Cheapest monitor I could find with shipping and all was pushing $100 so
it's not a whole lot cheaper to go the adapter route, but $40 is $40,
especially if you don't have room.
CB
On 2/15/12 5:09 PM, John Panarese wrote:
Absolutely. If you can get a monitor, that is obviously the easiest
solution. In my situation, I don't have the space for a monitor with the
current setup. So, the converter box and adaptor fit the bill. However, I do
have a monitor around in case I need sighted assistance. I just wanted folks
to know that there is a setup that will work if they don't have a monitor and
that Apple is not completely aware that the newer Minis still can't work well
without a monitor. Please contact me off list if anyone wants the actual
hardware recommendations that were suggested to me and I now use.
Take Care
John Panarese
jpanar...@gmail.com
On Feb 15, 2012, at 4:00 PM, 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.
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[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.
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