#How to setup a mac mini as a server install#
#How to setup a mac mini as a server pro#
#How to setup a mac mini as a server download#

Start the MBP while holding the OPTION key to select the Mac Mini hard drive as the boot partition.

Start Mac Mini in TDM and connect the cable to the MBP.

The process would look something like this: The secondary option appeals to me, but either solution does require a Thunderbolt (or FireWire) cable.

We can run the initial setup only by booting into the Mac Mini OS X partition from the MBP (by starting the Mac Mini in TDM).

We can try to re-install OS X (onto the Mac Mini in TDM from the MBP), which in my view is not a very good solution.

Solution: In contrast to my initial concerns about using Target Disk Mode, apparently people have previously had success installing OS X onto another computer in this way. Unfortunately, though, I don't have one of those lying around at the moment, but it would be worth considering if one really had to do a larger scale setup of such machines. This actually got me thinking: What if I could attach a pre-programmed keyboard that delivers the required input timed appropriately to the required wait-times, etc and generate a universal 'Mac setup adapter'? I could imagine the 'Teensyduino' being the prefect fit for this job. I contacted the Apple Support Hotline and got the expected answer: setting up a Mac Mini without an external monitor is not possible (unless you happen to know and correctly perform the exact order of keystrokes necessary to complete the setup with an attached keyboard).

#How to setup a mac mini as a server pro#

A MacBook Pro OS X installation will look different to the one performed through a Mac Mini, I believe, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

I don't exactly see this solving my problem, though - unless I could do this from another Mac Mini.

#How to setup a mac mini as a server install#

With the help of a keyboard I might be able to start the Mac Mini in TDM and somehow install whatever I want on it. Is there no way at all to setup a Mac Mini (with the help of just a MacBook Pro)?Д¬urrent state: I can see the MacMini on the network - well I can PING it and confirmed the MAC Address - so I know its on the network, but I can't SSH or VNC into it. Well, that clearly requires a Monitor, right ? Go to the Purchases tab and install OS X Server. Sign in with the same Apple ID as in step 2. On your administrator computer, open the Mac App Store. OS X Server should appear in your purchase history. Today, Apple only sells a 'Server.app' from the Mac App store and the 'helpful' comments on that help desk article say: However, this doesn't work and I am suspecting it only worked for MacMini Server models back when they sold them. I do have a MacBook Pro available in case this would help (and from which I would like to remotely setup the MacMini), but I thought that I would be able to just follow the procedure discussed by Apple here: Д«asically, that article says you should be able to see the Mac in your shared computers section and just start ScreenSharing.

#How to setup a mac mini as a server download#

I would like to complete the initial setup of a Mac Mini (2015) without having to use an external monitor (or a mouse or keyboard). mac mini server setup guide is available in our digital library an online access to it is set as public correspondingly you can download it instantly.