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The M1 machines are amazing and 8GB is a good amount of memory for most users. Power users will feel trapped with anything less than 16GB. Choose wisely.
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This mac mini m1 is amazing. Blazing fast. It is incredible. For $450, if you have the chance to get for this price, go for it. I recommend it. I have it set up in my living room, as an extra...
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Got mine which was made in April 2021 with 5.3TB ssd written and 170 power cycles. The exterior looks excellent.
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Got mine too. Asked me for the password for a Mac I don't own, was able to skip that (hope it doesn't cause issues). A couple of super small dings on the Mac. Also wifi has been a bit of a bummer,...
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I received mine. It looks brand new. Super fast. I couldn’t pass it up for this price. My plan was to keep it plugged to tv in the living room. This mac mini is incredible. I got the logitech k400...
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anyone receive their unit yet and want to provide a quick review?
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Using the iGPU for transcoding has always been a part of PlexPass except for a very brief test period some people got into. Transcoding works great in Plex for free - it just uses CPU grunt, which...
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Ah, I don't have plex pass. I didn't know that was required for transcoding on plex. I thought that was just for their dvr capability or something? Did it used to do quicksync at some point without...
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To add, there is also an option to disable the menu bar and from hiding in full-screen mode, which should alleviate the issue.
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It already is "sort of" configurable. By default clicking the button goes to full screen. If you hold down the "Option" key while clicking, it will maximize as with older MacOS releases.
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You just need the PlexPass to enable Plex to use QuickSync. You should see little to no CPU activity when transcoding. For example, this thread demonstrates someone using an i3 8100 (which has a UHD...
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i'm not an expert but i did a quick google on SM2258XT controller and it looks like it's a SATA interface up to 6Gbps so it won't fully utilize the bandwidth thunderbolt 3+ or usb3. if you are using...
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Did you buy Plexpass? Without that Plex only uses CPU grunt. Add PlexPass and it will use the iGPU and it SCREAMS.
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Does that cost extra or does it require some sort of unusual setup? Because I have a NAS with an 8th gen i3 in it. Never got that to transcode particularly well, and I haven't had time to go back to...
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Many many users use Intel IGP's (7th gen and up) for Plex transcoding. It's pretty much the best way to transcode if you don't have access to a Nvidia GPU due to cost or form factor issues.
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What are you using to transcode? Plex? I haven't had much luck with plex transcoding on integrated graphics. Never went much further with it beyond that.
I have used handbrake with the intel...
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This was a logitech unifying receiver. Oddly worked great until the system fell asleep, then they wouldn't work again without a cold boot.
I figured the official apple branded stuff works, and a...
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You can manually resize the window to fill up the screen and nothing gets in the way when switching tabs. New macOS users probably enter full-screen mode (green bubble in the top left of the app...
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Dude why are you being so defensive like you wrote it...there is no excuse for not making it configurable. I liked how apple forces stuff on users but this is not it.
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You can buy direct from Apple, $589 refurb, with their 1yr warranty, and AppleCare is available too. I'd rather pay the extra for the peace of mind.
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