly how.. on paper it should not be able to work but did.. have a go.. otherwise there is perhaps another way.. but it is complicated.
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Mac Mini & Mountain Lion slow

I have a mac mini with 2GB ram. I just downloaded OSX Mountain Lion and my performance has come to a crawl. WIll adding memory solve this problem?

Most definitely, 2GB of RAM is hardly enough to run Mountain Lion, let alone Safari and other App's at the same time.
From year model spec's, see > Mac mini: How to remove or install memory
For quality RAM suppliers, see > OWC macsales.com and/or > Crucial.com

Mac Mini/Mountain Lion sleeps but won't wake up (or crashes) every night.

Hi everybody,
I have a mid-2010 mac mini server on which I recently installed Mountain Lion 10.8.2 (without server stuff).
Every night, it stops responding. The led is on but the display is off and it does not respond to mouse/keyboard. I even tried remote desktop.
The only solution is the power button...
What I already did :
- Reset Pram/Nvram
- Reset SMC
I also took a look at the console and I found a message that is fired just before the machine stops responding.
---- DAY 1 ----
24/09/12 02:03:00,000 kernel[0]: Wake reason: GIGE (Network)
24/09/12 02:03:00,000 kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Wake - Full Wake/ Dark Wake / Maintenance wake
24/09/12 02:03:00,000 kernel[0]: Previous Sleep Cause: 5
24/09/12 02:03:01,004 hidd[54]: MultitouchHID: device bootloaded
24/09/12 02:03:01,000 kernel[0]: AppleBCM5701::selectMedium - autoselect, any duplex, flow control allowed
24/09/12 02:03:01,000 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Link down on en0
24/09/12 02:03:01,000 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Wake reason GIGE - bonjour - service connect
24/09/12 02:03:01,141 configd[18]: network changed: v4(en0-:192.168.0.100) v6(en0-:fe80::224:d4ff:feb4:22f1) DNS- Proxy- SMB
24/09/12 02:03:01,146 mDNSResponder[46]: DeregisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (192.168.0.100)
24/09/12 02:03:02,000 kernel[0]: Graphics suppressed 1944 ms
24/09/12 02:03:02,000 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Link up on en0, 100-Megabit, Full-duplex, No flow-control, Debug [79ed,2301,0de1,0300,41e1,0000]
24/09/12 02:03:02,599 configd[18]: network changed: v4(en0+:192.168.0.100) DNS+ Proxy+ SMB
24/09/12 02:03:02,607 mDNSResponder[46]: mDNS_RegisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (FE80:0000:0000:0000:C62C:03FF:FE0C:F227)
24/09/12 02:03:02,608 mDNSResponder[46]: mDNS_RegisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (192.168.0.100)
24/09/12 02:03:02,617 configd[18]: network changed: v4(en0:192.168.0.100) v6(en0+:fe80::224:d4ff:feb4:22f1) DNS! Proxy SMB
24/09/12 02:03:32,209 com.apple.time[11]: Next maintenance wake [Backup Interval]: <date: 0x7fe119e220d0> Mon Sep 24 02:07:26 2012 CEST (approx)
24/09/12 02:03:32,210 com.apple.time[11]: Requesting maintenance wake [Backup Interval]: <date: 0x7fe119e220d0> Mon Sep 24 02:07:26 2012 CEST (approx)
24/09/12 20:13:29,000 bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1348510409 0
---- DAY 2 ----
24/09/12 23:24:09,000 kernel[0]: Wake reason: GIGE (Network)
24/09/12 23:24:09,000 kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Wake - Full Wake/ Dark Wake / Maintenance wake
24/09/12 23:24:09,000 kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::checkInterfacePowerState: Check _pwrOffThreadCall!
