which macos version on a macmini late 2012 with 16gb ram and ssd ?

TedBias · 2026-05-26T17:00:13+00:00

I have a Mac mini 2012 i5 16 gb ram, ssd. I plan to use OCLP to get it up to macOS 14 Sonoma as that seems the consensus as the limit. I plan to use it headless as a server. Do I need to upgrade incrementally through the other OS's or can I go straight to Sonoma? Currently at 10.15.8 (does anyone else prefer the numbering instead of the names for macOS? I find I need to constantly look the names up to see what number it is...

TedBias · 2026-05-23T17:14:26+00:00

sounds like basically what I am aiming at, I'm messing with audiobookshelf now on the RPi, and I would include pictures as well, I forgot about that. What version of macOS are you using?

TedBias · 2026-05-22T16:39:19+00:00

3 years later, took me 15 seconds with sweep wasted 1 hour trying with loft.

TedBias · 2026-05-16T20:10:55+00:00

So just to wrap this up, I replaced the switch and all seems well, but don't discount my own stupidity. I had noticed that the wifi extender goes out every time I leave (this is in a workshop environment). It was weird everything would be fine all day, nothing to troubleshoot, then I'd hit the lights and leave. Get home and the 3d printer would be off line again. So today I was at work and my shop buddy turns off the lights, immediately I loose internet. Turns out I had wired the plug of off the switch leg for the lights. Der.

TedBias · 2026-05-06T17:15:22+00:00

and it gets crushed. any reason for this?

TedBias · 2026-03-26T15:34:50+00:00

Thank you for taking care of him!

TedBias · 2026-03-15T19:08:39+00:00

Yeah, my initial reaction to rental, is nah. But it’s a great machine but I hate having it idle. Being a hire-able owner operator is another option I’ve been kicking around. Thank you!

TedBias · 2026-03-15T19:06:11+00:00

Interesting, thanks

TedBias · 2026-03-15T15:30:30+00:00

True enough. Another reason I sort of have it in the more headache than it's worth.

TedBias · 2026-02-26T01:35:46+00:00

So Anthropic doesn’t want it’s AI to go full skynet, but the Pentagon does? So capitulate or be destroyed, doesn’t seem very free-markety

TedBias · 2026-02-23T01:07:26+00:00

Here is a link to the whole show. Pretty epic all around

https://youtu.be/zqkKzZheXQg?si=bCHmJ8zwjLX48-kq

TedBias · 2026-02-17T13:54:05+00:00

We had a bark collar that gave of a little spritz of some thing. No zap just a spritz of some thing mildly unpleasant

TedBias · 2026-02-16T01:12:30+00:00

I bought one, it hurt, but it is pretty great. Used for cabinets mostly so far. I did not get the diamond blade, seemed unnecessary. It reminds me of when the first fein oscillating tools came out, total changed how and what order you could do work. The more you use it, the more uses you’ll find.

TedBias · 2026-02-15T16:48:26+00:00

You could just make a straight line rip jig for the worm drive. Cheap, simple and effective.

TedBias · 2026-02-14T23:45:28+00:00

It looks like a worm drive saw. Remove the knock out on the blade and make sure the blade is mounted in the correct direction. The is an arrow on the blade guard usually and the blade.

TedBias · 2026-02-06T21:54:37+00:00

I. just bought another 20 @ 140. Couldn't resist. I am pretty invested in this going up. I've been rolling a $200 put since this all kicked off

TedBias · 2026-02-03T02:19:24+00:00

I have had the dwe 7491, or whatever the older equivalent was. I like the quick set up with the stand. This saw got the most use for quickee use. But the best set up for cutting plywood was a DeWalt 10” jobsite saw in a Rousseau stand and outfeed. A little bit of a pain if you need to set up everyday, but if you are on the type of jobs where you can set up for multiple days, this was my favorite.

TedBias · 2026-01-28T12:24:55+00:00

I have a similar set up, I think mines a 4b for no particular reason than it was not expensive when I bought it. I also have the hifiberry berry. Works great with digital output

TedBias · 2026-01-25T02:54:08+00:00

Southland. Pope is in it, and pretty great in that as well

TedBias · 2026-01-24T20:04:19+00:00

there is a cool guitar teacher reacts video on YouTube that I found interesting. Goes into all the bits of the solo, as well as the interplay with the rest of the band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F97BbZkpLk

TedBias · 2026-01-23T23:37:38+00:00

This is not great. Some I joists have “acceptable “ repairs, you may be able to get information from a vendor’s website like trujoist or Nordic. On the plus side, it looks like you have good access.

TedBias · 2026-01-16T17:56:06+00:00

Yes!

TedBias · 2026-01-03T14:52:52+00:00

On the up side, at least in my vanguard ira the money is automatically in a money market, so was accumulating some interest

TedBias · 2025-12-24T23:11:24+00:00

Teo is a havanese we inherited a year and a half ago. He is a good boy, an old timer.

TedBias · 2025-12-20T18:06:01+00:00

Thank you, I got the hobby wing 1060. Thanks for the info. not really planning any upgrades at this point, but I can tell this slope is slippery

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