Mac Mini upgrades - recommendations?

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• End of 2012 Mac mini won't go beyond screen bar startup after update 10.11.4

  Hey all,.

  I'm puzzled.  I have a Late 2012 Mac mini, upgrade 10.11.4 yesterday, after the computer restarts, it was stuck around 60% on the progress of startup screen.  I let it go for 12 hours, nothing.  The screen fell asleep, and when I woke up it I had a mouse cursor which would pass but nothing to use it with.  When you try to start in safe mode, I get a little further, about 95% and then she stalls.  When booting into single user mode, it stops at "pci break: SDXC.  I fixed the disk with DiskWarrior on the repair disk, no help.  Any help would be greatly appreciated, getting very frustrated and I would like to solve it, instead of doing a restore.

  I forgot to add, that when starting in Diag mode, I wonder for a wifi network reach, I do then it's right there.  Do not enter an IP address.

  Thank you!

  -Anders

  The Diag mode gives me an error-2002D.  Looks like I have some errors going on here :/

• an early 2008 mac mini and want to know what OSX iI can be upgraded to.

  I have an early 2008 mac mini, model A1283 and the OS x 10.6.8.  Is there an OSX I can pass safely to this machine?

  Upgrade to El Capitan

  You can pass the Lion El Capitan or directly from Snow Leopard. El Capitan can be downloaded for FREE from the Mac App Store.

  Upgrade to El Capitan

  To upgrade to El Capitan, you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or installed Lion. Download El Capitan from the App Store. Sign in with your Apple ID. El Capitan is free. The file is big enough, more than 5 GB, allow it some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.

      Mac that can be upgraded to OS X El Capitan

  1 iMac (mid-2007 or newer) - model identifier 7.1 or later

  2 MacBook (late 2008 or early 2009 or newer aluminium) - model identifier 5.1 or later

  3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)- model identifier 3.1 or later version

  4 MacBook Air (late 2008 or newer)- model identifier 2.1 or later

  5 mac mini (early 2009 or newer)- model identifier 3.1 or later version

  6 mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)- model identifier 3.1 or later version

  7 Xserve (early 2009) - model identifier 3.1 or later version

  To find the identifier of the model open system information in the Utilities folder. It is displayed in the Panel on the right.

  My applications are compatible?

  See table of application - RoaringApps compatibility

  
  

  Upgrade to Lion

  If your computer does not meet the requirements to install the Mavericks, it can still meet the specifications to install Lion.

  You can buy Lion to the Apple store. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus taxes.  It's a download. You will receive an email with a redemption code that you then use on the Mac App Store for download Lion. Save a copy of this installer to your download folder because Setup deletes itself at the end of the installation.

  Lion system requirements

  1 mac with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7,

  or Xeon processor

  2. 2 GB of memory

  3 OS X 10.6.6 or later (10.6.8) recommended

  4. 7 GB of available space

  5. certain features require an Apple ID; conditions apply.

  I suggest that stick you with Snow Leopard because the Lion is a bit a dog. If you really need to upgrade over Snow Leopard, then you need a new computer.

• I upgraded to MacOS Sierra recently, since then, my Mac Mini needs to strat befor 5 times actually implemented, why?

  Mac Mini (mid-2011), 2.5 GHz mid-range Core i5, 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, 256 GB Solid State Drive Storage

  10.12 MacOS

  I upgraded to MacOS Sierra recently, since then, my Mac Mini must start 5 times before it actually starts.

  It starts and restarts in the middle of the boot process, 4 times.

  Why?

  I have experienced a similar curiosity, but often with messing around on a Linux partition. I do not have a definitive answer for you, but check on this thread (MacBook Pro will restart several times during the boot process) and maybe here further (oots http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/88213/how-to-find-cause-of-repeated-reb)

  I hope this helps!

• Mac mini black screen after upgrading to sierra

  Hello!

  My probleme:Mac Mini end 2014 black screen to start immediately after the upgrade of Sierra.

  Thanks for your help.

  Kentr0n

  Is there anything on the black screen (boot) at all ever?

• the upgrade of Mac mini from 8 GB to 16 GB

  I'm looking to upgrade this Mac Mini, 16 GB

  Apple Mac mini 2.8GHz/8GB/1TB i5 Dual-core Fusion/Iris Graphics (MGEQ2HN/A).

