Correction: I meant to say there are NO problems using the Mac Mini without a mouse --- just buy the correct $19.95 connector -- depending on whether you have a recent Mini with a Mini-DVI port or an older (pre-March 2009) Mini with a regular DVI port -- and your performance issues will be solved.
Esther Esther wrote: > > Hello Rich, > > There are a number of different points that seem to have cropped up in > this thread and its discussion, including some misinformation and > comments that, when taken out of context, can be misleading. I'll try > to separate out these topics: > > 1. Mac Mini performance slow-down when used without a monitor > connected and the solution > You said: >>>>> I am having difficulty on my Mac Mini with web pages loading >>>>> quite >>>>> slowly. Is anyone else experiencing this problem and do you have a >>>>> solution? > Answer: This issue has been noted by other Mac users. Certain > applications like iTunes, Open Office, and Safari appear to slow down > when run without a monitor. Also, there are problems playing DVDs when > a monitor is not connected. Because the Mac Mini is sold without a > monitor, and visually impaired users may choose to use it this way, > these problems have cropped up for Mac Mini owners, but are not seen > by VoiceOver users with other Mac computers. The solution, that Dan > posted to this list more than three years ago, is to buy a $19.95 > adapter that attaches to the Mini, and that > > For older Mac Mini models manufactured before about February 2009, the > correct adapter to buy is: > > • the "Apple DVI to Video Adapter": > http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9267G/A > > For the newer Mac Mini models manufactured March 2009 and later, the > correct adapter to buy is: > > • the "Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter": > http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9319G/A > > Neither of these adapters comes in the box with the Mac Mini, nor are > these the same adapters that you use to connect a Mac Mini to a > monitor. The monitor connector is either via a "Mini DisplayPort to > VGA Adapter" or "Mini-DVI to VGA Adapter" in the current models or via > a "DVI to VGA Adapter" for the Mac Minis made before March 2009. Once > again connecting a monitor connection without an actual monitor will > NOT solve the performance problems, because communication through > these connectors is bi-directional -- i.e., the Mac can tell when > there is no actual monitor connected at the other end through these > connectors. > > The DVI or Mini-DVI Video Adapters allow you to connect to TVs, VCRs, > etc. that support S-video or composite video connections. You'll feel > a circular protruding connection end as compared with the flat end of > the VGA monitor connections. These work because your Mini only senses > that the connector is in place -- it does not look for a return signal > through the connector. > > 2. Kieren's comments have to do with the fact that the new Mini-DVI > Video Adapters do not not support an analog out signal so that you can > play movies and videos with older television sets, the way you can on > the older Mac Minis and MacBooks/MacBook Pros. This comment is > irrelevant to your purpose, since you do not intend to use a > television connected to your Mac Mini or, indeed, any other type of > display device. It would affect your plans if you had bought your Mac > Mini in order to use it as a staging device for storing and playing > digitized movies on you analog television set -- something that is > possible with the older models (which also have smaller hard drive > capacities for such storage.) > > Hope this is all clear. There are problems using the Mac Mini without > a mouse or any of these other devices. And if you buy the correct > connector for your model Mac Mini, you will be able to play DVDs, > browse the web, use Open Office, and perform all other activities > without performance degradation and without having to buy a monitor. > If in doubt, an Apple store can identify which model Mini you have > from your serial number. Find it by going to "About this Mac" in the > Apple Menu on your menu bar (VO-M, then arrow down to "About this Mac" > and press return.) In the window that comes up, you should be on the > field that announces your system version number (e.g. 10.5.8 or > 10.6.0), but you'll have to move off and then back to this field with > your VO+arrow keys (in Leopard) to hear it announced. Route your mouse > cursor to your VoiceOver cursor (VO-Command-F5) and double-click on > this field by holding down the Control, Option, and Shift keys and > tapping the space bar twice. Now when you VO-Right arrow and VO-Left > arrow back to this field you'll hear your serial number announced. > You can copy it with VO-Shift-C ("Last phrase copied to pasteboard") > and paste it into a TextEdit window with Command-V to keep a record. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > > On Sep 5, 2009, Rich Ring wrote: > >> >> Please clarify this message, I am somehow not understanding what you >> are >> telling me here. I want to solve this problem if possible, and your >> help >> would be greatly appreciated. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kieren" <[email protected]> >> To: "MacVisionaries" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 10:41 PM >> Subject: Re: Web Pages Loading Slowly >> >> >> >> Just a quick note that the new 2009 Mac Mini's DO NOT have analog out >> so if you ever did want to use the composite out adapter with an >> older >> style TV ie no dvi or HDMI inputs (ike mine ) this adapter will not >> work as it relys on the analog signal which no longer exists. >> >> You may be able to get away with the mini DVI to DVI adapter but >> YMMV. >> >> This all has something to do with the video card in the meini not >> knowing what size to default the screen to for a given screen. >> In the case of total VI users this is quite annoying. >> >> All the same give it a go and if it works thats great. >> >> Kieren >> >> On Sep 5, 11:13 am, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: >>> No, you don't need a monitor. What you can do is get the adapter >>> that >>> apple sells that will allow you to connect the mini to a TV. I think >>> it's around $19, connecting this to the monitor port will make the >>> computer think it's connected to a monitor, even if no tv is >>> connected. Of course, this issue only happens with the mini, since >>> the >>> other macs have screens built in. >>> On Sep 4, 2009, at 12:17 PM, Rich Ring wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Are you saying I have to purchase a monitor which I can't see in >>>> order to >>>> use this machine successfully? >>>> That's not what I would consider an accessible function. >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Mac Cougar" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 9:58 AM >>>> Subject: Re: Web Pages Loading Slowly >>> >>>> make sure you have a monitor connected or it will say busy all the >>>> time or most of it anyways. >>> >>>> Steve >>>> On Sep 3, 2009, at 3:31 AM, Michael D. Barber wrote: >>> >>>>> I thought I submitted this last night, but perhaps it didn't make >>>>> it >>>>> to the >>>>> list. I am having difficulty on my Mac Mini with web pages loading >>>>> quite >>>>> slowly. Is anyone else experiencing this problem and do you have a >>>>> solution? Are there any settings which need changing? >>>>> Thanks. >>> >>>>> Cordially, >>>>> Michael Barber >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
