Well, I am not sure since I do not have a Mini. However, a monitor or dongle might be needed.
Does your friend have a TV. If the right ports are available, maybe that can be used as a monitor just to get through setup. From: 'Kristeen Hughes' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 6:59 PM To: Mac Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: A New Mac Mini I haven’t had to have a dongle since the end of 2013. Would they actually make it that way again with the new minis? I would find that strange. Kristeen On Oct 28, 2021, at 6:47 PM, Rebecca Skipper <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Try searching for examples like Kaytech HDMI Dummy Plug Display Emulator Headless Ghost Virtual Display Adapter. From: 'Kristeen Hughes' via MacVisionaries <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 6:43 PM To: Mac Users Group <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: A New Mac Mini Where do you get such a dongle? Kristeen On Oct 28, 2021, at 6:35 PM, Rebecca Skipper <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Is a monitor connected to the Mini? If not, a dongle that emulates a monitor should work. I’ve heard of blind users having trouble if a monitor or adapter was not connected at startup. From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 6:33 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: A New Mac Mini Hi, Is she using an Apple keyboard? If it is a third party keyboard, then it’s possible that the cmd and option keys are reversed. So, you’d press option-f5 instead. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 28, 2021, at 4:30 PM, 'Kristeen Hughes' via MacVisionaries <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I’m helping a friend who just got her new Mini with the M1 chip. She has it plugged in and turned it on. Is there a special key combination she needs to press as she boots it up. I ask, because when we pressed command+f5 to get VO to come on all we got was a small done sound. We get that from any key pressed. Where do we go from here? Kristeen just took the -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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