That’s where Chronosync comes in.īetween 2 and 3 pm every day, the Mac mini jumps into action and runs these backups and then goes back to sleep until the next day. This Mac mini is so neglected that I just noticed it’s still running Mojave! For a while, the Mac mini ran as my PLEX server, but the itty bitty processor in the Synology is actually faster and more reliable.

Regardless of whether I needed an M1 Mac mini, here we are. I’ve been a laptop user ever since the original PowerBooks were introduced, so I’m not used to using a desktop. However, my MacBook Pro is tethered to a CalDigit TS3+ dock most of the day. The dock provides power and Ethernet, as well as video to my 27” 5K LG display. In a way, my laptop acts as a desktop most of the time. I’d love to start using the Mac mini for all of my work, but my Universal Audio Apollo Solo Thunderbolt interface for my big girl mic isn’t yet compatible with macOS Big Sur. I need to use the big monitor with my MacBook Pro but I can’t use the Mac mini without a monitor. I wanted to be able to to have my cake and eat it too. I realized I can just move the Thunderbolt 3 cable between the two Macs whenever I want to switch. This does cause some mental gymnastics for me though. #MAC MINI PLEX MEDIA SERVER BLUETOOTH#įor ages I’ve had my MacBook Pro on the right side of my desk on a stand, the 27″ monitor right in front of me, and the Magic keyboard and trackpad connected over Bluetooth to the MacBook Pro. Now when I’m working on the Mac mini, my desk looks exactly the same.

I’ve still got the MacBook Pro on a stand to my right, and the keyboard and mouse are still right in front of me and the 27″ display is still showing the display of a Mac, but now it’s the Mac mini. Here’s an example of how my little brain gets confused by this setup. While prepping for the live show, I had some audio I wanted to play from QuickTime and have the live audience be able to hear it. I opened up Rogue Amoeba’s Loopback software, and added QuickTime to the virtual audio source I use to pipe audio to YouTube and Discord. But I hit play on QuickTime, and the little meters in Loopback didn’t weren’t moving for the QuickTime source.

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