Ways of shutting down a headless Mac Mini unit

Aside from setting for a time for it to shut down automatically and hard shut down, are there other ways of shutting down a headless Mac Mini?

Thanks. I'm planning on connecting my Mac Mini to my router and make it stream media through the network. I just figured out a primitive way of shutting it down without the need of a mouse/keyboard/monitor, because it will be without any of those, using the apple script email shutdown. I know it's kinda dumb but it's worth a try.

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VNC on headless Mac Mini challenges

I have researched this on various forums and have not found a solution. Any help would be appreciated.
I have a headless Mac mini on my LAN. If a monitor is physically attached, and on I can VNC to the mini and have control of the desktop. If the monitor is disconnected, then when I VNC to the mini a connection is established, I see the desktop, but there is no control. There might be an active window hiding just about off screen. You can try and grab and move it. But you cannot move it back to the center. You can try and do a restart or shut down remotely but the command does not work.
Any thoughts?

Your correct, it's definitely a software issue. It has something to do with how ARD display after the login window. A bug somewhere...anyhow, this isn't an ultimate fix, but it does work for me.
After logging in with ARD and getting your garbled screen, SSH into your server and kickstart your ARD client. This is what I run:
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/k ickstart -activate -configure -access -on -users sadmin -privs -all -restart -agent -menu
Yours might differ (at least your -users might). Here's an Apple article of various commands... http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108030
Hope this helps.
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It's there a way to shut down a macbook if it was stolen?

it's there a way to shut down a macbook if it was stolen?

Is it already stolen or are asking if it gets stolen in future?
In either case, if you have iCloud setup, you can do better than shut down. You can lock it remotely and 'usually' locate it using iCloud:
Here's how to set it up for your Mac:
http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/mac.html

What's the easiest way to add storage to a mac mini. (1TB hard drive but only 32G of real storage). External device, internal or partitioning?

What's the easiest way to add storage to a mac mini. (1TB hard drive but only 32G of real storage). External device, internal or is there some way to partition? I tried doing so but received a message that there wasn't enough free space to partition. Seems like a 1TB drive should have more storage than my Ipad

Its worth confirming what free space you have on your drive:
go to: Apple Menu > About this Mac > More Info > Storage
The bar chart shows how much free space there is on the drive:
Please realise that partitioning does not create extra space so this wont help you.
If your free space is less than 20 % you should get extra storage with an external USB or Firewire drive, any make or model will work.

In order to properly play my music on my DAC with a headless mac mini, I had to "check" the tunes in iTunes. When I did that, the songs in each album were put in not their proper order. How do I restore them to their original sequence in each album?

In order to properly play my music on my DAC using a headless Mac Mini, I had to make sure that all of the songs in "Music" were checked. To so so, I pressed the "check box." When I did that, all of the songs in each album were resequenced in not their proper order.
How do I restore the proper order of songs for each album?

In list view, select the album column. To choose which columns appear, select an item on the left side of the window (a playlist, for example), choose View > View Options, and select the information you want to see. You can also Control-click a column heading to select columns to display.
The column selected determines how tracks are displayed. For example, clicking the "Name" column displays all tracks in alphabetical order; clicking the "Album" column displays the tracks in album order; clicking the "Date Added" column displays the tracks in the order that they were imported into your library. Columns also have a disclosure arrow at the right of the column (when selected) that you can click to reverse the order.

Gestures not working Yosemite Headless Mac Mini

Updated to 10.10.2 this morning and now I am already experiencing problems with my headless MacMini (home theater PC connected to HDTV). Yesterday all trackpad gestures were functioning properly. Now after updating only scrolling works in Safari, all other gestures such as swipe to previous or following page, pinch to zoom etc have stopped working?
Anyone have any idea how to remedy this irritating glitch?
Kind regards, Mark

Thank you for your prompt reply. The problem is I am controlling the headless Mac Mini with my Macbook Air. So there is nothing to toggle in the Mac Mini as I am not using a separate bluetooth trackpad or mouse to control the Mac Mini. Opening trackpad preferences just has a spinning wheel searching for a device.
Do you have any other advice for me? Kindest regards, Mark

