macOS Basic Home Server Configuration (Mac mini Server)

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In this video I demonstrate every step I take to set up a Mac mini as my home server for file sharing, backup, iTunes duties and printing. I'm not going to call this video a tutorial, but if you were to follow these steps, you'd end up with a lovely little setup for home use with a lot of power and potential.
I'd like to say another big thanks to Kyle for donating this wonderful Mac mini 2009 server edition and also a big thanks to Gregg Black for donating my original Mac mini which has been serving me well for years.
This Mac mini happens to be a server edition but these steps apply to ANY Mac. Of course, Mac minis make a lot of sense as servers because they're small, quiet, power efficient and don't have a built in display.
If anyone has any questions about the processes in the video above please ask in the comment section below.
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@grbjwales 7 лет назад

I’m still watching!! I’m so happy my Mac mini helped for all this time

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

Awesome, Gregg! I've messaged you on Twitter BTW.

@jonesconrad1 4 года назад

Nice to see.

@Holdeenio 4 года назад

I definitely have some computing goodies going to waste, happy to donate to your cause when I have a good clear out Tom 👍

@nccrawford 5 лет назад

Man, I know you said that folks must really be a fan if they watch this entire video, but I've never seen or heard of you before and I've watched the WHOLE THING TWICE!!! I want to send a very sincere "THANK YOU" for making this video. I hope the young one is now a happy and healthy 2-year-old! Best from West Texas...

@bladeart1 8 месяцев назад

Made it to the end. Not a single boring moment in it. I have a 2011 Mac Mini that Is too slow to run the graphics programs I work in and I have wanted to make it a server for some time now. Been working mainly in an open core unlocked 5,1 and an M1 MacBook Pro so I have a few computers to make a small home network. I’ll let you know how my setup goes when I finish it.Thanks for sharing this wonderful setup with us.

@dylanmchenry4789 7 лет назад

As a total PC geek and technician,I find your videos, albeit Mac orientated to be very useful and instructional in their content. I'm now interested in getting involved more with Macs... Keep up the good work sir.

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

Thanks for your great comment, Dylan !

@jameo3606 7 лет назад

Its strange how I can watch all your videos non-stop without skipping anything, I think you're the only person I watch on RU-vid where I don't skip to certain parts of the video. Usually I'm not into rambling but I quite like it when you go rambling on about stuff haha. You're on a roll with the uploads mate, awesome videos, please don't stop hehe! ;) :)

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

Thanks for the awesome comment :D

@amessman 7 лет назад

an hour long... ItsMyNaturalColor... SERVER VIDEO this is gonna be good (as always)

@UnkyjoesPlayhouse 7 лет назад

Thanks Tom, now I am shopping for a Mac Mini to add to my list of equipment, wish me luck :) and I won a late model 2011 mac min for under $200, wooo hooo!

@fredneedle123 7 лет назад

Good luck!

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

AWESOME man! :D

@UnkyjoesPlayhouse 7 лет назад

Hey and congrats on the new edition to the family :)

@UnkyjoesPlayhouse 7 лет назад

Using it as a backup to my Hackintosh in case I fubar it.

@7fu381 7 лет назад

Just came across this video. Although its not a tutorial its very very helpful and I have now found a use for my Mac Mini instead of collecting dust! You've just got a new sub

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

Thank you so much :D

@KylesTechChannel01 7 лет назад

Awesome!! I’m so happy to see it in use 😁

@threepwood56 4 года назад

Love the accent, Tom, but shouldn't have tuned in after bingewatching Gavin & Stacey for the umpteenth time. Loved looking around your room and seeing all that great gear from the past, the G3 tower etc. I've still got a PowerBook G3 that works, although I did upgrade from 2GB to 150GB HD. When I purchased it in 1998, my boss demanded to know why I needed such a huge HDD. "You'll never fill use 2GB's" he moaned. Yay, I wrote down "Tom" and not "Uncle Bryn!"

@lordvondoom50 7 лет назад

Made it to the end Tom! I love watching your videos while I mess around with all my Macs. :) Looking forward for more!

@randymcbride6992 3 года назад

Loved it, watched the whole thing. Great help on setting up my Mac mini server. I do get to check on a video on setting up multiple Mac machine backups to the server using time machine.

