This may be the answer but I thought a Mac mini could be used effectively simply by plugging in a SVGA adaptor. As I understand it the nature of the adaptor does not particularly matter, The key is to fool the Mac Mini into thinking that a Monitor is attached. Without this Voiceover performance is unpredictable.
As I understand it this procedure is necessary with newer Mac Minis but not always necessary on older models. Only my understanding as I do not own a Mac Mini. David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Isaac Hebert Sent: 07 May 2013 14:55 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: using a Mac mini without a monitor 1. Turn off target computer. 2. Connect a keyboard to the target computer. 3. Connect your host computer and target computer with the firewire transfer cable(your host computer can be on). Make sure no other firewire devices are connected. 4. Start the target computer while holding down the T key on your keyboard. This will put the target computer in Firewire Target Disk Mode. 5. Restart the host computer using the target computer as the boot disk (System Preferences -> Start up Disk) 6. Setup the target computer with network access and remote management (Sharing) 7. Reboot the host computer with its own disk 8. Disconnect the target computer and reboot. On 5/7/13, Marcy Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Someone has asked me how they can use their Mac mini without a > monitor. I do not have a Mac mini, and this is the only mac computer they have. > > I'd appreciate a solution to this issue, as I know there is a way to > trick the mini into thinking it has a monitor. > > Thanks! > > Marcy > > > > -- > Marcy weinberg > Junior Partner > Fedora Outlier, LLC > Top down, BETTER THAN EXCELLENT T consulting, teaching and support > http://www.fedoraoutlier.com > 888-958-6979 ext.3801 > [email protected] > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to > ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, > Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace > your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor > responsibility should something unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > -- Join me at: www.out-of-sight.net A free voice chat site for the blind Quote, Catch the vision! Its Out of Sight! <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