  Where can I order online and get updated directly when purchasing?

  # The only Minis with the Iris graphics are the Minis 2014 and all Minis 2014 have their RAM welded in place and it is not extensible.

• New iPhone IS does not work with MAC Mini 10.6.8. Apple support says upgrade your iTunes. Its the wrong color icon. WHAT? iTunes is the last 11.4 for my mac. All my music is on my Mac. Help!

  New iPhone IS does not work with MAC Mini 10.6.8. Apple support says upgrade your iTunes. Its the wrong color icon. WHAT? iTunes is the last 11.4 for my mac. All my music is on my Mac. Help!

  That is right. The requires iTunes 12.3.3 and in order to get it, you will need to update OS X to El Capitan. That's how Apple has created for better or worse, I'm sorry.

• Upgrade hard drive Mac Mini end of 2012.

  I7 clocked at 2.6 ghz 16 GB ram...

  Fusion car again, noted that, once 128 GB ssd was that full, there was no real advantage to the merger. I decided (possible foolishly) to do an upgrade.

  Installed 500 GB Samsung evo 850 ssd, wd 1 TB of storage. (no merge)

  Set up own of El Capitan with bootable USB drive. Everything is good so far except noticed mini heater, exhaust fan works not!

  take off cover, plug verified, it was well set, leading fan and he continued running.

  Everything seemed so finished installation and got replacement as precautionary measure fan and equipped.

  More than three weeks a couple of other strange events, two or three times at the start, progress bar would get to halfway, empty display outside and nothing more occur. Force shutdown, reboot and everything ok again.

  The fan has stopped when the mini went to sleep once or twice, reboot has solved sometimes. Reset the PRAM again.

  Over the past three days several times, fan stopped at startup, reset the SMC seems to fix the problem. All connectors are good. I have followed with Imenus and more recently THPro, when the fan stops it is reported to be clocked at 650 RPM!

  I searched this problem, a person finds that remove the original drive on mac mini stopped fan altogether, substituting the original 'apple drive"and and the fan works fine! that makes no sense to me, but the Samsung in car that belonged the 128 GB ssd my original merger was coded firmware to it was "Apple."

  The Evo 850 does not report temperature through the chip, I don't see that this would lead to good questions?

  Don't know where I'm going with this, I could replace the original 'Apple readers' and see what is going on, at least I could forget a possible crude oil on a fire. Should I reinstall and do a fusion drive (can't see that it would make a difference)

  I took everything public static precautions, taken my time replace the disks and it went smoothly without a hitch...

  If anyone can suggest anything, I would be very grateful.

  Sorry, this post is so long!

  -Try to reset memory NVRAM/PRAM and SMC

  MacIntel: Reset of the controller (SMC) system management

  Subject of memory NVRAM and PRAM

  -Try to start safe mode

  OS x: what is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?

  -Start to recovery and repair the startup disk

  OS X: on OS X Recovery - Apple Support

  -If it is repairable reinstall the OSX

  How to reinstall OS X on your Mac - Apple Support

  -If you do not have a backup using disk utility to restore the internal drive to an external drive, so that you can try to recover the data.

  Format the boot disk and then do a fresh install of Mac OS x

  I installed an SSD in my Min 2012 and kept the HD and it works fine

• Is it useful to upgrade my mac mini for the new 2012?

  I have a delay of mac mini 2.5 core 5 with 16 GB of ram and disk hard standard 500 GB that comes with it. It's worth to upgrades me to the 5 Basic 7 last with 16 GB of ram, or the new processors to do what?

  I wouldn't and didn't. All Minis 2014 as well as the 2012 i5 are just two core machines.

• I buy a new 2015 mac mini with El Capitan.  I currently have a 2013 mac mini with Mountain Lion.  It would benefit me to upgrade my 2013 to El Capitan, before migrating my information to my mac mini to 2015?  Thanks in advance!

  I buy a new 2015 mac mini with El Capitan.  I currently have a 2013 mac mini with Mountain Lion.  It would benefit me to upgrade my 2013 to El Capitan, before migrating my information to my mac mini to 2015?  Thanks in advance!