@Jayymes 7 лет назад

you're spoiling us Tom!

@Alim2000 6 лет назад

I discovered your channel back in 2012 when I was dealing with installing Snow Leopard on an hackintosh. I still like your kind of videos! Keep going :D (Bad english because from germany and lazy to look if it is correct what I typed)

@hitoshin.1667 6 лет назад

From Tokyo. it's really helpful and I set up the same environment for file server and screen sharing by mac mini.

@ColinLittley 7 лет назад

Hope all went well. Look forward to hearing the new news. Great video it’s your server your way and it works I’d forgot the iTunes library tip damn thanks for that.

@Marik2929 7 лет назад

love your videos bro i got 07 iMac 20 inches and 08 13 inch macbook love them both i just got them this month trying get use to the macworld

@JohnBassarcticsoundstudios 8 месяцев назад

Great Video I'm going to fir up my Mac Mini. Thanks

@para_dies8071 4 года назад

Thank you so much for this video, It helped me setup my server on a 2006 mac mini running leopard

@jacksmithvlogs226 7 лет назад

I like the long videos Tom

@wobbled4209 7 лет назад

Your uploads make my day bro. And of course I made it to the end :P Fingers crossed the birth of the new kid goes well, so stoked to see him! Seems only yesterday when you showed us Eli for the first time.

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

Thanks so much buddy:) Really glad you're still around watching. More to come!

@wobbled4209 7 лет назад

It's my pleasure mate, thanks for the regular uploads recently too, they keep us nerds happy!

@Gl33D 7 лет назад

Tom your on the ball with the uploads recently nice work!!

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

Thank you!

@andrewhopkins944 2 года назад

Great video! Are you able to access this server away from your home network?

@Hermiel 4 года назад

Link to video in which you discuss Velcro ties vs. zip ties?

@tdadyslexia 5 лет назад

Did not realise that the video was 1 hour 3 minutes 36 seconds long, and yes I seen it to the end, it was interesting, plus give me sum ideas for a future project.

@alfiecbrown123 7 лет назад

Tom, stop with the uploads! You are RUINING my productivity man! :)

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

Good ;) That's what I like to hear!

@mrtastybiscuits5851 7 лет назад

Hey Tom, I'm surprised that you didn't start using MacOS Server, it's only 20 bucks on the App Store and it has some very easily accessible advanced options that could very well suit your workflow. You should give it a go.

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

I will for sure give it a go :)

@GeneralTech58 7 лет назад

I can’t remember if you mentioned this in the video but did you talk about back to my Mac?

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

I didn't :(

@GeneralTech58 7 лет назад

Would you ever use it?

@FuzzAndDoom 7 лет назад

Question: When you are using home sharing like that with iTunes, how do you go about adding media to a iPhone/iPad etc? Seems the only way to do it is by plugging the iPhone directly into the Mac server and using screen share from your main machine to transfer the files. Anyone have a better fix for this? Also - fantastic upload, it really helped with my setup, Thanks!

@matthewsmith6592 4 года назад

He turned the camera around and my little brother screamed aaahhhhhh!!! The abominable snowman 😂

@alexringrose6153 7 лет назад

Loving all the videos recently!

@holgers5216 5 лет назад

hey there! Great video. Now, I do have an issue. I set my 2012 MacMini up exactly as you show, and I can see it on the network, yet when I try to log in, it says 'connection failed'. It seems to accept my log in and I can screen share, but I cannot see the MacMini hard drives etc. I am logging in as Registered User. This MacMini is connected to our router via ethernet as well. Any clues?, thank you.

@noahball4086 7 лет назад

Amazing video! I watched till the end!

@marschrammeyer7164 6 лет назад

Thanks for this video, I keep running into one problem I can screen share but not files any idea??

@juanainesmuro467 5 лет назад

can you connect through a Windows PC to your MacMini Server?