24/09/12 23:24:09,000 kernel[0]: Previous Sleep Cause: 5
24/09/12 23:24:09,994 hidd[45]: MultitouchHID: device bootloaded
24/09/12 23:24:10,000 kernel[0]: AppleBCM5701::selectMedium - autoselect, any duplex, flow control allowed
24/09/12 23:24:10,000 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Link down on en0
24/09/12 23:24:10,000 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Wake reason GIGE - bonjour - service connect
24/09/12 23:24:10,000 kernel[0]: Graphics suppressed 1135 ms
24/09/12 23:24:10,154 configd[17]: network changed: v4(en0-:192.168.0.100) v6(en0-:fe80::224:d4ff:feb4:22f1) DNS- Proxy- SMB
24/09/12 23:24:10,166 mDNSResponder[37]: DeregisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (192.168.0.100)
24/09/12 23:24:11,000 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Link up on en0, 100-Megabit, Full-duplex, No flow-control, Debug [79ed,2301,0de1,0300,41e1,0000]
24/09/12 23:24:11,520 configd[17]: network changed: v4(en0+:192.168.0.100) DNS+ Proxy+ SMB
24/09/12 23:24:11,532 mDNSResponder[37]: mDNS_RegisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (FE80:0000:0000:0000:C62C:03FF:FE0C:F227)
24/09/12 23:24:11,533 mDNSResponder[37]: mDNS_RegisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (192.168.0.100)
24/09/12 23:24:11,543 configd[17]: network changed: v4(en0:192.168.0.100) v6(en0+:fe80::224:d4ff:feb4:22f1) DNS! Proxy SMB
24/09/12 23:24:40,684 com.apple.time[11]: Next maintenance wake [Backup Interval]: <date: 0x7fb5d1e11910> Mon Sep 24 21:41:51 2012 CEST (approx)
24/09/12 23:24:40,684 com.apple.time[11]: Requesting maintenance wake [Backup Interval]: <date: 0x7fb5d1e11910> Mon Sep 24 21:41:51 2012 CEST (approx)
25/09/12 19:03:47,000 bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1348592627 0
---- DAY 3 ----
26/09/12 05:33:54,000 kernel[0]: Wake reason: RTC (Alarm)
26/09/12 05:33:54,000 kernel[0]: RTC: Maintenance 2012/9/26 03:33:53, sleep 2012/9/26 01:34:04
26/09/12 05:33:54,000 kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Wake - Full Wake/ Dark Wake / Maintenance wake
26/09/12 05:33:54,000 kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::checkInterfacePowerState: Check _pwrOffThreadCall!
26/09/12 05:33:54,000 kernel[0]: Previous Sleep Cause: 5
26/09/12 05:33:54,000 kernel[0]: AppleBCM5701::selectMedium - autoselect, any duplex, flow control allowed
26/09/12 05:33:55,000 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Link down on en0
26/09/12 05:33:55,175 hidd[46]: MultitouchHID: device bootloaded
26/09/12 05:33:56,000 kernel[0]: Graphics suppressed 2444 ms
26/09/12 05:33:56,000 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Link up on en0, 100-Megabit, Full-duplex, No flow-control, Debug [79ed,2301,0de1,0300,41e1,0000]
26/09/12 05:33:56,534 configd[17]: network changed: v4(en0-:192.168.0.100) v6(en0-:fe80::224:d4ff:feb4:22f1) DNS- Proxy- SMB
26/09/12 05:33:56,645 com.apple.time[11]: Next maintenance wake [Backup Interval]: <date: 0x7fafe2e16a80> Tue Sep 25 20:31:50 2012 CEST (approx)
26/09/12 05:33:56,646 com.apple.time[11]: Requesting maintenance wake [Backup Interval]: <date: 0x7fafe2e16a80> Tue Sep 25 20:31:50 2012 CEST (approx)
26/09/12 05:33:56,686 configd[17]: network changed: v4(en0+:192.168.0.100) v6(en0+:fe80::224:d4ff:feb4:22f1) DNS+ Proxy+ SMB
26/09/12 05:34:01,000 kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(671) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
26/09/12 19:04:50,000 bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1348679090 0
Any clue ?

