MacOS

Hardware

2006 MacMini 1.1 (A1176) / IR Remote (A1156):

• CoreDuo 1.66 GHz CPU -> Core2Duo (T7400) 2.16 GHz
  • Now allows Upgrade firmware to 2,1
  • See also: Upgrade Mac Mini 1,1 to Mac Mini 2,1
  • Although a 64 bit CPU, has 32-bit EFI BIOS
• 1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 RAM -> 4 GB
• GMA 950 Graphics Chipset
• 80 GB SATA Disk
• 846CA SuperDrive (CD-ROM)
• Possible OSes
  • Originally: 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
  • Latest (official): 10.7 Lion
  • Possible (Unofficial): 10.8 Mountain Lion
    • Using a patcher like MLPostFactor. Perhaps graphical glitches with the integrated GMA 950 graphics.
  • Linux: Debian or MX Linux which support 32-bit EFI
  • Other Linuxes via DVD modding

Using non-Apple keyboard:

• Command (⌘): Windows
• Option (⌥): Alt

Startup Keys

• F12: Eject disk
• Command-R: MacOS Recovery system
• Option-Command-R or Shift-Option-Command-R: Start from MacOS Recovery over the Internet
• Option: Startup Manager, which allows you to choose other available startup disks or volumes
• Option-Command-P-R: Reset NVRAM
• Shift: Safe mode
• D: Apple Diagnostics utility
  • Option-D to start up to this utility over the internet
• N: Start up from a NetBoot server, if your Mac supports network startup volumes
  • Option-N: To use the default boot image on the server
• Command-S: Start up in single-user mode (disabled in macOS Mojave or later)
• T: Target disk mode
• Command-V: Verbose mode

Installation

• MacOS 10.8

Administration

Keyboard maps:

~/Library/Keyboard Layouts/

Reset VMRAM:

nvram -c