@iFixJapan 2 года назад

Hi dude, thanks for the video. How many MB/S during file tranfer? I interesed to get one

@AshLordCurry 4 года назад

So great! Would love to see stuff you do with thoses, I am definitely going to buy one for a minecraft server and jellyfin server :)

@flashjet21 7 лет назад

new imnc vid, and more new vids tomorrow ... It's christmas :D

@dysfunctionalwombat 7 лет назад

I have a G4 As a sever, I use teamviewer so I can manage it from anywhere. I am using 10.4.11. I use it as a file sharing system. I have a 500 gigabyte external drive connected to it. To backup and share old Mac files. It works great for me. I actually disconnected its Combo drive

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

That's really awesome man!

@LeoCloud619 5 лет назад

Can you do a video with how to copy your music from your itunes to the hard drive? and another if a brought a mac mini for a server will i be able to screenshare and use it for backups for my main windows computer?

@marcel8166 Год назад

Hi, I have the same hard drive from WD. But mine can no longer be formatted. If I want to format it in hard disk mode on the mac, it loads but it does not end the longest I waited was more than 3h until I canceled it. The hard drive has 500gb and it is not less than 30GB occupied. I tried both on MacBook Pro 2015 and Mac mini 2010 without success. Can you help me with that?

@austinstallion8187 5 лет назад

If I added an external 8TB HDD via the USB 2 port on the back on this 2009 Mac Mini with my 4K HDR movie collection in Itunes - would I be able to have my Apple TV 4K stream directly from it over my 100Mbps ethernet network? I would rather have a mac mini on all the time tucked away rather than my Desktop machine.

@articeddie5494 4 года назад

Can the server be used as a Time Machine back up also ?

@TheIDontKnowsRecords 7 лет назад

Love that iMac mug @50:38

@bashtesseract4629 4 года назад

Is it still safe to use mac mini with El Capitan as server in 2020? You are still using it right?

@gotmilkduds6683 5 лет назад

Good info! Trying to see if I want to create a server for my large Sample files on my old iMac, and use my new iMac for the main DAW compter?

@joeclarke123 Год назад

How long has your WD lasted you? I’m worried about lifetime of mine since I’ve had it for a couple years now, will I know when it starts the fail? Will I have a chance to get my data copied over?

@desmondjulien 2 года назад

hey, are you going to make more videos...

@Talentocubano 4 года назад

Can I use a Mac mini server to have two virtual computer?

@AjeetSingh-hk5pm 3 года назад

Hey i have very small question reagrding Mac MIni catalina OS can we pass 2 different vlan on single physical interface on mac mini? like we want 1 vlan for internet access and 2 vlan for private connectivity inside network on single physical interface on mac mini?

@jamesw5836 7 лет назад

Just subscribed! Do you happen to have a video showing how you set your backups so they end up on the raid box or one of the USB drives? Thanks for the wonderful video. I now have something to do with an old mini :-)

@Telesphoreo 7 лет назад

I was about to make a pnhub1 joke but then you explained it

@abdulsmith3621 6 лет назад

Thanks for this. Made it to the end and have a couple questions: How then do you add new music/content to the itunes library? i.e. I rip a dvd and now want to add it...do I drag it into the itunes library on the mac mini server, even if i burn it on a macbook pro that is accessing the server? Also, I do a lot of work in photo editing programs (lightroom and capture one), and have 2 4TB drives with photos on them. Currently im using carbon copy clone to create redundant backups with a weekly task run. I keep my libraries for capture one and lightroom separate from the master raw files and housed on the aforementioned 4TB drives.Any chance i can connect those drives and their redundant backups to the mini without disrupting my workflow? Both lightroom and capture one allow for non destructive editing, so im assuming as long as the preview files within the catalogs can “see” the master files, even if they are shared via network and not locally connected to my MBP, things would be fine, but would love your POV. Thanks for this, it was very straightforward.

@michaelschafferAT 7 лет назад

because of the length I have skipped things. but still, I do not understand it. What is the server good for? only for memory and iTunes?

@solandramaxima2543 6 лет назад

This is really great stuff. Thank you!

@ericmeferchild4770 5 лет назад

Great video ! I see that you have 3 screens connected to the mac mini. How did you do that ? what kind of connection ? Do you have a mac mini mid-2011 ? an another model ? Thanks for your help.