Hi, I'm quite interested by your issue, because i get the exact same one.
On my mini (late 2012), system doesn t wake up from sleep if it has slept for more than 1 hour.
In fact I get the exact same message as you get in your console.
When I try and wake up system before the programmed maintenance wakeup, it wakes up fine.
But as soon as this programmed time has passed, it just won t wake up, I have to force switch it off via the power button and restart it.
I have nothing plugged on my mini except : AC - Thunderbolt display, and LAN connected to my freebox.
Do you still have the issue or is it ok now for you ?
I'll try in the upcoming days to plug the freebox in the thunderbolt display's adapter instead of the macmini's rj45.

Kernel panics mac mini mountain lion

Been having Kernel Panics on 2012 Mac Mini since September. Running Mountain Lion. I've done hardware test, Apple Store did one as well. Here's a list of things I thought were causing them:
Bad Monitor
Bad Monitor Cable
Use of USB devices, including 3rd party keyboards and mice (non-apple), hard drives and external dvd drives/writers
Time Machine
Connection to a Windows File Server
Logmein
DVD Fab
I've changed and/or deleted all of the above and am still getting them. Lately, they seem to be associated with internet surfing. Happens with Safari, Chrome and Firefox, seemingly random. But not isolated to just internet surfing. Have had them when importing pictures using Iphoto, using Itunes, or even when the computer was unattended and not being used at all.
I've also zapped PRAM, repaired disk permissions and more.
Here is my latest log:
Mon Mar 11 14:37:10 2013
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff802d48887b): "Spinlock acquisition timed out: lock=0xffffff8040238618, lock owner thread=0xffffff804024d600, current_thread: 0xffffff8042e12550, lock owner active on CPU 0xffffffff, current owner: 0xffffff804024d600"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.18.24/osfmk/i386/locks_i386.c:363
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff811e2dbbc0 : 0xffffff802d41d626
0xffffff811e2dbc30 : 0xffffff802d48887b
0xffffff811e2dbc60 : 0xffffff802d476be6
0xffffff811e2dbcc0 : 0xffffff802d47be47
0xffffff811e2dbcf0 : 0xffffff802d475d34
0xffffff811e2dbd20 : 0xffffff802d4751c0
0xffffff811e2dbd60 : 0xffffff802d491d21
0xffffff811e2dbd80 : 0xffffff802d4151ad
0xffffff811e2dbdb0 : 0xffffff802d420ced
0xffffff811e2dbdd0 : 0xffffff802d420b0c
0xffffff811e2dbe00 : 0xffffff802d410448
0xffffff811e2dbe50 : 0xffffff802d420df2
0xffffff811e2dbe80 : 0xffffff802d44f021
0xffffff811e2dbec0 : 0xffffff802d416a73
0xffffff811e2dbf20 : 0xffffff802d419f14
0xffffff811e2dbf50 : 0xffffff802d418c37
0xffffff811e2dbf70 : 0xffffff802d4a5b16
0xffffff811e2dbfb0 : 0xffffff802d4ced53
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: firefox
Mac OS version:
12C60
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 69A5853F-375A-3EF4-9247-478FD0247333
Kernel slide:     0x000000002d200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff802d400000
System model name: Macmini5,1 (Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 245738317872758
last loaded kext at 180173088873414: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs    1.8 (addr 0xffffff7faf08f000, size 65536)
last unloaded kext at 217459337986876: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC    4.1.22 (addr 0xffffff7faf085000, size 12288)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.iPodSBCDriver    1.6.0
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs    1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor    1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.60
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AGPM    100.12.69
com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler    2.0.5d4
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver    122
com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    2.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC    1.0.0
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport    4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver    2.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC    1.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.5.10
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.0.33
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet    1.0.0d1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl    3.2.11
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD3000Graphics    8.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB    8.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController    320.15
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless    1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib    1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache    34
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter    404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage    2.2.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    4.9.6
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet    3.2.5b3
com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC    1.2.2
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331    602.15.22
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort    2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI    5.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM    1.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC    1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons    1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET    1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC    1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient    196.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall    4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine    2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement    196.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily    10.0.6
com.apple.kext.triggers    1.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib    2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily    1.8.9fc10
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    1.6
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy    1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP    2.2.5
com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport    4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController    2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily    2.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI    1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily    5.2.0d16
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController    1.0.10d0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface    86.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily    4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC    3.1.4d2
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl    3.2.11
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport    2.3.5
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDMouse    175.8
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse    175.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard    165.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard    165.5
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter    1.8.5
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter    1.8.5
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily    1.8.5
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter    1.2.5
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com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.4
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I was about to ask... What all wasn't connected at the Store but was at home, so it seems Ethernet or Router/Modem is the problem. Maybe even Mouse or KB????
Have you tried another Ethernet cable?
Long shot on the disconnect & self Assigned IP...
Make a New Location, Using network locations in Mac OS X ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712
10.7 & 10.8…
System Preferences>Network, top of window>Locations>Edit Locations, little plus icon, give it a name.
10.5.x/10.6.x/10.7.x instructions...
System Preferences>Network, click on the little gear at the bottom next to the + & - icons, (unlock lock first if locked), choose Set Service Order.
The interface that connects to the Internet should be dragged to the top of the list.

Will Mountain Lion run on my mac mini running lion server?

I like the new features of Mountain Lion and I am not utilizing the "server" functions of lion. Will the new os effect the mini's operation?

