I was just wondering if any of you have found a good use for your old mac mini? I have an Imac 5k now, so my 2012 mac mini I souped up is just sitting in a closet. I know people have used them for some cool things, just wondering what any of you have used them for.
Use for 2012 mac mini
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How about holding a lot of family pictures and sending them to a monitor on the wall that plays family photos randomly for a set duration!
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I come from the PC world, so, I don’t know the capability of a Mac Mini.
Do you have a computer you use to record music? What about installing a freeware DAW and an audio interface (if it needs one)?
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Sorry, LoL, couldn't resist
They are a very versatile computer that can be used for almost anything AFAIK.
Have you thought about using it as a server? I'm no mac guy, just my 2¢.
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I come from the PC world, so, I don’t know the capability of a Mac Mini.
Do you have a computer you use to record music? What about installing a freeware DAW and an audio interface (if it needs one)
I come from PC world also! I built my own PCs for many years. I finally decided to try mac and bought the mac mini,I was having to reinstall windows all the time, just crashing a lot with pro tools, so WIN 7 was my last dance with PC. Then moved to the imac 5k. I use the Imac to run pro tools. I decided to set the mini up as a little server
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How about holding a lot of family pictures and sending them to a monitor on the wall that plays family photos randomly for a set duration!
Thats a great idea. I think I can do all of that event hough I set it up as a mini server last night. I can access all those things, even the desktop from my imac. I have hard drives worth of photos, not much music, just my own.
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If it's the quad core i7 version ... why not sell it if you don't need it? They still sell for amazing money because it was the last version that could be upgraded. (SSDs, RAM).
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Thats a great idea. I think I can do all of that event hough I set it up as a mini server last night. I can access all those things, even the desktop from my imac. I have hard drives worth of photos, not much music, just my own.
My brother gifted me a large wall unit and seeing your past vacations and family helps you realize that you actually LIVED when its raining outside and you're a couch potato!
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That is funny stuff. If mine was old enough to have the CD thing on the front I would do that!Haha, right on!
Thats a great idea. I think I can do all of that event hough I set it up as a mini server last night. I can access all those things, even the desktop from my imac. I have hard drives worth of photos, not much music, just my own.
Sweet, Jarry, I'm going to do the same!
helps you realize that you actually LIVED when its raining outside and you're a couch potato!
Nice, db, I figured out what to do with my spare 40" flat