@premiumbritishturnipvariet5498 5 лет назад

He is using Screen Sharing to view the Mac minis desktop on his Mac Pro

@ericmeferchild4770 5 лет назад

@@premiumbritishturnipvariet5498 Thanks to U. So I need a Mac Pro to do it. ... until now I can only drive two screens with my Mac Mini mi-2011.

@alexbright7735 7 лет назад

Enjoyed this long tutorial. Actually powering HDD on/off reduces their life, so having them run 24/7 is better. I actually shut down my server when not in use, so I don't run 24/7. Mine is just a back-up system. Could the Mac lock the desktop like Windows / Linux servers to add extra layer of security. Not that it is required in your environment. I like the admin1 account to add a layer of obscurity. What about static IP? And auto open iTunes on start-up? Disclaimer: I am only 43 mins in, so will watch rest tomorrow; sorry If above in address later

@AlmightyAxe 7 лет назад

Made it to the end, hope you got your duster out buddy lol

@Rapid275 7 лет назад

Hey Tom, can't you share your iTunes library the same way on the 07 mini? The same sharing settings are present on the latest version of iTunes for Lion! :)

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

My iTunes library was already opened by a newer version of iTunes, so it was no longer compatible with the older version :(

@jedwardoo 6 лет назад

Tom, does this work if you have movies on an external drive and make the Mac Mini as a server to have it accessible via iOS and Apple TV? I’m planning to do some Apple ecosystem home server thing for media outside of iTunes though.

@morgantarry7656 7 лет назад

Great video bro! Keep up the great work!

@BlakebuckleyKBF43 7 лет назад

I made it to the end 😄 I love you videos

@ColbrelliAdamsVideos 7 лет назад

Hi Tom - Great video and I made it to the end:)

@nathandare6277 7 лет назад

Hey IMNC you mentioned you wanted to put DDR3 in instead of the already running DDR2, my only concern with that is I’m not sure the 2009 motherboard in the Mac Mini is compatible with the newer ram!!

@nathandare6277 7 лет назад

Btw love the videos! Keep it up

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

Did I? I must have muddled up. This machine is running DDR3 1066MHz already. I want to upgrade from 4GB to 8GB.

@VIRALMakka_77 5 лет назад

i am happy to see this video ,its really good

@Starky3000 7 лет назад

When do you think you'll ever use that Quantum Tape Drive? Love to see that being used somewhere in your setup as a cold storage archive. See at 3:33 in timeline

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

Hopefully very soon. SCSI is the issue. I have a lovely ATTO SCSI card for a G5 but a G5 is a little too big to put in the server rack. I've been looking at various adapters but it's not going to be easy to get that drive talking to a modern version of macOS from what I've read. I need some good time to research and come up with a plan, but I do have tapes in stock ready to backup some crucial data.

@Revinriley 7 лет назад

Made it all the way to the end Tom, glad to see your setup is expanding as much as it is! Also glad to see some Ed Sheeran in your iTunes library as well! Keep up with the videos and can't wait to meet the new IMNC Jr #2!

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

Thank you :D !

@Revinriley 7 лет назад

ItsMyNaturalColour No problem Tom. While I'm here, welcome to the world Arlo!

@imapoojabba 7 лет назад

I made it to the end in one sitting!

@sward86 7 лет назад

Tom can you do a video on your monster raid, is it a server? If so what OS does it have?

@laishmorse4668 7 лет назад

Sean Ward the raid is controlled through hardware. The computer only sees the one drive. It’s all handled internally within the raid box.

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

It's a very basic and quite underwhelming external enclosure containing a RAID5 controller. It's a Proavio Studiorack S4FR. It's designed for portable recording and reliable studio storage in the audio world. I wanted something rack mountable that could take 4 drives in RAID5 and that popped up on eBay for a decent price. It's surprising how many little options are out there. It needed new fans because the stock ones were very loud (strange considering the target users). It interfaces with FW800, FW400, eSATA or USB 2.0 and actually has quite a nice LCD on the back giving details of the array. I've needed to rebuild the array twice and it's actually been very straightforward and reliable to do. It's not the quickest box in the world and it gets quite hot, plus the internals are very generic and quite a mess but it does it's job so I'm quite happy with it. I'd actually buy another if one came along for cheap.

