No, you can still fool the newer Minis into thinking you have a monitor. I have a mid 2011, and it works fine without a monitor. You need to get a mini VGA display port and a converter box. It's a setup that will run about $60 in total, but it works fine if you really don't want or you don't have a monitor.
Take Care John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com On Feb 14, 2012, at 11:35 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > You definitely need to at least have a monitor connected, the older minis, > from before 2008 could get around this by connecting the adapter that allows > you to connect it to a TV through the RCA plug. All newer minis however, must > be connected to a monitor, no way around it. > On Feb 14, 2012, at 7:59 AM, Bill Holton wrote: > >> Beofre I bought my Mini I called Apple twice and asked if this would be a >> problem. They assured me it would not. Recently dealing with another >> related issue they told me they had never received any complaints about >> minis not working properly without a monitor. I sent htem a half dozen >> emails from people who had. Now they don't respond to me anymore. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo >> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:24 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox! >> >> Do you have the mac mini connected to a monitor, if not, it may cause this >> kind of behavior, the monitor does not need to be turned on, just connected. >> On Feb 12, 2012, at 7:43 PM, Steve Holmes wrote: >> >>> I just installed Dropbox this afternoon on my new mac mini. I thought >>> it installed OK and it even synced up my files from the host but now I >>> constantly get "Finder busy" all the time whenever I open *ANY* window >>> in the finder! At this point, the Finder is completely useless while >>> the Dropbox app is running. If I go into my login preferences and >>> remove Dropbox from the startup list and log back in, I can use the >>> finder like always. As soon as I launch Dropbox from the >>> applications folder or allow it to run at login, Finder goes to hell >>> in a handbag! >>> >>> Has anyone else experienced thins kind of thing? >>> >>> Note, I am using a mac mini without a monitor connected. I surely >>> hope this isn't also going to be a problem like the auto starting of >>> VO when no monitor is connected. >>> >>> Hey, I really want to use Dropbox but this performance hit is a show >>> stopper for me. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
