MacJournal.org » Mac Mini http://www.macjournal.org Mac Tips, Tricks, News And Updates Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:20:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server a “fantastic deal” http://www.macjournal.org/2009/11/20/mac-mini-with-snow-leopard-server-a-%e2%80%9cfantastic-deal%e2%80%9d/ http://www.macjournal.org/2009/11/20/mac-mini-with-snow-leopard-server-a-%e2%80%9cfantastic-deal%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:50:49 +0000 matrix http://macjournal.org/2009/11/mac-mini-with-snow-leopard-server-a-%e2%80%9cfantastic-deal%e2%80%9d/ Reviewer Jason Snell (macworld.com) awards Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server 4.5/5 mice, calling it a “fantastic product for workgroups, small businesses, and even schools to use.” Emphasing value, Snell adds: “Mac mini server is just too good a deal to pass up.”

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The rumor mill is gearing up for iMac and Mac mini refreshes. Just in time for holiday shopping and to give Jan a dose of buyers remorse. Palm takes a stand and states that it will continue to enable iTunes syncing for the Palm Pre even though Apple keeps disabling it. The staff wonders why Palm just doesn’t put all that effort into creating their own music syncing software and a Newton engineer returns to Apple after 15 years just in time for the staff to come up with the perfect name for rumored Apple Tablet.

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Stanza – Free

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]]> http://www.macjournal.org/2009/10/01/podcast-109-imac-and-mac-mini-refresh-rumors-and-a-new-theme-song/feed/ 0 Apple releases SuperDrive updates on Mac Mini http://www.macjournal.org/2009/09/01/apple-releases-superdrive-updates-on-mac-mini/ http://www.macjournal.org/2009/09/01/apple-releases-superdrive-updates-on-mac-mini/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:15:15 +0000 rose http://macjournal.org/?p=664 mac_miniApple on Monday released firmware updates for the Mac mini and for certain SuperDrive-containing systems.

The company says that Mac mini EFI Firmware Update 1.2 improves compatibility with the latest Apple memory kits on Mac mini computers, although doesn’t specific which Mac mini models it’s intended for.

SuperDrive Firmware Update 3.0 is designed to eliminate the noise made by your Mac’s optical drive during system startup and wake from sleep. It works with the mid 2009 20-inch iMac, early 2009 24-inch iMac, and early 2009 Mac mini. Appleexplains how to determine whether your Mac needs the updatein a support document. It requires a Mac mini with today’s firmware update, or an iMac with iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.4installed.

Both updates require OS X 10.5.7 or later.

Full Article: MacWorld

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