@sward86 7 лет назад

ItsMyNaturalColour check this out; www.ebuyer.com/722189-hpe-proliant-gen8-4gb-ram-microserver-ebuyer-com-819185-421?a=1&|2017-09-27%2011&cid=4647&mid=246160731, brilliant for the price, have one myself

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

They are indeed incredible boxes, have seen them out in the wild!

@Musicmixer721 7 лет назад

I have a Mac mini 2hgz that has lion on it as my server and runs plex. However plex is no longer supported on lion and I can only encode one show or movie at a time. Time for a upgrade

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

Good luck with your upgrade hunt :)

@spyrmac 7 лет назад

What does OS X server does more?

@manny6911 6 лет назад

Could I share Apple Music on a network the same way?

@沈超奇-v7e 6 лет назад

Just give a thumbs-up to you, thanks for a useful video.

@CF44422 7 лет назад

Great video as always! Two questions is it accessible from phones etc? And if I did this is it accessible (read and write/ screen sharing) from Windows?

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

Screen sharing is VNC compatible, so a VNC client on Windows should be able to see your Mac without a problem. There are some VNC options in the Screen Sharing preferences. Good question in regards to phones. It's not something I've ever tried. It's worth having a Google if this is something that would suit your workflow.

@CF44422 7 лет назад

ItsMyNaturalColour Legend! Cheers

@Hammid 6 лет назад

You had me at DOOM™64 soundtrack.

@Wouter395 7 лет назад

Made it to the end!

@shadow.banned 3 года назад

I think I own the same printer. Wish it had airprint.

@shadow.banned 3 года назад

Nope, you have the MP250. I have the MP480. But a bluetooth adapter and bonjour works, for now.

@andypall67670 7 лет назад

pnhub1 Always thought it was plusnet, Not other things... ;)

@thedarkness97 7 лет назад

Liked before I even watched 5 seconds in...

@jamesfield2442 6 лет назад

YAY love your videos.

@spyrmac 7 лет назад

Wait.. No OS X server ? Just OS X ? I'm in 11:00 yet, sorry if you explain.

@ryanmartin9676 7 лет назад

Good video

@martydoesdrums296 7 лет назад

Yes yes yes i love imnc

@TheMugha 7 лет назад

nice video! but just my opinion, the screencap doesn't feel as good as the "classic" filming the screen. Keep up with the good work! :)

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

Noted!! :)

@Jon8M5Musser 7 лет назад

Finished it...

@markdavid_21 7 лет назад

Firewire is dead, I use a 2008 mac pro with 4 drives in RAID 0, Boot SSD in PCIE slot, it is mental the speed I get out of it. 100MB/s read write over gigabit ethernet!

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

FireWire is indeed 'dead' to the industry but not dead to those who still have a use for it :)

@markdavid_21 7 лет назад

Thanks for replying Tom, I'm glad you still have a use for it, if you ever down the line want to look into speeding up that connection with gigabit ethernet, I'd love to help. Been watching you for a while, and even went back and watched most of your old videos. Love your content, Look forward to hearing from you.

@TheAppleGeek52 6 лет назад

I made it to the end

@desther7975 7 лет назад

I'm surprised you don't use a picture of Venus as your desktop image on there.

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

All in good time :) !

@yemiyoshimite 7 лет назад

I made and understand all details of your video. Thank You!

@playmovingpictures 6 лет назад

How are you getting so many donations of expensive computers 💻 ???

@CharlieEdward25 7 лет назад

Dude where are all the fun videos like the n64 u was doing with the new cart and all that ??

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

What would you like to see? :)

@CharlieEdward25 7 лет назад

ItsMyNaturalColour like to see what you said u was going to do like the n64 stuff

@CaptRadar101 7 лет назад

What’s on my Mac video?

@Keiran01 7 лет назад

Yea I got to the end

@ChrissyIsFrl 6 лет назад

IMNC hour long I'm coming in at 32:30

@deewillerd918 3 года назад

m1 abrahams tank

@Insane98 7 лет назад

Just replace those HDD in the monster RAID. The speeds are too cringe for me :OO

@ItsMyNaturalColour 7 лет назад

Yeahhh... I'll get shopping.

@Nixima81 7 лет назад

Like 501, fitting =)

@AndysVideoLog 7 лет назад

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