mac mini 2010 replace or fix? I've a mac mini 2010, have put in extra RAM. Spent ages erasing and reinstalling OS el captain due to the dreaded spinning wheel. Every time I try to start it, it takes forever and the spinning wheel occurs.&nbs...view more Empty gray screen on wake? So I've been using this Mac mini (Late 2014, 2.6 GHz Core i5, 8 GB Memory, 1 TB HDD, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6) for almost a year now and I'm having a serious problem with waking up from sleep recently. If I let i...view more Apple ext. Keyboard DIY Compact Mod Hey I am looking for a compact keyboard for Mac, aka TKL Keyboard. It is very rare and very expensive. So I though of cutting my Apple ext. Keyboard. Would it work ? Would the keyboard still be usable ? Hope I don't ...view more Simulator output is not proper in External Display for Swift Hello, I am a first time Mac user. Bought a Mac Mini to learn Swift Programming. OS Version - OS X Xcode Version - 7.3 How to set the simulator to display proper output? After placing a Button...view more where do my documents go that I saved to the desktop? When I save a document to the desktop it doesn't appear there anymore. view more External USB drive disconnects randomly Hello, I use a Mac mini as a Server and have two OWC MiniStacks attached to it. The Ministacks are connected via USB3 and are underneath the Mac mini. The Ministack in the middle started disconnecting randomly...view more External drives do not spin down. Hello, I have three Ministacks attached to my Mac mini Server. The drives in two of them are continuously overheating. They do not spin down properly, when inactive, while their fan is off. Setting is as follows: Mac...view more How do I find Thunderbird crash report on OS 10.11.6? I downloaded a Thunderbird upgrade on my OSX 10.11.6. Also get a message that Google Contacts 0.7.12 is an incompatible add-on to Thunderbird. Now Thunderbird won't open and I get a crash message every time I try to o...view more firewall left off for weeks, should I be concerned? I forgot to turn my firewall back on weeks ago, should I be concerned? I have a password manager (1password) on the mac that has 275 passwords in it. Should i change every password just in case my mac was comp...view more SecurityAgent Busy..before admin code on dialogue box...TRhis is abnormal sign behavior...for my mac mini... Normally...before "logon"..to my mac mini...I have a 'dialogue box...that speaks..."Secure added text"...and I add my "administrative passcode"...to the secret text box...below my account logo...This has changed....It...view more MacMini will not "restart" or "shut down" Can only shut down by holding the "power" button. Any solutions?view more Finder shows tags, but tags do not show any tagged files (El Capitan on Mini late 12). Any suggestions? Hi, I am running El Capitan (OS X 10.11.6) on a Mac Mini (late 2012; 2,3 GHz Intel Core i7; 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3). Finder shows all of my tags, but when I click on any of these, I do not get any results (tagged files)....view more Mac mini keeps crashing Can someone help diagnose why my mac mini keeps crashing? I bought it second hand, and it had been upgraded to the latest OS El Capitan (originally it would have had OSX server). The machine looks in ver...view more Remote access Work at a college and I'm setting up a computer lab with Mac Mini , but I wonder if there is some way to make remote access for my Windows PC to perform maintenance on the Mac. I'm grateful if anyone can help me! ...view more Hdmi to dvi splitter question I have a 2012 i7. Its video ports are HDMI or thunderbolt. Is there any reason this model would be unable to support using an hdmi-dvi adapter cable to feed a powered Dvi splitter in order to run 2 ident...view more My machine is in a boot loop with hidden .efi files root kit Mac Mini I7 16 gb Ram server.app now gone due to hacking and root kit on my machine. How can I fix this junk and stop these bots from roaming my computers? Migration-CBD4D028-4290-43AC-9869-23D7663142EA found ...view more Is my time capsule failing? My time capsule is about 5 years old and I think it is failing. But I'd like to check here in case It could be something else. The TC is connected to a DSL modem. Intermitently the devics (Macs, iPhonr...view more can't shut off bluetooth on mini just bought a new mini. I want to use a wired mouse and keyboard but the mini will not let me turn off bluetooth or recognize the wired mouse or keyboard. can anyone help with this?view more How to clean a DVD Superdrive using a credit card ! Hi Guys, This is a brilliant procedure to clean the optical head of the DVD Superdrive on a mac mini late 2009 edition or other macs using the slot loading DVD superdrive. You do not need to open the computer at all t...view more My Mac Mini desktop folders and files disappear when I click on them, using Yosemite 10.10 Hi! I opened a video from work sent by my supervisor, and now I can't access my desktop folders. I have a Mac Mini, running on Yosemite 10.10. If I open my Systems folder and click on any icon, the System folder will ...view more