Hi Cara and Others, The original information about the adapter to fool recent generation Mac Minis into thinking a monitor is connected came from Chris Blouch, as John mentioned in various earlier posts on this subject. I'll paste in Chris' post with the part number link below.
However, an easier way to find the link to specific adapter from Sewell Electronics is to Google for John's account, "Adventures with My Mac Mini" at macfortheblind, since he links the device there (I search on "macfortheblind mac mini monitor") to pull up this page at: http://macfortheblind.com/?p=591 Here's the post to this list from Chris, from last August: <begin quote> Right, as far as the Mini knows it is hooked up to a monitor, which happes to be the VGA to NTSC adapter. I think I paid about $30 for the VGA to NTSC box. Yup, it was this one: http://sewelldirect.com/pc-to-tv.asp It does take a USB port for power but my Mini has four so that was fine. I also already had an HDMI or displayport to VGA adapter from somewhere or other. I think they only ship with HDMI to DVI these days. The end result is the mini stops its fruitless search for a monitor that isn't there so it can move on to more important things like doing your work. CB <end quote> On Feb 15, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Cara Quinn wrote: > John, thanks for the tip that this option is still available. > > I wonder though; -seems like for the price, one might just as well by an > inexpensive monitor! lol! > > Thanks again and have an awesome day!… > > Smiles, > > Cara :) > On Feb 15, 2012, at 10:12 AM, John Panarese wrote: > > 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.
