The Mac Mini (marketed as Mac mini) is a small form factor desktop computer manufactured by Apple Inc.
it is quite small for a desktop computer: 7.7 inches (19.7 cm) square and 1.4 inches (3.6 cm) tall. It weighs 2.7 pounds (1.22 kg).
Questions tagged [mac-mini]
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How do I install Ubuntu onto a Mac Mini?
I've been trying to install Ubuntu 12.04, 13.04 and 13.10 onto my mac mini using every tutorial I could find using dd or even a program similar to UNetbootin for mac, and nothing seems to be working.
I only have the mac option for now so I'm not…
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Black screen when booting on a Mac mini 4,1
I have a Macmini4,1 (most recent variant) with a Mini DisplayPort connected to a DVI monitor, and HDMI connected directly to a projector. Both monitors are on but black when booting of the ‘Natty Narwhal’ Live CD.
I hold the Option key to get into…
Daniel
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Choppy sound via HDMI on Mac Mini 4,1
I get choppy sound output over hdmi with the command.
aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
My current configuration can can be found here:
alsa-info.sh output
Sound worked after some tweaking with 10.04. After upgrade to 11.10 sound…
Bjoern
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How do I get a StarTech USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter working?
I bought a Startech USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter and looking for linux drivers. I did google search and did not come up with anything. Startech.com has only windows drivers. Any help on getting this up and running is greatly appreciated.
my…
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How can I make my Mac Mini start headless?
My Mac mini doesn't boot without a monitor connected to it. As I've read in various forums on the internet, Mac OS X lets the Mac Mini boot without an attached monitor if SSH is turned on. Obviously, there's a setting in the EFI somewhere.
Is it…
Georg Schölly
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Using Thunderbolt Port (Mini Displayport) for second monitor 15.10
The Background
I just finished installing Ubuntu 15.10 on my MacMini 7,1 and it is working great except for the inability to use 2 monitors (something I can do in OS X).
The computer has an HDMI port and 2 Thunderbolt (Mini DisplayPort) ports that…
rabidhamper7
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No network interfaces detected when installing Ubuntu Server on Mac Mini
I have a new Mac Mini (MacMini6,1 late 2012) that I would like to install Ubuntu Server 13.04 (ubuntu-13.04-server-amd64+mac.iso) on. But it seems like Ubuntu Server isn't able to detect my network interface, because I get the message:
No network…
Jonas
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My Mac Mini (late 2012) will not show any wireless networks. Ubuntu 12.10
I am fairly new to ubuntu so a step by step answer would be appreciated. My wireless card is Broadcom BCM4331. Thank You.
I also have no way to connect to the Internet on it except my original osx partion. So a solution that works offline is…
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Ubuntu 18.04LTS installer does not detect MacOS X on a Mac Mini
The Ubuntu package looks like a good thing; I would like to install it, but I'm not ready to trash my present operating system. The Ubuntu installation ISO file is 'not mountable' on my circa 2014 Mac Mini running Hi-Sierra, so I can't view the…
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Ubuntu 13.04 on Mac Mini 6,2 ethernet port Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 not detected
The said network adapter is not recognized in 13.04.
In 12.04 and 12.10 I had used the driver proposed from broadcom download site, configured as dkms package it was always updated.
On the 3.8.x kernels this provided kernel driver from broadcom…
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How can I activate wifi on BCM4364 using brcmfac driver & firmware?
I am running Ubuntu on a Mac Mini 8,1.
"No WiFi Adapter Found"
I started on 20.04 and only upgraded to get the latest Linux firmware in the hope of getting the wifi working. I also updated the kernel version to 5.7.1 because in the hope of getting…
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Cannot install Ubuntu 20.04 on Mac mini 2020
I have a brand new 2020 Mac mini (Intel i3 quad core chip).
My install (dedicated Ubuntu NO dual boot) fails with the famous;
Executing 'grub-install /dev/nvme0n1' failed.
This is a fatal error.
I have bypassed the T2 chip by booting into recovery…
darth_epoxy
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Having trouble turning mbpfan into a system service
I'm a beginning Ubuntu user following this tutorial to enable fan management with mbpfan on my Mac Mini 4.1 running Ubuntu 18.04.
I had good success initially and then got to the point of trying to turn mbpfan into a system service. The first…
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Ubuntu 18.04 won't boot and can't get back to Mac OS
I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my Mac mini (late2014) and when it boots, it goes directly into Ubuntu. However, it won't load. An error message states the following:
failed to open \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi - not found
failed to load image…
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Controlling a Mac Mini from Linux Mint - Some special keys don't work
I've installed TeamViewer on 2 machines: my ASUS X555-LD laptop running Linux Mint Cinnamon 17.3 and a late-2012 Mac Mini running OS X El Capitan. The task is to remote control the Mac with the ASUS laptop's Linux Mint. After connection is set and…
Geryson
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