Can I install Snow Leopard on the new Mac Mini

Would someone redirect me to a relevant thread which would point me to how to get Snow Leopard working properly on a MacBook Air?

I've got 10.6.8 installed and it can boot to external monitor. Internal LCD comes on during initial boot and Apple logo, but then goes black. Trackpad not recognized but usable as a mouse, card reader not recognized.

I've done some kext manipulations per this thread and have the machine ID added to the correct text, but the graphics issue is obviously major. I am about to try the .dmg package posted.

Thanks

I'm having issues with iTunes for which I can't point to any other cause.

I dragged a dozen .m4a audio files from Finder into the main iTunes

window. There appeared a small window with small progress bar and the

file name currently being copied. Each of the file names appeared in

the box as iTunes apparently worked its way through the list,

copying(?) them.

Then... nothing.

I do not see the files anywhere. I typed the names in the search

field in the upper right corner of the main window. No results.

I do not see them listed in alphabetical order. Nor if I list by date

(looking for today's date). They are not in any of the subfolders

(pod casts, etc.).

I trashed the 3 iTunes prefs files and restarted. No joy.

I trashed iTunes and installed a copy downloaded from Apple. No joy.

I rebooted and ran AppleJack (normally a weekly task). No joy.

Is anyone else having troubles copying files (specifically m4a files) to iTunes?

2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 / 4 GB / 750 GB

OS X 10.6.8

iTunes 10.6.1

iX

Sorry iXod. No probs here on a Mac mini server modified using the original kext method to 10.6.8. iTunes 10.6.1.

Question: Do you still have your Lion installation on there too? Perhaps files are being added to wrong user/library? Can you use spotlight to search for the added .mp4a files to see where they are located?

iXod wrote:

I'm having issues with iTunes for which I can't point to any other cause.

I dragged a dozen .m4a audio files from Finder into the main iTunes

window. There appeared a small window with small progress bar and the

file name currently being copied. Each of the file names appeared in

the box as iTunes apparently worked its way through the list,

copying(?) them.

Then... nothing.

I do not see the files anywhere. I typed the names in the search

field in the upper right corner of the main window. No results.

I do not see them listed in alphabetical order. Nor if I list by date

(looking for today's date). They are not in any of the subfolders

(pod casts, etc.).

I trashed the 3 iTunes prefs files and restarted. No joy.

I trashed iTunes and installed a copy downloaded from Apple. No joy.

I rebooted and ran AppleJack (normally a weekly task). No joy.

Is anyone else having troubles copying files (specifically m4a files) to iTunes?

2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 / 4 GB / 750 GB

OS X 10.6.8

iTunes 10.6.1

iX

I have a version 2 Mac mini server modified using the David Amos Method (for installing Snow Leopard 10.6.8 on a 2011 Mac Mini, version 2).

Is there any benefit to installing the package provided by newfoundglory, after I've already applied the David Amos Method, ver.2?

Hello

Can any of you with Mac mini EFI Firmware 1.6 (latest update) installed confirm whether Snow Leopard will still work on Mac mini 2011 models?

@ iXOD I assume you've repaired Permissions and checked the import settings

in iTunes for compatibility w mp4 (video). You might also try to locate them through

QuickTime.

Good luck, Tom

Tom,

the files are m4a, not mp4 (audio not video).

iTunes doesn't care about import settings if you're just adding files to the library (ie, not importing or converting them).

Yes, permissions are repaired by AppleJack maintenance utility, which I ran.

Thanks,

iX

I had success installing SL on my 2011 mac mini. I used an early 2011 imac that was born with 10.6.6 SL.

My mini was born with lion 10.7.1 and I upgraded to 16gb RAM and one of the internal drives to an OCZ Vertex3 SSD.

HOWEVER, after I did the SL "downgrade" I installed geekbench mark and scored a 3100! With Lion installed I score a 9720!

I did not install all my software and run it as Snow Leopard long enough to see if the system was actually performaing at one third the Lion machine though.

Has anyone else had this problem?

Do you think geekbench gave a correct rating? Was my system that was running a 9720 on lion really running a 3100 score? Or was geekbench confused ?

mesa3077boogie

Your geekbench results are "normal", I think your Mini is a server?

