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connect mac mini with imac

OK bear with me here.

I have a 2017 iMac with 5k retina display. I'm running Mojave 10.14.6 only because updating will break Photoshop on me. I have Affinity but I hate it. I cannot get it set up the way I need to work, so let's not go that route please. Not trying to be snotty, I just need some help with this idea...

If I purchase a mac mini, can I use that to run Mojave and photoshop and have it so I can switch from the iMac to that mini when I need to work on Photoshop? I would only need the device and no monitor if I can switch and view it on the current iMac screen. I need the full 27" screen for my stuff.

How would that work?

Can it be done (I'm sure it can)? How?

This way I can get the full features of the latest version of the OS without compromising anything.

iMac 27″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jan 16, 2023 8:34 AM

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den.thed

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Jan 17, 2023 8:26 AM in response to Twitchin Kitten

The native macOS app's really only take up a small amount of space and do nothing until they are used. Things like Notifications and iCloud can also be turned off and/or set to do very little.

Yeah' sometimes it is better to just blow out everything. ie erase, format, install macOS, then restore from backup and/or re-install third party apps.

Jan 21, 2023 8:05 AM in response to den.thed

So all of this was a lesson in futility. I put everything back the way it was. The new keyboard doesn't play nice with the partitioned drive and won't work on Mojave. What I really need is a virtual machine.

That will allow me to work more easily than having to shut down, grab the old keyboard and reboot and take my pick of which drive I want to use. So, back to square one and thank God for Time Machine!

Thank you so much for your time and help.