Mac OS users who want to install OS X 10.10 Yosemite on their machines and are facing issues installing the operating system for the first time on their Macs can follow a simple step-by-step guide. The only A1347 model that came with the SuperDrive was 2010. If it isn't the 2010, then it wouldn't have come with install DVD's which as the previous two posters have said, may be why it's not working.

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Mac Systems > Apple > Mac mini The Mac mini was introduced as the least expensive system ever shipped by Apple, packing modest performance in extremely compact and elegantly simple cases. The Mac mini can be divided into three basic groups -- PowerPC, Intel Polycarbonate, and Aluminium. OS X Recovery. Restart your Mac Mini and hold down 'Command-R' while it's booting back up. This opens the desktop with a Mac OS X Utilities window in the middle.

My Problem One day my Mac Mini would not wake up. Leading up to this it was acting a bit unreliable.

However, whatever little has changed, is for the better. Apple has finally acknowledged that people connect their Mac Mini's to HDTV's and use them as media centers. So it's added an HDMI port to the machine. This makes hooking up your Mac mini to a HDTV really easy. No Blu-ray drive though. It's also included an SD card slot at the rear (Which also supports SDXC cards) - so you can transfer your photos / videos / data directly from an SD card without having to connect your camera / card reader to the machine.

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You will be asked to go through with the normal steps of setting up a new Windows computer, including creating an user account. Installing Boot Camp software is the last step that makes Windows 10 run well on your Mac. Screenshot by Dong Ngo/CNET Step 6: As you log in for the first time, you will be greeted with this Boot Camp installation message. Click on Next and follow the rest of the installation, reboot the computer, and you're done!

My Problem Not a problem but an upgrade. A friend of a friend was in the market for a new computer and I convinced him to buy a Mac. A large selling point was the ability to purchase an older Mac and install a second drive and install Windows on it in the off chance he'd ever want to go back to it. My Fix 'Repair' itself went along fine. I had previously placed an SSD in a 2014 Mac Mini so was familiar with the system. The 2011 I worked on this time was nearly identical except I was putting in a second drive which is much easier in the older models of Mac Minis. It was as easy as the 2014.

Nevertheless, here are some options for you: For a Mac Mini Server (Mid 2010) or before, try one of the following options: • Use the installation media which came with the Mac (e.g. Mac OS X Server 10.6) to install the OS again (if you do not have an optical drive with it, you will need to have a different Mac sharing its optical drive or try to clone the disc to a USB thumb drive) • If a later version of Mac OS X is installed, you could use the built-in Recovery HD to install that version of Mac OS X the Recovery HD was created for (you will need to have obtained that version with your Apple ID or it will not work to authenticate the install). For a Mac Mini Server (Mid 2011) or later, try the following option: At startup, hold down Cmd+Alt+R to bypass any built-in recovery system and boot from the Internet Recovery (about 350-480 MB download). This will give you the option to install the original OS which came with that Mac Mini Server. Since that version is hardware-bound, no Apple ID is required to install it. Once installed, you need to do the following to use Mavericks (or later): • update the system to the latest version, then • if you own Mavericks already, download it from the list of purchases from the App Store • if you do not own it, you can download the latest version of OS X, which is Yosemite.

I have tried several times but I have been unable to get all four holes to line up when replacing the antenna plate. I can get the two closer to the center of the mini just fine but no matter how I align the plate, one of the screws closer to the edge of the mini will be so far out of alignment that I cannot get the screw to go in. I had to leave one screw uninstalled. The plate is not distorted in any way. It is installed the same way it was before I removed, as far as I can tell.

Step 6: When the erasing process is complete, return to the first screen where you selected Disk Utility. Now click on Install OS X and then hit Continue. Step 7: Choose the Macintosh HD partition you erased in step 5 and then click Install. If you have followed all the steps correctly, your computer should now boot right into the newly installed operating system, OS X Yosemite.

You can do this by using the Time Machine feature in Mac OS X, or third-party software such as. C) Create a bootable USB flash drive with a storage size of at least 8GB. D) from the Mac App Store and save it to the Applications folder – its default location. How to Create Bootable USB Flash Drive. How to clean install Mac OS X Yosemite using USB. IStock First, create bootable USB flash drive. Here is how you do it,: • Plug in your USB drive into the computer and open Disk Utility (in Applications).

I do not recommend anyone to follow the link he gave, there is no reason to reinstall our OS if NOTHING is wrong! You're being incredibly rude. Let him be who he wants to be and let it go. Everyone doesn't have to be the same or hold your beliefs.

• The fans in your Mac are louder, because they're spinning faster. • The image on your display appears to shrink, has black bars around it, or appears tinted. • You can't use Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.

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I would have loved to rate it 4 stars but I can't ignore Apple still including only 2gb of ram which is inadequate for multitasking, not including a Blu-ray drive, STILL not allowing customers to access the hard drive AND increasing the price by $ 100. If the issues mentioned above don't affect you in any way and you want a small, power efficient and capable machine (After upgrading the ram) the Mac Mini may be the machine for you. Hope this helps! NOTE - Mar 18 2011. The Mac Mini is now extremely out of date compared to other computer makers current products. C2D processor, 320 GB 5400 rpm hard drive, 2 gb ram (stutter stutter).

