Q: mac mini (late 2005) how to hookup to internet?
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Jun 29, 2015 11:48 AMby chattphotos,Ethernet cords are $5 at your favorite local electronics store.
According to the link below your mini has an ethernet connection. (take a photo of the back of the Mac and post it in your next reply for confirmation)
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/specs/mac_mini_g4_1.25.html#macsp ecs2
Just a warning, because the MacOS version is so old, some websites and web browsers probably won't work well with your system.
It may be better to save up and buy a Mac from 2010 (or newer)
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Jun 29, 2015 12:24 PMby Neenerdy,As i said before, i do not have access to a CAT (ethrenet) port in my wall. so that is out of my options.... and i got the mac mini free, and it functions fine so far. no reason to throw something out , just because its older. i can update it to yosimite , but need internet.
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Jun 29, 2015 12:47 PMby lllaass,What Mini
How to identify Mac mini models - Apple Support
In early Minis wifi and a modem were optional.
Open system profiler/system information (which depends upon the OS on the Mac) and go to Network>Wifi and see if wifi card is installed. For how to get to system profiler/System information see:
OS X: About System Information and System Profiler - Apple Support
You can get a USB wifi adopter. Make sure it works with 10.5.8.
Look over the ones listed here:
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Jun 29, 2015 1:22 PMby Neenerdy,My Mac mini is 1.25GHz powerPC G4 (sorry i thought that i already included in my previous post)
512MB (for now,i was going to drop a 2GB ram card into it , i called apple and that is the max they will install.)
I do have a wifi dongle , but it is most likely not Compatable with my OS. When I look in the network settings it says that it can only do ethernet , dial up and firewire.
I also have a 1Terabyte HD that goes between all my other Macs, that is hooked to it.
so do you think that it is not compatible with yosimitie? what OS could i update it to that would be the newest and most Optimal for this model.
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Jun 29, 2015 1:27 PMby lllaass,This
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Mini#cite_note-Platformsupport-37
says
1 GB is the max your Mini can use
You are maxed out on 10.5.8
What do you mean by "I also have a 1Terabyte HD that goes between all my other Macs, that is hooked to it"?
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Jun 29, 2015 1:28 PMby Csound1,Neenerdy wrote:
As i said before, i do not have access to a CAT (ethrenet) port in my wall. so that is out of my options.... and i got the mac mini free, and it functions fine so far. no reason to throw something out , just because its older. i can update it to yosimite , but need internet.
You can't update it to Yosemite, maybe Lion but you need Internet to get Lion
