Recommendations for keyboard for Mini

I want like to know what brand and inexpensive bluetooth keyboard with 10key would be recommended for my 2011 Mac Mini.

I have this problem as well, using an ipad mini retina with a Zagg Folio keyboard.
However, it only occurs when the ipad falls asleep by itself.
If I close the lid of the keyboard, thus causing the ipad to fall asleep, then open the lid, then push a few keys: the bluetooth connection is back up.
So a 'workaround' for me at least is to always close the lid when I stop typing for a while.
I'm using the ipad mini retina with IOS 8.02, so this problem hasn't been fixed yet.

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pros and cons, please.

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If you did want to run Lion, I'd recommend more RAM. That model is limited to 3GB of RAM max, but if you plan to have more than just Mail and Safari open, you'll need more than 2GB of RAM.
I'm running Lion on a 2009 Mini C2D 2.0GHz, but I upgraded to 8GB of RAM. My model also has a dedicated graphics chip, and even with that, HD video podcast playback in iTunes has a slight stutter.
So I think that Lion on your model is possible, just barely. I'd stick with Leopard or Snow Leopard (which ever you had) and upgrade to Lion only if I really needed iCloud.

A recommendation for a stand alone keyboard

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THANKS ALOT
Happy holidays
Dale

here's a link posted last eve.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1800994&tstart=0

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Recommendations for writable CDs on the Powermac G5? Please help.

Dear All,
I'm using a powermac g5 with 1.8gHz (powerpc 3.0) and Mac OSX 10.4. The drive is DVD RW DW-U21A.
Does anyone have any recommendations for brands of writable CDs that they have used in this machine? I've tried a couple and they got spat out, but they should have worked. Before I buy and return any more packs, I thought you guys might be able to help ...
thanks,
Richard O'Sullivan

Hi-
For CD's, don't use over 74 min CD-R's. 80 min (and higher) can be VERY problematic.
Don't try to use any DVD-R over 8x- 16x often won't work. Use 8x, and burn slower:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25402
Use quality brands like Verbatim, Taiyo Yuden, Pioneer, Ridisc, Dysan- check the following site for user ratings on any type of disc, and ratings by speed and maker:
http://www.cdfreaks.com/media/
There is all kind of variation in disks, and once you find a good one, stock up:
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
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Monitor recommendations for PS/CS5.5 print work

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For starters look heere:
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/
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Good Luck!

What current version of safari is recommended for Os 10.5.8?

What current version of safari is recommended for Os 10.5.8?

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Upgrading to Snow Leopard
You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store. Access to the App Store enables you to download Mavericks if your computer meets the requirements.
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       5. Some features require a compatible Internet service provider;
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       6. Some features require Apple’s iCloud services; fees and
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Upgrading to Lion
If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mavericks, it may still meet the requirements to install Lion.
You can purchase Lion at the Online Apple Store. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
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       1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7,
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       2. 2GB of memory
       3. OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
       4. 7GB of available space
       5. Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
Upgrading to Mavericks
You can upgrade to Mavericks from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mavericks can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for FREE.
Upgrading to Mavericks
To upgrade to Mavericks you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Download Mavericks from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mavericks is free. The file is quite large, over 5 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
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         3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later
         5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
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Looking to purchase a webcam to go with my 2011 mac mini, any recommendations for under $50?

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Recommendation for fast Mac for databases or way to make Mac faster?

I've currently got a Mac mini 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 1 GB RAM running OS 10.6.8. I'm on a quest to either make my current Mac faster or find the ideal mac for databases. I upgraded recently from 10.5.8 to 10.6.8 in the hopes of making my computer more stable and faster, but things are running slower. No wonder, Activity Monitor hardly shows any green memory. Apple doesn't seem to sell memory for this Mac anymore. So I'm wondering whether it's time to just get a new Mac.
What Mac would you recommend for someone not using videos, music, images on a regular basis? Would you consider any of them to be overkill for mostly running database programs? Or would any particular one be insufficient?
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Well, almost correct. This computer is used primarily for work, which typically involves FMP or Excel, a browser, less frequently page layout software, Acrobat, emulators of older Mac OSs, and very rarely videos, graphics or audio files. The original problem that led to this post was with a large Excel file that started going haywire. Troubleshooting that led me to repair permissions, repair disk (nothing wrong), reset all sorts of prefs, and eventually install 10.6. After that install, Excel became extremely slow, and other apps also took much longer to open. So I cleaned up Font Book, got rid of unnecessary widgets, emptied caches, and otherwise tried to streamline things. The only startup item I have is for the printer. The other day I realized that Firefox is guzzling any memory that looks free to it, even if I don't have 50 tabs open. Followed steps recommended by Mozilla to solve that, but it seems to guzzle even more now (over 450 MB with 2 tabs open). I don't have Cocktail or Onyx, but maybe that would be the place to look next. I'll try resetting PRAM & SMP next.
I do want to start backing up the files I'm currently working on on an hourly/weekly basis, if not the whole HD. I've been lazy about that. Since that will involve buying an external HD, I've been putting it off to see whether it's worth it to stick with this computer (and get an HD with Firewire 400) or wait & get an HD with Thunderbolt. I dropped in at the Apple store yesterday to look at the new Macs, and they seem to be running fine without any memory guzzlers (even on those with just 2 GB), though the app startup time was a bit slow.
OWC looks great; I'd just have to either find a Swiss equivalent or wait till my next trip back to the U.S., which isn't around the corner.

