MacMini Notes
Okay it’s been almost a week since I have set up my Mac Mini. Really only 5 days. I want to make note of some things that I have experienced while using it.
- I need an Apple specific keyboard. I am using a split keyboard that I have had since my old Dell PC Win95. It works for typing, but there are things missing. The Windows key is the Apple/Command Key. I don’t know what the Alt key is for. Honestly, I had a hard time telling what the option key was for on a Mac keyboard. The arrow keys don’t work correctly. The home, end and page down/up keys don’t work either. I know that I can always get a key mapping software and correctly map these things, but I would really like to have a Apple specific keyboard. Split keyboard. For Christmas. See my Amazon Wish List.
- At first, I thought that the fan was as loud as my laptop, but I am wrong. It’s quiet. The CD/DVD drive though is loud.
- I partitioned the drive into three partitions. 25 Gb for the system. 12 Gb for Users. 35 Gb for Data. Is that enough or should I get an external drive?
- I want to turn it into a file serving machine. Can anyone help me find out how to do that?
- Installed the dev tools on the machine after a 900 Mb download. Apple does not include the dev disk with this machine. That’s a mistake as having free dev tools is a plus in my book. How can you convince people to develop software for the OS if you don’t give them some help?
- Trying to figure out a synchronization issue for my machines. How do I go about maintaining two different computers with similar data? Like if I want to access files off my laptop how should I do it? This will begin to be a complicated issue once I have the third of my PPC Macs.
- Should I install all applications that I have on my laptop here? Or should I wait for the third machine?
- Tiger is pretty cool. I use the widgets a lot. I have a sudoku widget and also the Rejks widget for the Rejks museum. There pretty neat.
Overall, I am happy with my purchase. This is what I bought with my promotion.