Mavericks, change resolution of headless Mac Mini

After updating to Mavericks I have have problems at changing the resolution of my headless Mac mini. After changing the display resolution my VNC/Screen Sharing sessions kept blacking out and I couldn't see anything. Any solution?
Thanks, Andrea

Try following the tip listed here http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20131025050251648
However note that headless Macs offer far slower screensharing performance compared to ones with a display attached. This is because when headless the video card is not being used.
Apart from the old trick of making a dummy VGA adaptor with resisters to trick the Mac in to thinking a monitor is attached, other options would be to use a Gefen DVI Detective or HDMI Detective, or to connect the Mac to a KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) switch box.

Headless Mac mini

just want to tell you: after installing leo, the mini KEEPS the higher screen resolution (1680x1050).For installation of leopard, i used the 23" cinema display. after finishing the installation routine, i disconnected the cinema display, and- voila, it works fine w/ apple remote desktop.

Thanks for the heads up on this development. This is good news, but I'm not sure I'm ready to upgrade all six of my headless Mac minis in the server room at work just yet...
-Doug

Headless Mac Mini feed CDs

Can I somehow use disc sharing on my MBP to feed CD's to iTunes on a headless Mac Mini? And better yet, can I do it over the internet? I've set my Uncle up with a Mac Mini running his music via iTunes, using an iPad and "Remote" to control it.
It's often inconvenient to get over to his house, and get the Mac Mini out and feed CD's to it directly.

The link is not broken, the page has removed, it seems. Maybe they got a call from Cupertino? The page described how to use three resistors a 75 Ohm to get a monitor dummy. With this resistors you have to connect a few pins of a VGA adapter, connected to the screen port of the mac mini.
Perhaps google can help you?
Ralf

Mountain Lion appears to break VNC connection to a headless mac mini.

I connect to my headless mac mini with VNC. Under lion this worked perfectly. With Mountain Lion on my mac mini I can connect but many windows do not update properly. If I connect an external display to the mac mini all is well again. Any solutions?

I use splashtop.
Able to reach iPad resolution when i connect to my iPad, when the splashtop session ends, it drops back to 800x600.
Maybe you could try it out and see if splashtop helps expand to 2560 x 1600.

Screen Sharing on "headless" Mac Mini

Does anyone know how to change the screen size and keymap for a "headless" Mac Mini (no keyboard and monitor), accessed via Screen Sharing?
Currently:
- The screen size is limited to 800x600 or 1024x768. I'd like bigger.
- On the Mac Mini, I have to use the "U.S. Extended" keyboard layout to get the right key mapping from Screen Sharing. But the Login Screen doesn't seem to use this mapping. Also, I live in Switzerland, and I'd like to use international keyboard layouts.
Info:
- Mac Mini: OS X 10.4.11
- Screen Sharing host (iMac): OS X 10.6.8
- Desired keyboard layout: Swiss French and Swiss German
Thanks!

Thanks for the ideas. As suggested, I tried swapping out both the VNC client as well as server, but unfortunately no luck.
I should have mentioned that if I plug a large monitor into the Mac Mini, I see the bigger screen via Screen Sharing. If I unplug the monitor, the larger size is maintained until I log out; then I'm back to 1024x768. This indicates that its not the VNC (client and/or server) that's limiting the screen size, it's the OS that only provides two choices if no monitor is connected. I don't see why that has to be; it's just the size of the allocated graphics buffer that changes.
Concerning the keyboard, I found that you can set the Login screen to use the US Extended keyboard layout by selecting System Preferences -> Accounts -> Login Options -> Show input menu in login window. That allows you to select the keyboard layout you want to use for the Login prompt, and fortunately that selection is then saved. That significantly defuses the keyboard problem – although ideally, I'd still like to use international keyboard layouts. Logically, this should be something the VNC software controls, but I did not see any options to that effect, in any of the VNC clients and servers suggested above.