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If you want to get more serious about editing, you should consider looking iMovie 6 as it has much more flexibility in rearranging clips, adding and editing sounds, etc. However, it will only interface with DV tape cameras, which by the way, are the highest quality pics available, and you can create DVD disks.
You might try borrowing a tape camera to make a test run and compare it to a camera that uses a HD for storage. Use iM 8 and compare to ease, etc, and the product to one created in iM 6. This certainly is not the kind of recommendation you are asking for, but maybe will help in making your decision about which way to go.

Camcorder recommendations for QTSS

Hey all,
Don't know if this is the place to post this query, but here goes:
My boss has asked me to set up a live streaming setup (with quicktime broadcaster and QTSS). I want to use a DV camcorder for the increased quality, but we're not going to be recording to DV tape (don't need to.)
Problem is, many camcorders have a sleep funcion that kicks in if the camera is not in "record" mode.
Does anyone have any recommendations on how to get around this, or any recommendations for camcorders that don't go to sleep?

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Recommendations for online battery purchase please?

has anybody had any good/bad experiences with buying some random brand powerbook battery online? what about those on ebay? i see some that are about 60 including shipping, but im a little skeptical. i dont see any brand names on them and therefore dont know exactly what im getting. anyways, if you have any recommendations of brands and websites please share. any info is greatly appreciated! thanks

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About recommendations for Tibook G4 batteries, I bought mine about two yrs ago on amazon...great seller(arrived quickly).
*"But here a list a few good links on where to buy batteries for Powerbook"*
*Amazon Link*: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nbssgw/103-9442646-7268655?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=powerbookG4+titaniumbattery&x=14&y=21
*Powerbook medic Link*:http://www.powerbookmedic.com/Powerbook-G4-Titanium-Batteries-p-1-c-288.html
There you could look around check it out until you see something that fits your budget.
I Hope it would help, to narrow it down( about what best battery to buy).

Hardware recommendations for render farm?

Hello,
what would you recommend for a small render farm for mixed AE projects (mostly HD content, short projects with only a few seconds and layers and bigger ones with multiple HD layers and up to 15min or longer.)
is it better to have more cores (AMD opteron servers with 48 cores for example) or better more performance per core but less cores (Intel Xeon servers)?
And how much memory would be optimal?
What can you recommend for network connection to the shared storaged, how fast shall this be?

I like Harm's analogy better then mine. One prize cow vs. 20 regular cows. The imagery is very clear. In a production environment, where volume counts, more is better then a single top notch one. A single cow can only produce so much mik per day, no matter how extraordinary it is. But 20 can theoretically produce 20 times more (practically, maybe 17 to 18). Quantity, not quality. I'm not saying that you should get crappy hardware. Just good hardware, not high performance ones.
As you know, it's not because you buy a computer that costs twice as much, that you'll get twice the processing power. First of all, forget dual CPU computers for a render farm, it's not worth it. Get a regular quad core. As you compare prices vs. performance (do a chart), get the CPU that gives you the best bang for the buch (just before the price curve goes up).
I personally think 32GB is overkill in a render farm environment. 16GB is way more then enough. Remember that you're not doing a RAM preview farm (if such a thing exists), but rather, fractioning the render process to various computers. While 16GB is good, 2GB isn't. But 8GB can be an nice compromise. Remember, you're trying to drive the cost down of a computer, so you can buy many computers. But RAM is cheap, so, best bang for the buck, 16GB can be possible. Then again, it depends on other overall factors to keep the price for the computer down.
Network speed. Yes you could get 10GB NICs and a 10GB switch. But that can drive the price up substantially. If you can get a good price on them, great. If not, stick to 1GB. Get a motherboard that has 2x 1GB NICs on board, so you can aggregate the network connections together to get 2GB. You could eventually add a quad 1GB PCIe card down the road. The computer that has the project assets should have an aggregated quad (or more) NIC inside. You want to be able to push the media as fast as possible to the render farm.
Other things to consider... or rather, not consider. Graphic card is a non issue on a server farm. AE is all about CPU. Some mobos come with on-board graphics. Usually, it's cheaper, and consumes less power. You also want to drive the energy costs down when you multiply by X number of computers. Just get a KVM solution that will be able handle X computers. You don't need a RAID on render farm computers. A regular hard drive will do. I'd even go with a green drive that consumes less power.
And depending on how many computers you have, to reduce the footprint, you might want to get low profile rackmount casings and put them in a rack. Plus think of putting it in it's own room, because it'll be very noisy!

Recommendations for switching between two machines and one monitor

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I have a MacMini and a MacBook Air, both with Thunderbolt Display ports but I have one monitor. I'd like to switch between the two without having to unplug and plug the monitor back in every time. Any recommendations for some sort of switch or Thunderbolt hub would be greatly appreciated.
Best,
Chris

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