The $20 Mac Mini - Upgraded + Running Unsupported Mac

This is a 2006 Mac Mini, a fairly old computer with a classic design and fairly low specs, basically Corning specs. This Mac Mini isn't really useful, it's outdated, it has a 32-bit CPU and runs quite slowly, but for a very cheap price and with a few changes, I turned this Mac Mini into a pretty fast media center

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64-bit Mac OS not supported. I'm Andrew and welcome to my ultra-affordable Mac Mini project. Before we start with some modifications let's first take a look at the current specifications, as I said before this is a 2006 Mac Mini and these models are the first Mac Mini models made with Intel CPUs.

This Mac Mini has a 32-bit Intel Core duo CPU

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at 183 gigahertz. The RAM is one gigabyte DDR2. The GPU is Intel GMA 950. The hard drive is 80 gigabytes. Mini runs Mac OS 10 point 6 Snow Leopard which is the maximum OS supported in a virtual condition and with these low end specs I got their Mac Mini for many years of money in action but I only got the Mac Mini and the power adapter. current. I mean, without keyboard or mouse or any other additional elements because of the 32-bit CPU and because of the old film wall, this Mac Mini is very limited, first it does not support more than 2 gigs of RAM and I can use Mac OS of 32 bits. alone, but nevertheless, with a few small changes, this Mac will once again be a pretty nice and fast media center.

Also in this video I'll show you a simple guide on how I did this and if you have an older Mac you can learn how to do it. I may update it and make it usable again before starting some software updates first. I will need to upgrade the hardware. I will need to change the current 32-bit CPU to a newer 64-bit CPU and will upgrade the RAM on the CPU I have. I am going to use Intel Core 2 Duo t7 at 200. This is a 64 bit CPU and it is good and ready to run a newer 64 bit OS on Ram.

I'm going to use 4 gigs in total. I'm talking about running models with 2 gigs of capacity and I got this Ram from a very old laptop that doesn't work. Now let's start with the disassembly. Taking apart the Mac Mini is not very complicated. As for tools, I use a putty knife and a screwdriver and now follow a disassembly guide on YouTube. I'm going to remove the old CPU and I'm going to install the new 64-bit CPU now after changing the CPU and we're going to put in two gigs of RAM just because of the current firmware that this Mac

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supports to the max. two gigs of RAM and if I put four gigs, this Mac Mini won't start.

Actually, I'll be running on four gigs of RAM after the firmware update. Now I turn it on and tell this Mac Mini to make sure everything is working fine. and everything is working pretty well with a new CPU and RAM without any problems, good, now it's time to upgrade the film noir. I will convert this Mac Mini from Mac Mini 1 comma 1 to Mac Mini 2 comma 1 and with this update this Mac Mini will support 4 gigs of RAM and a 64-bit operating system to update the movie var. I will use a very simple tool, in fact updating the fuel bar is not complicated, the first step is to install the black film inside the Mac operating system and after restarting the Mac and restoring the Mac Mini by holding the power button for a few 15 seconds and basically that's it after flashing the black film, now we can install the other 2 gigs of RAM and I can fully assemble this Mac Mini.

Before proceeding with other updates, do final testing first, I want to check and make sure everything is working fine. Now this Mac Mini supports and fully reads four gigs of RAM and a faster CPU than before. The performance is much better now and this. Mac is running much faster than before with these specifications. Now I can install Mac OS ten point seven point five or Mac OS Lion, but I'm not going to do that for now and go with something newer like Mac OS 10.8 mountain. lion and Mac OS 10.9 Mavericks now I will show you how to install

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Mac on this Mac Mini and first let's start with creating the USB installer.

Also, this method works with other older Apple computers, i.e. not the Mac Mini, just the base. 'USB Installer' basically needs access to Mac, you need to download the Mac OS you want to install and you need an 8 gig or larger USB. You will also need to download the Mac Post Factor tool as usual when creating the USB installer. for Mac, first you need to erase all USB after USB serial, let's move to Mac post factor. Here everything is very simple, you need to select which Mac OS you were going to install and you need to choose the empty USB drive on which it is located now. options I will select clean install and under EFI I can choose 32 or 64 also under options I can choose GPO option this option actually in some cases it will help to fix the graphics but not with all now I will select install and Reese again and Basically this is about creating the USB installer, very simple and very easy.

Now after the USB installer is finished on the USB, I will copy the basic text or drivers in case I need to reinstall something. Now let's move on to the installation process, the process of installing Mac OS on

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Mac is really simple. I mean, the installation process is the same as installing compatible Mac because first I will do a clean install in Disk Utility, I was going to erase the disk and then continue. with the installation of Mac OS, now after installing Mac OS I will continue with an unusual basic configuration and finally this Mac Mini runs an unsupported Mac.

The first Mac OS I try is Mac OS mountain lion, Mac OS mountain lion and this Mac Mini works pretty well, all the hardware works fine, the USB ports, the audio, the graphics, but I don't have an internet connection, I mean to the LAN connection and the Wi-Fi connection. This can happen in some cases, but this problem is easy to fix. Wi-Fi and the other connections I used the text assistant, the X installer works and I use basic Wi-Fi. I'm on the net. I'll send you a text message after installing Wi-Fi text. I'm referring to the network text.

First I restart the Mac Mini and then everything is back to normal and I can connect to Wi-Fi and access the web. Mac OS Mountain Lion is quite fast on this Mac Mini and I personally wasn't expecting this. Mac animations go quite well even using 1080p. The resolution and basic applications run quite fast due to the specifications. I can't run heavier software or games, but the basic ones work pretty well. It is excellent for browsing the Internet using social networks. Watch movies. It's excellent for music. It is excellent for documents. and typing and some other basic things, honestly I'm really surprised how everything works quite well after trying Mac OS x, continuing with other operating systems and on this Mac Mini I installed Mac OS 10.9 Mavericks but on Mac OS.

Mavericks, I faced some of the usual problems: GPU not working properly. I mean, I didn't have full GPU acceleration and the internet connection doesn't work. Now to fix the graphics and internet connection, I will use the same method as in Mac OS Mountain Lion using the text assistant. I will reinstall only the drivers, I mean the GPU and car drivers from the internet. After installing this basic text, everything is back to normal. The GPU is working fine now and I have an internet connection because this Mac Mini has a 64 megabyte GPU, Mac OS Mavericks runs a little slower than Mac OS Mountain Lion, but it is still completely usable.

The Mac animations aren't very smooth, but the other basic apps work pretty well. However, this Mac Mini with Mac OS Mavericks. still good for basics, I mean using basic and light applications, browsing the web, social media, watching videos and other basics, after trying my search brands, I tried installing a newer OS and converted them to Mac OS Yosemite, but Mac OS emitters are useless on this Mac Mini. I tried a dozen fixes, I mean fixing the graphics and other hardware, but nothing works, but nevertheless, Mac OS Mavericks and Mountain Lion are working pretty well, basically, that's all about it.

Budget Mac Mini: This Mac Mini is not a powerful computer, but it is a good choice for basic things like browsing the Internet using social media, watching movies, and other basics. In reality, it is more like an office or multimedia computer. I hope you enjoyed watching this video and if you want to support me you can hit the subscribe button thanks for watching and see you next time