
One handy feature of the Mac mini server: since it supports large-capacity SD cards, you can install an OS on one and boot from it. Apple says both the optical drive and ethernet adapter for the Air are supported by the Mac mini server, although you’re obviously not going to get the same speed from a USB ethernet adapter as you are from gigabit ethernet. If you simply must have dual ethernet ports, you can again, borrow from the MacBook Air, and use theĪpple USB Ethernet Adapter ($29). NetBoot, that’s no longer as necessary as it once was. If you must have an optical drive, you can get theĪpple MacBook Air SuperDrive ($99), although with technology like Those things aren’t as off-putting as they may seem. There’s no optical drive, no redundant power supplies, and no extra ethernet ports. What you don’t get are some things considered requirements for a server. I have talked to Apple Support (they say it should work).What you do get is a small form factor that ships with a 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, 4GB of RAM, (upgradeable to 8GB), dual 500GB 7200-rpm hard drives, one gigabit ethernet port, a FireWire 800 port, HDMI out, Mini DisplayPort, four USB 2.0 ports, an SD card slot with SDXC card support, and a nVidia GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM. I have done everything suggested on the forums. I have read through all of the threads on here about the problem. The new 8GB RAM is 1066 MHz The original 1GBx4GB RAM is 1067 MHz (this RAM works) Here is the only thing that looks odd to me: I took it out and put the original RAM back. I tried all suggested ways to make this RAM work- no go. Here are the specs for that new RAM:Ĭorsair Apple 8 GB Dual Channel Kit DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM Memory CMSA8GX3M2A1066C7 Upgrading to El Capitan is what started this RAM upgrade problem). OS: OS X El Capitan Version 10.11.4 (< I Hate El Capitan.

Here are the specs for my Mid-2010 mac mini: I have read that upgrading RAM for the Mac Minis can be an issue, but I want to make sure that I have done everything I can before taking my mac to the shop.

I am having trouble upgrading my RAM from the original 4GBx1GB (total 5GB) to the max for this model, which is 8GB (4GBx4GB).