Once the file has been saved on the flash drive, remove it from your Windows computer and insert it into your Mac. You will not need the Windows computer again for the rest of the process. Part 2: Getting the flash drive and your Mac's partition ready Note: At times you'll be prompted to type in the password for your Mac's admin account.

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Thankfully, the geniuses over at Apple have made the process easy for us—no need for a disc; no need for a drive—all you need is a decent internet connection. With just a few clicks of some buttons and your Mac is gonna be running like it did the day you got it. Best of all, this will work with Lion,,,,. Step 1: Back Up Your Files! Okay, so you may have a lot of files that you want to get rid of, but you definitely have some files you want to keep.

This may look better / cleaner from a design / clutter point of view but it also means that if it ever malfunctions, instead of the power adapter, you'll have to take your Mac mini in to an Apple Store or Apple Authorized Store Provider and leave it there for repairs which may lead to more downtime. The SD card slot is at the back of the machine, and reaching behind to insert a card gets tedious fast.

Even over a fast Internet connection, it'll take a little while to download, since it's more than 5 GB. • Once it's downloaded, it'll launch automatically.

Step 2: Install Diskmaker The next step is simple: head to and grab the latest version of DiskMaker. This free program makes creating a bootable OS X drive simple. Do the usual drag-and-drop-the-icon-dance to install the software. Step 3: Run Diskmaker Now the real magic beings: fire up Diskmaker (if it won’t load, Will your favorite programs ever run again? Certain programs won't load anymore - a message about Unidentified Developers shows up instead.

For example, if you play your iTunes music on additional computers, you will need to authorize them to play any DRM-protected iTunes content. If the Mac you are parting with is one of these systems, then first disable this authorization. • Remove any third-party hardware If you have added any upgrades or expansions to the system, then you might consider removing them.

Recovery is a set of tools you can depend on in a rare emergency — typically when something drastic stops you getting into. It looks a lot like OS X proper, but its capabilities are limited to essential maintenance tools that help you get up and running after a critical problem.

A 1 year warranty on parts and 90 day telephone technical support is standard. As one can see, not much has changed. Apple is still using outdated Core 2 Duo processors while the rest of the computer industry has moved on to using Intel's 'i' series of processors and it's still shipping the Mac mini with 2gb of ram which is completely inadequate for multi-tasking effectively.

There isn't even an obvious option to run the app. Gatekeeper just might be.). You should be prompted with a choice: Pick which version of OS X you hope to install from your drive. You’ll then be prompted to pick your drive. It’s really important that you pick the correct drive, because everything on that drive is going to be deleted – pay attention. Once you’ve gone through all of the steps, DiskMaker will do its thing – eventually it will ask you for your password, so don’t walk away until you’ve done that.

A few of the methods floating around the Mac community have been compiled here in one easy-to-reference place. System admins responsible for supporting entire organizations and users who bought used Macs are the folks most likely to benefit from this. Reset 10.5 Leopard & 10.6 Snow Leopard password • Power on or restart your Mac. • At the chime (or grey screen if your chime is turned off), hold down Command+S on your keyboard to enter single-user mode.

If the prospect of fixing something you don't understand is daunting, there's one feature you'll find invaluable: its the web browser. Using it, you can go online to book a appointment at one of Apple's retail stores, or look up the contact details of an authorized repair center if there are no stores close to you. Recovery offers other features we'll walk you through, including the ability to reset any user account's. While this is undoubtedly useful, it also poses a security risk to the files stored on your Mac if someone accesses it. • Quick look at Recovery Mode A.

It's safe to click the Continue button. • Be prepared to wait a while.

(Holding down D similarly didn’t launch the OS X disc’s Diagnostic Mode.) I tried holding down Command-S to enter single-user mode, hoping to run the fsck command to test and repair the drive. I tried booting the Mac mini into FireWire target disk mode (by holding down the T key) so I could connect the mini as a hard drive to my Mac Pro, but target disk mode wouldn’t work. Heck, I even tried resetting the parameter RAM ('zapping the PRAM'). Nothing happened. Puzzled, I disconnected everything from the Mac mini but the power, display, and keyboard cables to be sure a bad peripheral wasn’t the cause of the problem. I even tried different keyboards, mice, and power supplies. The mini remained stuck at the question-mark-folder screen.

I've started the disassembly for this repair before realizing that I had the dual-hard drive/no optical drive 2010 Mac Server. I don't see any instructions for removing the dual hard drive assembly (the factory dual-hard drive, not the aftermarket optical drive/hard drive swap out. I don't see any instructions for my model, or did I miss them somewhere? I've got everything out of the mini shell except for the power supply. I've got both hard drives on the table - one in the protective plastic sheath (with glued sensors, cables, etc.) and the other in a plastic frame that slides out of the mini shell from its deepest parts. Incredibly, both hard drives are failing at the same time. Everything's backed up and I'm ready to replace with two 1TB drives that I've removed from MacBook Pros.

