Dang you're good. I read that archive for hours and never find
squat. I'm not even sure from the layout if it even archives all the
messages. Are we perhapse using two different archives?
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On 25-Jun-08, at 1:46 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi Jayson and others,
Jayson's post about problems associated with the DVD player reminded
me
that there have been special issues that have come up from posters
with
Mac minis on this list -- usually, because they are running stripped
down
setups.
Here are two points that I've seen in the previous forum posts.
Maybe someone
who has set up minis (Dan? Tim?) can comment on or add to this list:
1) DVD functions look for a monitor. They don't require an actual
monitor to
work, but they at least check for a connector that runs to a
monitor. You can
buy a DVI connector for about $19 that lets the mini "think" it is
connected
to a monitor. I believe this connector came as a default with
earlier model
Apple laptops, and perhaps other machines. See Dan's post on
Running a
Mac mini without a physical monitor:
http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/msg05738.html
Also, if you want DVD writing capabilities in addition to playback
you may
want to consider getting a SuperDrive (DVD read and write, as well as
CD read and write) instead of a Combo Drive (DVD read only; CD read
and
write) at the time of purchase. This is true for any model Mac, but
it's a
particular consideration for the Mac Mini because the standard
configuration
with less hard drive space comes with the Combo drive (as Jayson
pointed
out in another thread). This is a potential issue if you later want
to use
some iLife apps like iMovie or iDVD to write DVDs, because not all
functions
are fully supported for external burners, as Tim Kilburn noted in
this post
about his experience with external DVD burners:
http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/msg28303.html
2) Initial setup with VoiceOver may require that a USB mouse be
plugged in.
See Dan's response to Cheryl's post about setting up a new Mac mini
from
December. By default, the system will look for a mouse:
http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/msg05738.html
I don't own a mini, so this is just a summary of issues that I've
seen mentioned
while reading the list. I've provided links to the original posts
so that you can
read these in detail.
I've retitled the subject of this thread to reflect the change in
content.
Cheers,
Esther
On June 24, 2008, at 07:17PM, Jayson Smith wrote:
Hi all,
Here's an interesting one which you may want to hang on to in
case you ever need it. I told you about the initialization error I
was having with Apple's DVD player. I downloaded and installed the
Softcon DVD player and ran it. I'm sure what I'm about to say will
also fix my error with the Apple DVD player. Here goes.
When I ran the program, it told me something to the effect that
there wasn't
a supported graphics device. Now keep in mind, this is a Mac Mini,
with no
monitor. You guessed it... You need a monitor plugged in. Mind you,
it
doesn't have to be turned on, doesn't even need to be plugged into
AC power,
it just needs to be plugged into the computer. Someone should
really make a
'fake monitor' plug you can just plug into your computer that makes
it think
there's a real monitor there. That would let you carry it around,
etc. and
not have to also carry a monitor if you wanted to watch DVD's.
Jayson