  Yes, it is better to update the old Mac EC.

  Make sure that you back up the old Mac before the upgrade.

  Note the application of some may require updated to work with CBS. To check see it:

  https://roaringapps.com/apps

  Also, some devices may require updated drivers and for some devices such drivers do not exist.

• I finally got the money to buy the $499, of the MGEM2LL/A core i5 1.4 Ghz mac mini, but did not have the extra $100 for the 8 GB of RAM, I do the upgrade later?

  New mac mini MGEM2LL/A, memory upgrade

  Sorry, the new Mac mini has no user-expandable memory and the amount of memory you choose when you buy the computer is the amount you have for the life of the machine.

  I hope that solves your problem.

  Best regards

  Austin

• After the upgrade to OS 10.11.2, Mac Mini is so slow that it can take an hour to operate and the printer will not scan.

  After the upgrade to OS 10.11.2, Mac Mini is so slow that it can take an hour to operate and the printer will not scan.

  When you see a beachball cursor or the slowness is particularly bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.

  These must be run as administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.

  Run the Console application in one of the following ways:

  ☞ Enter the first letters of his name in a Spotlight search. Select from the results (it should be at the top).

  ☞ In the Finder, select go utilities ▹ of menu bar or press the combination of keys shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

  ☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

  The title of the Console window should be all Messages. If it isn't, select

  SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ all Messages

  in the list of logs on the left. If you don't see this list, select

  List of newspapers seen ▹ display

  in the menu at the top of the screen bar.

  Each message in the journal begins with the date and time when it was entered. Highlight date back to the time you noted above.

  Select the messages entered since then until the end of the episode, or until they begin to repeat, whichever comes first.

  Copy messages to the Clipboard by pressing Control-C key combination. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command + V.

  The journal contains a large amount of information, almost all this is useless to solve any particular problem. When you post a journal excerpt, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.

  Please don't dump blindly thousands of lines in the journal in this discussion.

  Please do not post screenshots of log messages - text poster.

  Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

  When you post the journal excerpt, an error message may appear on the web page: "you include content in your post that is not allowed", or "the message contains invalid characters." It's a bug in the forum software. Thanks for posting the text on Pastebin, then post here a link to the page you created.

  If you have an account on Pastebin, please do not select private in exposure menu to paste on the page, because no one else that you will be able to see it.

• Need recommendation of Tablet for use with a Mac Mini and CS6

  Hi all

  I'm under CS6 on a Mac MIni with OSX 10.8.3.  I want to start to learn the entrance of graphic design on Photoshop and Illustrator, and everything I've read indicates the use of a Tablet is de rigueur.  Can anyone recommend a high shelf support of range that is compatible with the Mac Mini and CS6?  Apple's site only shows the Tablet Wacom Bamboo Splash but gives no clue if it works with Adobe tools.

  Thank you

  Kevin H.

  Wacom Bamboo or Intuos tablet will work. Intuos tablets are better but more expensive. I wouldn't consider any brand other than Wacom. There are much cheaper brands tablet out there, but Wacom is the best tablets.

• I use Foxfire that my server with my Mac 'Mini' but you can not download the Foxfire current upgrade.

  Several months ago, I bought the Mac Mini desktop computer and use Foxfire as my server. I wonder constantly update my Foxfire, but am not allowed to connect to the Foxfire server even if I'm already connected. What is my solution?

  If he has problems with the update or the permissions then simpler is to download the full version and trash the version currently installed to do a clean install of the new version.

  Download a new copy of the Firefox program and save the file on the desktop disk image (dmg)

  • Firefox 9.0.x: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
  • Trash the present application Firefox to do a clean (re-) install
  • Install the new version you downloaded

  Your profile data is stored in the Firefox profile folder, so you will not lose your bookmarks and other personal data if you uninstall and (re) install Firefox.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

• Upgrade of the Os Mac mini 1.1

  I wonder - is this useful for rehabilitation of 10.6.8 to 10.7.5 my mac mini 1.1 I put to level with 2 GB of ram and cpu with c2d 2, 33Ghz? Will I feel a difference on 10.7.5?

  You can't go to Lion. The MacMini 1.1 is limited to Snow Leopard.

  The MacMini 2.1 is expandable to Lion.