Which Mini exactly, some cannot use 10.8?
10.7 was far more steps backwards than forwards, ML/10.8 has a few step forwards from 10.7 & a few backwrds...
Macs that will support OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
As usual, the newer the Mac the better:
          •          MacBook Pro – 13″ from mid 2009 or later, 15″ from late 2007 and newer, 17″ from late 2007 and newer
          •          MacBook Air – late 2008 and newer
          •          iMac – models from mid 2007 and newer
          •          MacBook – 13″ aluminum from 2008, 13″ from 2009 and newer
          •          Mac Mini – early 2009 and newer
          •          Mac Pro – early 2008 models and newer
          •          XServe – early 2009 models and newer
Macs that are NOT expected to support OS X Mountain Lion
Older Macs and those with weaker GPU’s will likely be left behind:
          •          Anything with an Intel GMA 950 or x3100 integrated graphics card
          •          Anything with an ATI Radeon X1600
          •          MacBook models released prior to 2008
          •          Mac Mini released prior to 2007
          •          iMac models released prior to 2007
          •          Original MacBook Air
This list of compatible and incompatible Macs and system requirements are based off of the first OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview and may be subject to change, we will update when we learn more about the specifics. OS X Mountain Lion will be released this summer but presumably long before that we will know precise system requirements and what Macs are and are not supported by the new version of OS X. Stay tuned.
http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/16/os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-system-requirements/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X_Mountain_Lion
http://eshop.macsales.com/owcpages/osx-mtnlion/mac_os_guide.html
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table

Migrate from mac mini mountain lion to mbp lion

Any suggestions on how to migrate a mac mini on mountain lion to a macbook pro on lion. Booting from time machine doesn't work because it only wants to restore to the original computer. Migration assistant doesn't show the backup drive as a source for the restore. Not sure how to proceed.

Let's backup, because when I said that earlier I thought you were leaving Lion on the MBP. So, you should be able to erase the drive in the MBP, then boot from the Time Machine backup. If you have 10.8.2 backed up, then there is an invisible copy of the Recovery HD. Connect the Time Machine backup drive to the MBP.
Boot Using OPTION key:
1. Restart the computer.
2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the "OPTION" key.
3. Release the key when the boot manager appears.
4. Select the Recovery HD on the Time Machine backup drive.
5. Click on the arrow button below the icon.
Once it boots up you can use the main menu to first repartition and reformat the MBP's drive, then restore the Time Machine backup to the MBP.
Sort of sorry to go in such circle to get to this point, but I just did not understand the goal. Forgive my being so thick-headed today.

Anyone know how to get external iSight camera sound to function on 2011 Mac mini with Lion?

I recently helped my Mom upgrade from an older Mac mini to a 2011 model, and the external iSight camera shows video but has no sound. She can see and hear me through both iChat and FaceTime, but I can only see her.
I have checked the source for the mic in FaceTime and iChat preferences as well as the System Preferences, and I can see the monitor responding to input, but it is not sending the sound.

(1) You're welcome! We will be eager to see how it works for you.
(2) If iChat can't access your external iSight, there is something wrong.
• If Apple's http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090
   suggestions do not help you, continue with the following.
• Use Disk Utility to repair permissions and then
   download and apply the 10.7.2 Combo Update:
     http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1459
• Repair permissions again immediately following the system restart
   that completes the Combo update.
(3) If your mini does not have a Firewire 400 port, also check
     your connections. Options I know for ways to connect
     a FW400 external iSight to a FW800 Mac port:
• This Firewire 400-800 cable can work: http://store.apple.com/us/product/TU942LL/A (I use this one.)
• Some report that this low-priced alternative cable works:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189097
• To use your FW400 6pin-6pin cable, you can use
    a 6pin-9pin adapter like one of these: http://tinyurl.com/ydsbb6m
   (I successfully use this one, too.)

How do I add a wildcard domain to Additional Domains in Websites on Mac OS Mountain Lion Server?

I could do this in Lion Server, but I can't in Mountain Lion (when I try to type * it doesn't type anything). Is there a file I can change with emacs to get this working? I've added the wildcard domain to /var/named/db.mydomain.TLD (see the wildcard domain section) but I need it in the web server as well for this to work.