My Mini i7 had 1700 to 7000

I think you missed newfoundglorys help:

Install his package and everything works well

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3209335?answerId=17829389022#17829389022

I have been having sporadic problems with my mini (2.5 dual i5 w/ 4gb RAM and AMD graphics). For a month, my Bluetooth magic mouse was acting horribly, but somehow, it seemed to have fix itself. Then a few days later, I woke up to my mac powered down, no power failures in the house, only this computer was off. Booted up and the system had indeed crashed while every human here was sleeping, here is the log:

Interval Since Last Panic Report: 7438641 sec

Panics Since Last Report: 1

Anonymous UUID: A2C72578-9AE7-4DDD-8E4B-B0380B6804CD

Wed May 2 11:29:03 2012

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80002d1208): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f808e0562, type 14=page fault, registers:

CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000000, CR3: 0x0000000000100000, CR4: 0x0000000000040660

RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0xffffff800c792400, RCX: 0x00000000025d0000, RDX: 0xffffff800ca1a048

RSP: 0xffffff805a293f10, RBP: 0xffffff805a293f10, RSI: 0xffffff804b65b91c, RDI: 0xffffff800ca1a000

R8: 0x0000000000000001, R9: 0x0000000000000005, R10: 0x0000000000000004, R11: 0x000078c3964a4981

R12: 0x000000000000365e, R13: 0xffffff800085ae38, R14: 0xffffff7f8088a25e, R15: 0xffffff800e034000

RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff7f808e0562, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010

Error code: 0x0000000000000000

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff805a293bb0 : 0xffffff8000204d15

0xffffff805a293cb0 : 0xffffff80002d1208

0xffffff805a293e00 : 0xffffff80002e3f4a

0xffffff805a293e10 : 0xffffff7f808e0562

0xffffff805a293f10 : 0xffffff7f8088a297

0xffffff805a293f30 : 0xffffff800053e46d

0xffffff805a293f60 : 0xffffff8000285b66

0xffffff805a293fa0 : 0xffffff80002c8527

Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):

com.apple.ATIRadeonX3000(6.3.6)@0xffffff7f8084d000->0xffffff7f80ae5fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0xffffff7f80800000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0xffffff7f8083f000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0xffffff7f80817000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:

10K549

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:32:41 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_X86_64

System model name: Macmini5,2 (Mac-4BC72D62AD45599E)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 132781515575337

unloaded kexts:

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 4.2.0 (addr 0xffffff7f81369000, size 0x65536) - last unloaded 133670987859

loaded kexts:

com.rogueamoeba.hermes 4.1.0

com.rogueamoeba.HermesAudio 4.1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch 54.3 - last loaded 36287224611

com.apple.filesystems.afpfs 9.7.1

com.apple.nke.asp_tcp 5.0

com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.6.3

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 2.1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.3d0

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 1.2.0

com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.12.31

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.0.5f14

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.0.5f14

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.7

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.20

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.57

com.apple.kext.ATIFramebuffer 6.3.6

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics 6.4.2

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.1.6

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 4.7.0a1

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.5.1

com.apple.ATIRadeonX3000 6.3.6

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB 6.4.2

com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 303.8

com.apple.BootCache 31.1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 1.6.4

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.7.3

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 4.2.4

com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC 1.0.3

com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.0.5b8

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.1.7

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 433.11.5

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 4.2.4

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.3.6

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.3.1

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.3.6

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.4

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 142.6.0

com.apple.security.sandbox 1

com.apple.security.quarantine 0

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 2.1.14

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 142.6.0

com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver 207.11

com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard 141.5

com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 2.4.5f3

com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 141.5

com.apple.driver.AppleProfileReadCounterAction 17

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.0.5f14

com.apple.driver.AppleProfileTimestampAction 10

com.apple.driver.AppleProfileThreadInfoAction 14

com.apple.driver.AppleProfileRegisterStateAction 10

com.apple.driver.AppleProfileKEventAction 10

com.apple.driver.AppleProfileCallstackAction 20

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.10d0

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.0.3

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 74.2

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 2.4.5f3

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.3

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.3fc2

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.3

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.0.5f14

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.0.5f14

com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily 41

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.0d5

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 4.7.0a1

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.10d0

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.2.1

com.apple.kext.ATI6000Controller 6.3.6

com.apple.kext.ATISupport 6.3.6

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.2.1

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter 1.3.2

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 1.3.2

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 1.3.2

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 1.1.6

com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.4.5f3

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.4.5f3

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 2.4.5f3

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 2.6.8

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 2.6.7

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 2.6.8

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 4.2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 4.2.4

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 3.9.0

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 402.1

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.2.6

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 1.2.6

com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 1.4.9

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 4.2.4

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.0.6

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 320.1

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 1.10

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 4.2.4

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 1.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.6.6

