Hi Doug, I'll point you to a Mail Archive list post that gives links to the correct video adapters for both new Mac Mini models (since March 3, 2009 -- with Mini-DVI ports -- "Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter") and for the older Mac Mini models with DVI ports (manufactured before Mach 2009 --- I guess your Mac Mini might be in this category) -- these use "Apple DVI to video adapters.
http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg02152.html The post links to actual product pages in Apple's Store, to avoid problems. Do NOT get the connector that attaches the Mini to a Monitor -- unless you really have a monitor at the other end, this will not help at all. The monitor connectors are bi-directional, so it is possible for the Mac Mini to sense whether there really is a monitor at the other end. The video adapter connectors have a round protruding plug in the connector unlike the flat VGA end of monitor adapter connectors. The signal only goes outward, so the Mac Mini gets not input to inform it that there is no video device at the other end. I don't trust myself to type the product codes correctly here, but they are correct in the linked post as long as you correctly identify whether you have a new (post March 2009) or old (before March 2009) Mac Mini model. When in doubt, Google the Apple Support page and type in your Computer's serial number in the search field, and your model will be identified. (Navigate with VO-M to Apple Menu on menu bar, arrow down to "About this Mac", where the operating version number is announced route your mouse cursor to VoiceOver cursor with VO-Command-F5 and click twice with VO-Shift-Space. Move off and onto this field to read the serial number and copy it to your pasteboard with VO-Shift-C. Then you can paste it into a TextEdit window, or you can interact and VO-Right arrow to just the actual serial number and copy it with VO-Shift-C, then paste with Command-V into the Support page search field. HTH Cheers, Esther Doug Lee wrote: > >I have no compatible monitor at this location, but I just heard of >some sort of "dongle" that's supposed to fool the machine into >thinking I have one. Any info on where to obtain such a thing? > >On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 05:36:22PM -0700, Mac Cougar wrote: > >Plug in a monitor for the performance issues. >On Oct 28, 2009, at 4:48 PM, Doug Lee wrote: > >> >> Last Friday I installed Snow Leopard as an upgrade of Leopard on my >> Mac Mini. I also installed the newer Xcode from the Snow Leopard CD >> over the Xcode I already had. I finally reinstalled the Ports >> package, though I did not recompile all my ports yet. >> >> But I got a number of very nasty surprises that seem uncommon, so I'm >> hoping someone out there has an idea what on Earth hit the fan here. >> I have tested the below findings with no ports running as far as I >> know. >> >> Problems include: >> >> 1. Safari is hopelessly slow! Navigating from one site to another, >> such as by typing in the address field, can take a full minute, >> during which VoiceOver occasionally says, "Safari busy." Similarly, >> getting to the menu bar with VO+M and moving among menu bar options >> with arrows can take up to a full minute per keystroke. >> >> 2. Typing into any edit control I tried, mostly TextEdit and Skype >> chat boxes, seems to cause the Mac to get behind, with or (I think) >> without VoiceOver running. With VO running, if I type reasonably >> fast, VO loses the ability to say the characters I type, goes silent >> for a moment, then starts saying "busy" once for each key I hit. I'm >> used to hearing individual characters as feedback against errors, and >> VO under Leopard handled that just fine. >> >> 3. Though some people claim that commands like VO+F2 for window name >> and VO+Shift+F3 for Cursor Tracking toggle still work in Snow Leopard, >> I (and one friend) find these commands do nothing now. I believe the >> Commands help still documents them though. Removing and making VO >> rebuild all preference files did not solve this. >> >> Any pointers will be most graciously accepted. This machine has a 300 >> gig drive with only 30 gig free, and I have as yet no device elsewhere >> with enough free space to afford me the option of a complete >> backup/format/restore. >> >> >> -- >> Doug Lee d...@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org >> SSB BART Group doug....@ssbbartgroup.com >> http://www.ssbbartgroup.com >> "When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you." >> --African Proverb >> >> > > > > > >-- >Doug Lee d...@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org >SSB BART Group doug....@ssbbartgroup.com >http://www.ssbbartgroup.com >"The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere." > - Anne Morrow Lindbergh {American Author} > >> > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