I found the answer here:
/Library/Server/Web/Config/apache2/sites/0000_any_<port>_example.com.conf
And just before </VirtualHost> put the line:
ServerAlias *.example.com

Mac mini w/Lion Server as a file server on a windows network

I would like to run a mac mini server on a windows network as a file server and a office wiki server (no internet)
Do I need a router or a switch? Does the mini support client data backups? Are the users & permissions setting robust and easy to use?
SMB is the protocol? It is my understanding that this is easy with xp but more difficult with windows 7, has this been resolved?
thanks

Anything the AppleTv can play-the mini can.
Playlists from the iTunes store videos can be done on AppleTV, but not
on the Mac Mini. There are third party solutions, but they are hardly easy to setup. I'm working on a setup right now where it is quite a bit more complicated on the Mac Mini:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10519644#10519644

Does Mac Mini accept Lion Server in any model, even the simpler ones?

equivalent question: update an old one with Snow Leopard to Lion SERVER?
regards
manuel

Any Mac that is stated here:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/specs.html

DNS Changes (Mountain Lion Server & Airport Extreme)

I'm using a Mac Mini Mountain Lion Server with a Airport Extreme Router. The router is currently providing the DHCP funtion. Is it possible to change the DHCP settings on the router to use the DNS server on the Mac Mini Server rather than the one in the router.
I can't see any setting on either the Airport Utility or the Server App I was wondering if the DNS Server setting could be change via the comand line.
Many Thanks
Darren

Hi Darren,
Have you tried putting your Airport Extreme into Bridge Mode? That should enable you to use the DHCP service on your server.
Regards Alan

Will Mountain Lion Server be slower that Lion Server on my 2009 Mac Mini?

I have a 2009 Mac Mini running Lion Server. Specs are: 2.0 GHz 8 GB ram.
As always, I'm wanting to reap the benefits of the latest OS without upgrading my hardware. I know mirroring won't be supported, but who cares about that on a server.
Does anybody have Mountain Lion on a similar setup?

We've found Mountain Lion Server to run just as fast as Lion. MLS boots a bit slower on our Mac minis, but it's
neglegable.
Also have had trouble migrating from Lion and 10.6.8 server to Mountain Lion Server. Issues with Open Directory and Mail.
Hope Apple puts out a .1 release to address the issues soon.