Has anyone experienced apps suddenly shutting down on their iPad Mini ?

Has anyone experienced apps suddenly shutting down on their iPad Mini running iOS7.0.4? Just started in the last few days

Have you tried restarting or resetting your iPad?
Restart: Press On/Off button until the Slide to Power Off slider appears, select Slide to Power Off and, after It shuts down, press the On/Off button until the Apple logo appears.
Reset: Press the Home and On/Off buttons at the same time and hold them until the Apple logo appears (about 10 seconds).
No data will be lost.

IMac making loud beeps and freezes. Only way to shut down is hold power button. Any ideas what might be wrong?

iMac making loud beeps and freezes. Only way to shut down is hold power button. Any ideas what might be wrong?

iMac making loud beeps
Could be the RAM (memory)
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Problems to shut down, restart my Mac it displays a message saying Safari does not allow it. I try to quit Safari and does not do it.

Problems to shut down, restart my Mac it displays a message saying Safari does not allow it. I try to quit Safari and does not do it.

Have you tried using Activity Monitor to shut down Safari?
Ciao.
Have you clicked on the Safari icon in the dock and seen if 'Force Quit' is displayed?
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Can I display EyeTV's live TV over HDMI-out and be able to see my desktop using screen-sharing on a headless mac-mini used as a media-box?

Hi,
I'm thinking of buying a new mac-mini to replace my current one which acts as an iTunes server and records TV programs using eyeTV. I connect using screen-sharing/VNC to be able to do stuff on it (like handbrake etc.)
I have eyeTV with a satelite receiver and I want to change the setup so that:
- the new mac-mini continues to work as an iTunes server (and handbrake workhorse)
- I can use the HDMI output (inc. audio) to show eyeTV's live TV full-screen app
- I can connect using screen-sharing/VNC to the mac-mini and see my normal desktop to be able to maintain it etc. but this is a headless display (no screen is connected to the display-port).
- recorded media I'd play through the appleTV2 still + rentals etc. unless anyone knows if eyeTV software can offer up iTunes content? I don't like the eyeTV recordings in general as it seems very slow to me for access when there are lots of recordings and wouldn't be available in other apleTVs in the house AFAIK.
The main benefit that this gives me is that I'd no longer need a seperate satelite box to watch live TV and can add more eyeTV hardware to get additional TV channels all through the same HUD on the TV for ease of access.
Does this seem possible in theory & practice (ie are there any gotcha's to consider?)
- can I force the HDMI output resolution to 1080i as I go via an amp to the TV and the appleTV2 drops to low-res in this configuration so I have had to find a workaround for that.
- does the mac-mini have IR input that can be programmed?
- Does eyeTV software remain stable for long periods?
- Does the HDMI out have any handshake issues that would need a reset of the display (somehow)?
thanks in advance for any thoughts/contributions
Lee

I think the easiest way to do this is to have the EyeTV app running in one user account and sent via HDMI to the TV, and use a separate user account for Screen Sharing. Both logins can be active at the same time and with Lion you can connect via screen sharing to which ever login you need.
With regards to the Mac video resolution changing, when it is not the current input on your AV receiver. This is 'normal', if the Mac sees no signal it drops down the a lower level. What you need is to buy a HDMI Detective Plus which tricks the Mac in to always seeing a signal and hence it will not drop down the resolution. See http://www.gefen.com/kvm/dproduct.jsp?prod_id=8005
The Mac mini does have an IR receiver. This can be used with the EyeTV app, iTunes, and similar. Yes I believe EyeTV would run for prolonged periods quite happily, it is has been around for a long time and had most of the rough edges polished off. However one issue you will have to deal with is that it does not automatically update its program guide data. For this you might have to write or modify an AppleScript. Elgato support or their user forums will be a lot of help.
You can set EyeTV to convert recordings to an iTunes (Apple TV) compatible format and then delete them from EyeTV.
The HDMI Detective should solve your handshaking problems.

Ways of shutting down a headless Mac Mini unit

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