I don't know what people's experiences have been with Mac Minis in the past. There have been many stories about whether a monitor was necessary and I suppose it depended upon the model and interface among other things. I simply wanted to share an observation about the new Mac Mini regarding it's operation with and without a monitor.
In the case of using an HDMI cable, make sure your monitor display is powered on and on the correct input source because VoiceOver will be routed to the display by default. You can certainly change this but, once you plug it in, even on the fly, the default sound output of the computer will be the HDMI device. Now, regarding "headless operation," the Mac Mini will function without a display attached and voiceOver will work fine and all. I found that voiceOver was noticeably sluggish. I thought at first that this was just a new problem with Yosemite and was admittedly a bit worried. I operated headless on the Mac Mini for a day or two while making some adjustments to the OS before connecting the control room monitor which shares an input source from another computer. As soon as I connected the Mac Mini to the display, VoiceOver sort of rebooted and I was prompted with the default "Getting Started" pre-recorded tutorial. This was a bit unusual, I thought, but then VoiceOver began behaving normally, not sluggish but quite fast. Again, there have been various scenarios over the years and I haven't heard anybody mention anything about the new Mac Minis and displays, running headless, etc. Thought it might help someone. Slau -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