"Error 4 trying to transition CPU 1 to OFF" Mid 2011 Mac Mini

A brand new Mid 2011 MAc Mini running lion (10.7.2) won't reboot, resume from sleep and present the following report after a shutdown holding the power button.
Any tips?
Anonymous UUID:                    xxxxxxxx
Tue Nov 15 23:32:19 2011
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002ca350): "Error 4 trying to transition CPU 1 to OFF"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1699.24.8/osfmk/i386/acpi.c:179
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff809c263c70 : 0xffffff8000220702
0xffffff809c263cf0 : 0xffffff80002ca350
0xffffff809c263d50 : 0xffffff7f820fc4bf
0xffffff809c263d80 : 0xffffff7f820ff604
0xffffff809c263da0 : 0xffffff800064bba0
0xffffff809c263de0 : 0xffffff8000664b8b
0xffffff809c263e20 : 0xffffff800062b9ca
0xffffff809c263e70 : 0xffffff8000632db9
0xffffff809c263eb0 : 0xffffff8000628ac4
0xffffff809c263ef0 : 0xffffff8000628c6b
0xffffff809c263f30 : 0xffffff80006386e0
0xffffff809c263f70 : 0xffffff8000638584
0xffffff809c263fb0 : 0xffffff8000820057
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform(1.4)[9FC0A7ED-417F-32BB-B3DA-F796353FEBEE]@0 xffffff7f820f2000->0xffffff7f82149fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[8B3C2276-CD6A-355B-A5F7-A09E4499594B]@0xfffff f7f809a6000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.7)[6D54F06A-46B7-37FC-AF22-DE68DC18A1A3]@0xffff ff7f80862000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
11C74
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 11.2.0: Tue Aug 9 20:54:00 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1699.24.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 59275DFA-10C0-30B3-9E26-F7B5DFB1A432
System model name: Macmini5,2 (Mac-4BC72D62AD45599E)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 88406132648
last loaded kext at 51892080266: com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor     1.9.4d0 (addr 0xffffff7f81e65000, size 28672)
loaded kexts:
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp     4.1.6
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt     4.1.6
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB     4.1.6
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv     4.1.6
com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring     8.0
com.kext.HDAEnabler     1.0.0d1
org.netkas.FakeSMC     3.1.0
org.tgwbd.driver.NullCPUPowerManagement     1.0.0d2
es.osx86.driver.EvOreboot     1.0.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor     1.9.4d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs     3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver     1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler     2.0.4d2
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch     66.3
com.apple.driver.AGPM     100.12.42
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC     1.59
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver     122
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver     2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA     2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient     3.5.9
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl     1.0.26
com.apple.kext.ATIFramebuffer     7.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD3000Graphics     7.1.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet     1.0.0d1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X     7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver     1.2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl     3.0.16
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin     4.7.5d4
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC     1.5.3
com.apple.driver.MEDetect     1
com.apple.ATIRadeonX3000     7.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController     312
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless     1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib     1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache     33
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage     2.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC     1.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub     4.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI     4.8.9
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331     512.20.18
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet     3.0.8b2
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM     1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort     2.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI     4.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons     1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI     4.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC     1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET     1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS     1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC     1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC     1.5
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall     3.2.30
com.apple.security.quarantine     1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement     167.0.0
com.apple.kext.MojoKDP     1
com.apple.kext.triggers     1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard     152.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard     152.3
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily     3.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAVBAudio     1.0.0d11
com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver     220.62.1
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver     4.0.1f4
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver     2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib     2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController     1.0.10d0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP     2.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio     2.8.2f5
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface     80.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController     2.1.3f7
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily     2.1.3f7
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager     4.0.1f4
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily     10.0.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily     1.0.0d22
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily     1.8.3fc11
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib     1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert     1.0.3
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl     3.0.16
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl     3.0.16
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI     1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily     4.7.5d4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC     3.1.1d8
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport     2.3.2
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSink     1.1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSource     1.1.3
com.apple.kext.ATI6000Controller     7.1.2
com.apple.kext.ATISupport     7.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB     7.1.2
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily     2.3.2
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter     1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter     1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily     1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter     1.1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver     13
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController     4.0.1f4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController     4.0.1f4
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily     4.0.1f4
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver     4.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite     3.9.0
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter     403
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI     1.2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily     1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient     4.5.3
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily     4.4.5
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family     411.1
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController     1.0.0d5
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily     2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily     2.0.7
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime     1.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily     1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily     4.5.3
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily     1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox     165.3
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch     1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet     7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages     331
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily     1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore     28.18
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform     1.4
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily     2.6.7
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily     1.4
Impossível reunir informações sobre a configuração do sistema.Model: Macmini5,2, BootROM MM51.0077.B0E, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.5 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.75f0
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6630M, AMD Radeon HD 6630M, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353737334448302D4348392020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353737334448302D4348392020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xE4), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.100.98.75.18)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.1f4, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS547550A9E384, 500,11 GB
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 3
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8281, 0xfa113000 / 5
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: Microsoft® LifeCam Cinema(TM), 0x045e (Microsoft Corporation), 0x075d, 0xfd130000 / 5
USB Device: USB2.0 Hub, 0x05e3 (Genesys Logic, Inc.), 0x0608, 0xfd120000 / 4
USB Device: iPhone, apple_vendor_id, 0x1297, 0xfd121000 / 7
USB Device: Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse® 1.00, 0x045e (Microsoft Corporation), 0x00e1, 0xfd124000 / 6
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd110000 / 3

com.kext.HDAEnabler     1.0.0d1
org.netkas.FakeSMC     3.1.0
org.tgwbd.driver.NullCPUPowerManagement     1.0.0d2
es.osx86.driver.EvOreboot     1.0.3
Well, it seems that you have used Hackintosh to migrate or transfer your system from. These kexts are not present in original MacOs X.
On original Mac these kexts prevents it to enter sleep mode.
Solution is to remove these kexts from System/Library/Extensions or to do clean install.

Will reinstalling Yosemite on Late 2011 Mac Mini iCore5 4GB DDR3 help improve performance?

I have a late 2011 Mac Mini with icore5 and DDR3 4GB RAM.
To me performance was extremely good with Lion and Mountain Lion. I did love Lion though.
Mavericks improved the performance I did miss on Mountain Lion. But with Yosemite I feel I made a blunder.
My machine doesn't have the capacity to do App Nap effectively, or may be absent.
What happens most of the time is that Safari works extremely fast however all of my system apps behave bizzardly slow.
I thought it could be after initial install and waited for nearly 3 months for the OS to speedup on its own but it lags terribly.
I dont have problems playing iTunes, Safari, facetime and other live meeting apps.
I suspected my harddrive and tested it but that was working fine.
I now only think of reinstalling the OS believing it would speed up. Or should I do a clean install please let me know.

Activity Monitor - Mavericks also Yosemite
Activity Monitor in Mavericks has significant changes
Performance Guide
Why is my computer slow
Why your Mac runs slower than it should
Slow Mac After Mavericks
Things you can do to resolve slowdowns see post by Kappy
Try running this program and then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor. Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read.
Etrecheck – System Information

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