![]() Reboot, and check if the mini can access the internet. If these are stuffed up, in windows WIN+ R cmd enter, and type in IPconfig /all (enter) to view the DNS entries, copy these into the mini. Under the DNS Tab click the + and add in the DNS entries. Use an IP address on your local network that's not used, add in the IP of the router. In System preferences, Network, the Ethernet section by default is DHCP and there's an address shown right? The IP address needs to be the same al the time, since a restart may allocate a different IP address, and there's no access other than to hook on the keyboard, mouse and monitor back on to see what's going on. ![]() ![]() You *do* need sharing and to fix the IP address of the Mini. May I ask the help of the Mac computer audiophiles that frequent this forum? But being very new to Macs, I don't really understand all of the options. ![]() Looking at the options, it seems I am in the right place to configure my system. So, on my Mini, under System, there is a place with a bunch of options, called Sharing. The Mac Mini will plug into my Marantz AV8801 via HDMI. I understand that I need to have the usual keyboard and mouse available for system maintenance, etc. I want to do all of the controlling on my iPad but have the Mini do the work of processing the stream and sending it to the analog components. My goal, based on what I have read here as possible, is to run my Mini "headless", that is without a monitor, keyboard or mouse, for running Spotify, Roon, JRiver, maybe even iTunes. ![]() I have had an iPhone and an iPad for a while so I sort of understand the Apple operating system. So, I thought I would check with the real experts. Neither had any idea what I was talking about. I posed this question to a salesperson at an Apple Store and to a salesperson at an independent Apple dealer. ![]()
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