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Thanks for making this. I am a pretty high level user, but messing with networking always intimidates me. It's pretty simple on the Mac I guess.

There is no Mac with a 10/100 Nic. all Macs since at least 2006 all have 10/100/1000 Nics Edit: the first Mac with 10/100/1000 Nic was the Powermac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) from July 2000 plus the adapter u showed is Thunderbolt not Firewire.

brilliant and so helpful

How to buy this macbook from Bangladesh? Because Amazon not available in Bangladesh.

Man I just brought one for $300 but I’m seeing y’all prices y’all paid. I got did I get finessed?

Can i still run discord on this macbook?

You are the first person I have ever heard inviting people to the option of a thumbs down. Respect. I gave you a thumbs up. Nice video

How does one make a Mac Mini always mount Server drives when the users Mac is booted up.

One thing that isn’t clear: is the option to limit the time machine size total for all back ups, or per machine?

Sounds good; gotta 2014 MacMini.

Can you please make a part II on this? Like how to connect to the UI in the Mac mini? Thanks!

I just bought one off of eBay in fair condition for 80 bucks with shipping with the same specs...bought a new battery for 25 bucks, 1TB SSD for 45 bucks, and got 16GB RAM from Timetec for 20 bucks. I also upgraded the OS to Sonoma using OCLP. Altogether I spent around 170.

its awesome for light everyday use, mine has a problem with ssd already changed 2 times and i cant install any os dunno why... now its on tech guys to fix it maybe its sata cable problem

I have two of these running (used by my kids) and these were some of the greatest portable Machines Apple ever built. Equipped with 10Gigs of RAM and SSDs they are still absolutely usable, even for casual gaming of Roblox, Star Stable, Minecraft and the likes. Office Apps are no problem at all, obviously. Nothing serious ever broke, Charging Cables and Batteries had to be replaced once on the way, though. Still, they are out of OS support now and for my personal use I have the M1 Macbook Air which is amazing and far superior in every aspect. So yes, you can still use the old machine, but I would not spend any cash for it today.

Great video the instructions were very helpful!

can it run unraid?

The thing is I have a MacBook Air 2012 and when I get a new computer, I will do this

I have a Mac mini server edition and I want to set up a network. But I want to be able to use it as a place where clients can check out work I’ve done for them using a unique code or address. Sone help in that realm would be wonderful

Go Cubs and love from Sweden!

2012 with i7, 16GB, and SSD is still usable in 2023. Maybe not for heavy duty editing but it is still more than capable of driving my Cinema Display 27. 60 fps video at 1440 resolution plays great.

Why dont you lend me that old mac mini hihihi

Hello, really nice review of the product! Wanted to ask whether it would be possible to use the BT and Cable switch as a "KVM" switch between 2 devices?

Great Machines. I love Unibody Macs.

@Dylans Decoded Hi Dylan, I followed your tutorial, everything works fine, you “lost” me on mounting a drive. With my setup I have a “Mac Server” folder on the mini which shows up on my three Macs on the desktop. The strange thing is, in the Finder sidebar on all Macs it has placed this folder in the iCloud section, is this correct? Or has it placed the “Mac Server” folder in iCloud? Finally, if I try to add the mini as a Time Machine location for the other Mac’s, it won’t let me log on, do I have to add an external drive to the mini? Really appreciate your reply, many thanks.

WoW!! i am in IT field for 20 years, and today learned that you can actually ping broadcast ID (.255) :DD amazing!

You suddenly quit???? 🙄

Does the MacBook Pro 2012 use can trade the market with it

Excellent video - thank you for this.

Many thanks! I'm currently setting up a base Mac Studio to replace my venerable 2012 Mac mini. It has served me so well, I didn't want to confine it to a closet. You've inspired me to use its 1GB SSD to back up that Mac Studio.

I recently got this MacBook for $120. I updated the SSD to 1TB and added 16GB of RAM. It works really good,and it’s a good backup laptop.

Mine still works great!

what did you type exactly in the terminal? I can't read it! thank you!

Yes it can. Still using mine.

I am looking at an apple 500gb 2012 MacBook Pro. The guy asking 200 pound but I feel I could knock him down as that a ittle much isn't it do you think it will be worth me buying it as I will need it to do my teaching online. Will it be able to do this.

How can i access it from my pc

Loving the idea of this. You can get high spec 5's or medium spec 6's all day long in the UK (just not that popular on the used market) - add the low power usage and it's a great file server once you can get RAID sorted out.

Should I buy it now? Though its quite old

I recently moved from Windows to Mac. I really enjoy my new Mac Mini, but wanted a laptop for when I travel. However, a new MacBook was too expensive. I saw numerous videos about upgrading old MacBook Pros. I found a mid 2012 MacBook Pro for $165. I upgraded the RAM to 16 GB and replaced the hard drive with a 500GB SSD. I also replaced the battery. Very easy process, and all the parts were available at great prices on Amazon. I love my "new" MacBook Pro.

For some reason my Mac mini won’t let me turn on File Sharing. I can’t figure out why.

Hi I’m going to technical school in Poland and I’m looking for something that I can use for taking notes and web browsing, and my question is that would u recommend it if I can get it for 200$?

I thought the point of having a server was being able to share large files (like videos) with others NOT connected to you network via a link that allows them to download files from their computers???? OR setting up a website on the server that pretty much does the same thing. That's what I'm after. I can already share files between my own computers via the network without setting up a server.

I will buy that in Cartlow now😅

Good info! Please do a video accessing the Mac Server from a Windows 10 or 11 PC on the same network. Also, another video on accessing it remotely as a Cloud Storage. Would another software like Synology be needed for remote access?

I'm using it as Cooling table to my other slow laptop 😆

I dodged this video successfully when he did manual ip setup instead using mac address. Still managed to waste 3min.

I just upgraded a 15" MacBook Pro mid-2012 to 16 GB RAM and a 1T SSD drive. I left the DVD RW drive. The two USB-A ports are version 3.0 (5 Gbps). I bought a Thunderbolt to HDMI adapter to output to a second screen or TV. I was able to upgrade the macOS to 13.1 (Ventura) using Open Core Legacy Patcher. It's replacing my well-used 2013 DELL XPS 13" touch screen laptop with 500 GB SSD and 8 GB RAM running Windows 10. Total cost came to under $300 for everything except software purchases. I can't believe how good this computer is for general computing use.l

Great vid loved it but I am way to new to follow all the details. But this is my problem. I have a spot in my house that I just can’t run a line to. I have an application i need to run there, that wants to be connected by wire not WiFi. I want to get internet to the mini by wifi then by Ethernet wire the the appliance. Can this be done? It’s for music so not huge bandwidth.

Good info thanks for the video