Tag: Mac Mini
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Mac Mini Upgrades
I’ve made several changes to the Mac Minis in the last week or so. First, Mac Mini number one, the ‘early-2009’ 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo, was upgraded to OS 10.7 Lion and along with that it got some new hard drives. The primary 500GB Wesetrn Digital drive was upgraded to a 500GB Seagate Momentus…
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Non-Apple TV Update (Again)
It’s been a while, but here is another update on my non-Apple TV. The set up has remain largely unchanged, though the usage has evolved with changes in the available video sources. First up, hardware. The system is currently based on a Mac Mini 1.66 GHz Core Du0 with 2GB RAM, and a 500GB internal HDD– the old…
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Dead Hard Drive
Remember that fast, new 2.5″ 7200RPM Seagate 500GB hard drive that I installed in Mac Mini No. 3? Don’t bother, it is dead. It gave no warning (sounds, clicks, errors, etc.), but it died none the less. Just to make sure, I let Disk Warrior run for about five hours, and it too confirmed that…