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Not so much mouse and keyboard, but display. For at least a while (not sure if it's still the case) graphics acceleration would be disabled if there wasn't a di
by paxswill 6y ago
Not so much mouse and keyboard, but display. For at least a while (not sure if it's still the case) graphics acceleration would be disabled if there wasn't a display, leading to things like [0] and [1]
0: https://macminicolo.net/blog/files/build-a-dummy-dongle-for-a-headless-mac-mini.html https://macminicolo.net/blog/files/build-a-dummy-dongle-for-...
1: https://www.amazon.com/NewerTech-Headless-Video-Accelerator-Dummy/dp/B01ASJCZFK https://www.amazon.com/NewerTech-Headless-Video-Accelerator-...
- braythwayt 6y agoThank you. I had no idea. That could explain why VNC is slow on my mini, but since I use it primarily as a headless server, I can live with that.
- bluegreyred 6y agothis was fixed in software a while ago, even my old 2011 (?) Mac mini no longer needed the dummy hdmi dongle connected to have aresponsive/hw accelerated UI via remote access