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1. #USE ANOTHER LAPTOP AS MONITOR FOR MAC INSTALL#
2. #USE ANOTHER LAPTOP AS MONITOR FOR MAC UPDATE#
3. #USE ANOTHER LAPTOP AS MONITOR FOR MAC PASSWORD#

Optionally, you can test your connection from a remote Mac before you do so. Your Mac mini is now ready to have the monitor and keyboard/mouse detached.

If you need to specify certain users to have permission to remotely connect to the Mac mini, click Allow access for: and add and remove users as needed.

#USE ANOTHER LAPTOP AS MONITOR FOR MAC PASSWORD#

#USE ANOTHER LAPTOP AS MONITOR FOR MAC INSTALL#

Once we've set up this service, you'll be able to remotely connect and install or configure whatever you like without the need of a monitor connected to the Mac mini. The first step is to turn on Screen Sharing.

We'll be focusing on home use and as such we will enable Screen Sharing. Remote Management is typically used by system administrators in larger companies that want to administer a multitude of hardware from a single location.

#USE ANOTHER LAPTOP AS MONITOR FOR MAC UPDATE#

It offers methods to install reboot and update remotely connected Macs without direct desktop access when it isn't called for and it provides remotely accessible system alerts. Remote Management offers the same accessibility as Screen Sharing does but it also provides finer tuned accessibility to the remote Mac. Here you'll be able to install software, reboot, run updates just like you normally would from a directly connected monitor setup. The connection is established via virtual network computing (VNC) and as such you'll have a direct albeit slightly sluggish connection to your new Mac mini's desktop. Screen Sharing offers a remote user to connect to the Mac mini and start up a session whereby a view of the Mac mini's desktop becomes visible and accessible as if the user were sitting right in front of a locally connected display. In short, have your new Mac mini set up like a regular desktop, ready to go so that we can configure somethings locally before disconnecting peripherals like the monitor and keyboard.Īpple offers two methods of remotely connecting to your new Mac mini. You can follow our new Mac mini setup guide if you need help with getting things started. In order to set up the new Mac mini for use without a monitor and keyboard/mouse, you'll actually need to have it connected to, you guessed it, a monitor and keyboard/mouse. Make certain the new Mac mini is properly configured Continue to remotely install and configure your headless (sans monitor) Mac mini.Make certain the new Mac mini is properly configured.Whatever your purpose for the new Mac mini, we'll show you the basics of what you'll want to set up to run your new Mac mini without a monitor. You'll not want to waste resources on the device such as connecting a permanent monitor or keyboard/mouse combo. Have you bought a new Mac mini to serve as a network appliance of some sort? Perhaps it's to serve files to your network and provide rendering capabilities with Compressor or maybe it's going to run a Plex media server and share printers.