How would i use a Mini if i bought one to run my home network and use to plug in my external drives? Can i use my laptop as a remote screen for it? If i bought one i wouldnt buy a screen so would need to use the laptop as a screen, when doing things on it. Can i do that? if so how?
MBP 15.2, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Enable screen sharing on your Mac Mini and connect to it via the Macbook.
how would i set up the Mini initially with no fixed screen?
anyone?
how would i use my mini initially with no screen? can i connect it to my laptop screen somehow?
You will need some sort of monitor to set
it up initially, after which you can use screen sharing.
Reason is screen sharing an similar services cannot
be run until the new computer gets its initial user
information.
You cannot use a laptop as just a monitor.
Use an HDMI cable or HDMI to DVI cable to connect it to your TV to do the setup, depending on what kind of inputs your TV has.
of course.. that would be sensible 🙂
That's what I did the first time I set up a Mac mini server, just connected it to my TV until the setup was done, then used SSH, remote desktop and the admin tools on my iMac to manage it once it was up and running.
i now have my Mini... but i cant work out the file sharing permissions. Mini is set up andi have screen sharing so looking at it from my MBP, i can screen share to change permissions, i can also see 'Mini' in my finder bar.
i have given my MBP the permissions to see root dir on the mini, but when i click it in the finder bar and logon to it, i'm only on as 'guest', is that right?
i also dont know who to give permissions to. if i log into my MBP as USER A and my home dir on the MBP is USER B, which of those do i give permissions on the Mini to allow access? which does it recognise as 'THE USER of the MBP'?
i thought i had all the permissions done but i cant even copy over my iPhoto library, one file... 😟
sorted this..
one more question...
when i log into my Mini from MBP, the login with known user screen comes up with my MBP login details. i change it to the Mini details and press save password but each time i login it defaults back to my MBP login. Any way of defaulting it to the Mini details so i dont have to inter them each time?
or better still, each time i login to Mini from MBP it remembers me and logs me straight away?
Use Laptop as Remote Screen for Mini
