What're the biggest differences in the new mac mini from what I own? I have
the Mini late 2012 I5 2.5 GHZ, and have upgraded it to 8GB of ram as aposed
to the 4GB it normally came with. I also have the default configuration of
the 500GB internal hard disk, and currently am running it on 10.9.5
Mavericks. I don't want to upgrade it to Yosemite until the Safari
Voiceover bugs are worked out, as well as Avid officially approving ProTools
with 10.0. I know it works now whith some incredibly minor Voiceover
issues, but I'd rather just hold off until I get those issues resolved.
Besides, I actually really really like Mavericks anyway.
Chris.
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From: "Slau Halatyn" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 7:40 PM
Subject: a word about the new Mac Mini
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
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