Mini Controlled by MBP very Slow

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Mini Controlled by MBP very Slow

Hi all,

i control my headless Mini with my MBP and sometimes although my wifi is at 7MB up/1.5MB down speeds the respond time for communication from MBP to Mini is exceptionally slow. On Screen Share on the MBP i do something or press a command on the Mini and it takes minutes to respond. Any ideas why? What to look for? Utilities i can track whats happening?

Mini is the MC815B/A model with maximum memory, 8GBs if i remember rightly....

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on May 11, 2013 4:02 AM

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den.thed

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May 11, 2013 6:52 AM in response to mumbles2701

The 2.3GHz model only came with 2GB, so yes it very well could be the lack of RAM.

see > Mac mini (Mid 2011) - Technical Specifications

Use the Activity Monitor to check for RAM usage and look for a failed process.

see > Activity Monitor Demystified | Mactuts+

It can upgraded to as much as 16GB.

see > Mac mini: How to remove or install memory

and/or > Apple Mac mini Ram upgrades for 2011 Mac mini models

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mumbles2701 Author

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May 13, 2013 11:30 AM in response to den.thed

late 2011 Mini is restricted to 8GBs ram... seems like i may have run out of memory as Page Outs speeds often flicks above 0 and free mem is around 30MBs...

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