Mac mini 2012 resolution

Just a quick note: den. thed is quite correct.. a monitor with DisplayPort/Mini DisplayPort + hdmi input would be preferred over one that has hdmi 2.0 only… as your LG ******WP 500 has… that being said, use a better quality of hdmi cable, one that definitely supports HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 2.2… it should say if it does or not… it should give you a resolution of around 2k ( 2160) . Hdmi 1.4 cable that doesn’t support hdcp 2.2 will max out at 1080 p… i don’t know if the hdmi cable LG supplied/gave you with the monitor is hdmi 1.4 or hdmi 2.0 or what.. anyways, an hdmi 2.0 cable that’s compliant and of better quality is readily available and could be pretty affordable. I’ve always gone with monoprice as they are affordable, they offer free shipping, and I’ve never had a bad one from them… just my 2 cents, though

john b

10.15 Catalina is the last macOS for a Late 2012 Mac mini.

Find out which macOS your Mac is using - Apple Support

If you are running a later MacOS version via a hack, then nothing may work properly and all bets are off.

Use the Mac operating system that came with your Mac, or a compatible newer version - Apple Support

What size is that LGWP500?

Hold the ALT (option) key and click on the Scaled button to see what other resolutions are available.

You also may want to try the above, with a better quality HDMI cable than the one that shipped with the LG display.

FWIW ideally your best bet for connecting a wide screen to the 2012 Mac mini, is to get one with DisplayPort input and then use a MiniDisplay Port to DisplayPort cable.

It has been reported in the past with the older MacMinis that often a display with HDMI inputs regardless of the connection port on the Mini, the Mini only respond to it as it would if the Mini was connected to the HDMI port. This may be true of the 2012 Mini.

The solution those people found was using the DisplayPort connection on the display resolved the issue. Unfortunately, your display is only HDMI.

While there are third party software that can force the Mini to other resolutions, they can also render the Mini "blind" and useless (the vendors cation strongly that this could happen).

woodmeister50 wrote:

It has been reported in the past with the older MacMinis that often a display with HDMI inputs regardless of the connection port on the Mini, the Mini only respond to it as it would if the Mini was connected to the HDMI port. This may be true of the 2012 Mini.

Yup' your memory is good. 😉

I also recall that the wandering macOS versions lost some of the display resolution versatility that the old OS X cat versions had. I could test this on my old 2012 Mac mini (turned media server), but it's too much work digging out the old hardware, just to prove a moot point.

The solution those people found was using the DisplayPort connection on the display resolved the issue. Unfortunately, your display is only HDMI.

Yup' that is why my initial closing response included,

"FWIW ideally your best bet for connecting a wide screen to the 2012 Mac mini, is to get one with DisplayPort input and then use a MiniDisplay Port to DisplayPort cable"

Yea' try that, but to be honest I think 1080p is the best you will get using that HDMI display.