Leave all the settings at their default values and then hit Erase button at the bottom right. This will wipe all files stored on your startup hard drive.

• This step is optional, but it’s a good idea because it checks the consistency of the hard disk before moving on. At the prompt, type fsck -fy and press Enter/Return. Wait for the checks to complete before going to the next step. • Type mount -uw / and press Enter. • Type launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist and press Enter.

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- Speaking of TV watching, the new GPU (video card) is great. A wonderful upgrade.

Note: if the Windows disc is still and the optical drive, and you need to remove it prior to reinstalling Mac OS X, either use the eject key on a Mac keyboard, or hold the (primary) mouse button down during reboot.

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At the prompt, type fsck -fy and press • Enter/Return. Wait for the checks to complete before going to the next step.

That's just an FYI and a preventative measure. Ifixit note, Mac mini mid-2010 step 16 @tdowse1 I agree completely. I take issue with this guide because I believe it has an error. With just one of two changes I wouldn't have destroyed my ZIF sensor connectors: 1) Issue the warning BEFORE or even with the instruction.

You’ll lose everything in the Keychain, but you’ll now be able to start fresh and add new ones.

Depends on what is being called a '2011' Mac Mini. If it was purchased before July 20, 2011, or does not have the hardware or firmware revisions of July 20, 2011, then it is not a mid-2011 Mac Mini, and a system specific 10.6 installer disc would be available to it. Otherwise, that's correct, you must have a high speed internet connection somewhere to get the software, if you don't already have it. As you'll see here: Refers to 2010,2011, and 2012 Mac Minis.

This is definitely a privacy / security risk for many customers and Apple should address this in the next iteration of the machine. Also, because of the closed design of the Mac Mini, Applecare will always be a requirement, since you can't replace anything in the machine if something goes wrong except for the ram. Power supply goes bad - no Applecare - pay Apple big money. Hard drive dies - no Applecare - pay Apple big money. So Applecare becomes a $ 150 requirement to protect yourself from Apple's exorbitant repair costs. It's like a hidden cost, You don't see it until you realize you're probably going to need it.

- This Mac mini was reduced in power consumption AND the power brick is now internal instead of the big external one from before. That makes for a cleaner looking hookup. - We use all our Mac minis as servers here and they're great. They run 24 hours a day and have no problems. - This machine still has the IR capability so it can be controlled with the Apple Remote or one of the Harmony remotes with no problems.

The third method of resetting your Mac’s password requires some additional explanation. Rather than simply changing the password like the previous two methods do, this one fools the operating system into believing it has never been started before. This means when you restart the machine, it will take you through the entire setup & registration process all over again. Do not worry, all of your pre-existing data is still available. Just continue with this process and do not choose the option to transfer or migrate information to the Mac. Once you’re done, log in with your new admin account and go to System Preferences > Accounts. You may have to click on the lock icon in the lower-left corner before making changes here.

The Mac mini is a capable machine for general tasks such as watching videos, working on documents, listening to music and surfing the web. It's small and occupies very little space.

Create a Bootable Installer Download the macOS Sierra installation package from the Mac App Store. Once it has downloaded, follow these steps to create a USB bootable installer. • Open Disk Utility (found in the Applications/Utilities folder), select the thumb drive in the sidebar and click the 'Erase' button. • Name the USB drive 'Untitled' if it isn't already, choose the Format 'OS X Extended (Journaled)', and click 'Erase'. Once your thumb drive is formatted and the macOS installation package has finished downloading, open up Terminal (found in Applications/Utilities). • Now, ensure the USB drive is the only disk named 'Untitled' connected to your Mac, and then paste the following command into the Terminal window, and press Enter: sudo /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app --nointeraction • You should be prompted for your administrator password. Enter it, and the command will create a bootable Sierra installer on the USB drive.

You can do this by using the Time Machine feature in Mac OS X, or third-party software such as. C) Create a bootable USB flash drive with a storage size of at least 8GB. D) from the Mac App Store and save it to the Applications folder – its default location.

Also, the machine is STILL not designed to not let users access the hard drive easily (or without voiding the warranty). This forces the customer to be dependent on Apple for servicing, replacing or upgrading the hard drive.

Boot Camp Assistant will then confirm the erasing of the flash drive before turning it into a Windows 10 install disk (make sure you have no important information on the flash drive.) After that it will also download the latest Windows support software onto the flash drive. Make sure you choose the right partition size for Windows 10. Screenshot by Dong Ngo/CNET Step 5: Boot Camp Assistant will prompt you to choose the size of the partition that you'll use for Windows.

In other words, if you change the amount of RAM in a Mac, it will start up normally one time to give you a chance to reset the PRAM; if you don’t reset the PRAM during that boot, firmware-password protection will be restored the next time you boot.) The moral of this story? First, when troubleshooting a problem with your Mac, don’t forget a basic step. Second, if you’re going to enable a firmware password, be sure there’s a valid startup volume selected in the Startup Disk pane. And third, if you do enable a firmware password, don't forget doing so (or forget the password, for that matter).