Hi:
Is the Blue Tooth assistant option found in system preferences? I can't
recall seeing that one.
Cheers.
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[mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Gordon Smith
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 1:25 PM
To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility
Subject: Re: Mac mini July 2011 screen question
Hi Jim
I'm still at a loss as to why you're having these problems, but we are
not.
We've never had the slightest problem in this area with our server
machines
and as I told you we have 9 of them in total. Only 1 has, and has ever
had,
a monitor connected to it. The other 8 just got set up by me and are
largely left to their own devices, pardon the pun.
I asked about the video adapter because I'm wondering whether it's a
different model to ours. To tell you the truth, Jim, Apple has really
stuffed up their Server implementation big time as of the release of Lion.
It used to be the case that the regular and server operating systems were
two different beasts and one could quite happily run either as long as one
had a unique serial number for the copy of Server. In Snow Leopard,
Server
was far more like a UNIX server than it is under Lion and later. Really,
the questions are being asked as far as we are concerned but we are
committed to Apple, having invested so much money in their platforms.
From the small office Intranet perspective, the server that Apple now
produces is probably a joy to use. It's simple, easy(isn) to set up and
maintain. But Apple has seemingly kicked its enterprise customers into
touch now, and I am amongst a growing number of people who are becoming
very
disillusioned and disappointed with what Apple has done to its server.
Anyway, to get back to your specific problem which I think Diane has as
well. This is going to sound really crazy, but I'm wondering whether
there
could be differences in the hardware distributed to each region. All of
the
UK models of Mac Mini I've ever used, including a mid 2009 client machine
which we have here, has no difficulty in functioning with VO without a
monitor of any kind, powered up or otherwise. But one thing I did notice
was that if the Blue Tooth assistant was enables, VoiceOver did become
sluggish as you describe. But once that is turned off it worked fine.
Have
you checked that?
I really am clutching at straws here Jim, I cannot think of anything else.
We'll keep trying though and hopefully something positive will crop up.
Gordon
On 17 Jul 2012, at 14:38, Jim Noseworthy
<jim.nosewor...@compuconference.com> wrote:
Gordon:
I've tried plugging in the HDMI/DVI adapter however there was no change.
When i connected even an unplugged monitor, the problems went away.
When i installed the memory, I remember checking the specs at the time
just
to be sure what I was doing.
I've run the unit with and without the server app running.
Not sure of the Video adapter though as I am not home.
Actually, one of the main reasons why i purchased the Mini was the fact
that
one could just throw the unit along with a keyboard in a kit bag and carry
on. It's not working out that way.
Cheers.
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[mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Gordon Smith
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 9:27 AM
To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility
Subject: Re: Mac mini July 2011 screen question
Hi Jim
On 17 Jul 2012, at 12:57, Jim Noseworthy
<jim.nosewor...@compuconference.com> wrote:
I purchased the unit pre-configured. I did, however remove the 4 GBs of
ram
and installed 8 GB. The server is a twin HD machine.
Right! Apple is doing a lot of funny things with hardware verification
nowadays. If you buy something non-Apple, there is a possibility that
you'll get problems. However, we ourselves bought memory from Crucial as
I
refuse to pay Apple's inflated prices. But you do have to be very very
careful that you install the exact right DIM modules or the machine will
sulk.
For the record though, this computer is not being utalized as a server; I
just liked that particular configuration.
yes, I understand that. All the same, you shouldn't be getting those
monitor problems, we are not. We have a stack of 9 Mac Minis, 8 of which
are mid/late 2011 models, plus one mid 2009 model. Not a single one of
them
complains about no monitor being connected.
So, which video adapter does your particular machine have? Which OS is it
running, I would assume Lion? Have you actually ran the Server.app or
should I say did you go through the server setup when you first installed
it? I think there are ways of avoiding that, but I'd have to check.
I admit I'm intrigued by your problem because, as I say, all of our
mid/late
2011 models work perfectly with no monitor.
Have you tried reinstalling the OS using something like the Lion Recovery
tool?
I know you're not running it as a server. But it is supposed to be a
server
configuration. The whole point of a Server is that they can be
administered
remotely as well as locally. Therefore, it stands to reason that they
wouldn't always necessarily have an active display. Just one last
question.
Did you plug in the HDMI/DVI adapter? If not, you might like to try that.
Gordon
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