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 6

com.apple.driver.DiskImages 289.1

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.6.3

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.3.6

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.6.5

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.3.0

Model: Macmini5,2, BootROM MM51.0077.B0E, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.5 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.75f0

Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6630M, AMD Radeon HD 6630M, PCIe, 256 MB

Memory Module: global_name

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xE4), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 5.xxx.xxx.xxx.x)

Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0

Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1

Serial ATA Device: TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF, 465.76 GB

USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfa100000 / 2

USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 3

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8281, 0xfa113000 / 4

USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfd100000 / 2

USB Device: USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge, 0x152d (JMicron Technology Corp.), 0x2339, 0xfd120000 / 5

USB Device: USB2.0 Hub, 0x05e3 (Genesys Logic, Inc.), 0x0610, 0xfd130000 / 4

USB Device: deskjet 5100, 0x03f0 (Hewlett Packard), 0x6204, 0xfd134000 / 7

USB Device: USB2.0 Hub, 0x05e3 (Genesys Logic, Inc.), 0x0610, 0xfd131000 / 6

USB Device: FreeAgent, 0x0bc2 (Seagate LLC), 0x3001, 0xfd131300 / 10

USB Device: Photosmart C4200 series, 0x03f0 (Hewlett Packard), 0x5c11, 0xfd131200 / 9

USB Device: Ext HDD 1021, 0x1058 (Western Digital Technologies, Inc.), 0x1021, 0xfd131100 / 8

USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0xfd110000 / 3

I'm no genius when it comes to reading logs, but it seems the problem occurred with the graphics drivers... maybe? Any thoughts? Are there updated drivers I could try?

Thanks all!

Hi ZX48, newfoundglory, David Amis (and company),

In reading much of this thread and skimming the rest, it seems as though you are three of the main players in getting SL working on the new mini. I have one question which I did not see addressed, so I'm asking for your (or anyone else with something to offer beyond pure guesswork) experience with this or opinion on it.

In the time since you installed SL (I refuse to call it downgraded; it's literally more of an upgrade), has Software Update worked as it should? You don't have to go looking for and testing out every update that comes along like in hackintoshland? Or have you been ignoring security updates, third party updates (Office, Flash, etc.) and just stickiing with what you know works?

Thanks

Hi tjk,

Here's my experience. Been following thread since begining. Have a mac mini 5.2 ( mid 2011 ) i5 2.5,4Gb ram, with ati grafics and standard HD. Installed newfoundglory pkg. on external Hd 5.400 rpm, FW 800 running 10.6.8 , since pkg released. Using it every day , updated latest 10.6.8 security updates pluss safari and other third party sofware too. So far simply PERFECT , no panics at all, FASTER and more reliable then internal HD running Lion 10.7.4.

latest geekbench scores:

Lion: 10.7.4

32 bit mode : 6.540

64 bit mode : 7.150

SL: 10.6.8 ( with latest updates )

32 bit mode : 6.620

64 bit mode : 7.260

So next step, I'll clone external drive with SL to internal one and maybe keep a copy of Lion on external FW drive.

Hope this could help. Thanks again to newfoundglory, dimoe and to all folks following this thread.

Cheers from Spain ,

Jose.

Thank you so much Jose. Just what I was looking for. 😉

So next step, I'll clone external drive with SL to internal one and maybe keep a copy of Lion on external FW drive.

Definitely. You're still within the one year hardware warranty, so if you have to bring it in, they're going to want to see Lion on it (if possible). If that's not possible and they still work on it/repair it, they'll likely put a stock installation of Lion on it before returning it to you, so I would also make sure to keep a current backup of the SL setup. Hope you'll post back with results after you clone to internal.

Anyone else have anything to share regarding this?

Thanks again!

they're going to want to see Lion on it

Why?

I had some repairs (Firewire, Logicboard, DVD-Drive) of a Mini 2010 and a MBP 2009, but they never touched my system.

If you need a new Harddrive, of course you have to install everything again (or clone it back)

My Mini i7 has all Snow-Lion-Updates and got the Firmware-Updates when I used my external Lion-Volume

Hi dimoe,

That used to be pretty much standard practice. Much hardware will not work properly without the correct software installed. I've read many cases where the OS was reiinstalled. So maybe they've begun simply working from their own external drive, I don't know. But I thank you for sharing your experience. 😉

I'm planning on cloning the stock Lion setup to an external drive to save it for whatever, and forgetting about it, then running strictly off SL on the internal HD.