I’ve been a laptop user ever since the original PowerBooks were introduced, so I’m not used to using a desktop. Regardless of whether I needed an M1 Mac mini, here we are. This Mac mini is so neglected that I just noticed it’s still running Mojave!

For a while, the Mac mini ran as my PLEX server, but the itty bitty processor in the Synology is actually faster and more reliable. That’s where Chronosync comes in.īetween 2 and 3 pm every day, the Mac mini jumps into action and runs these backups and then goes back to sleep until the next day. The Mac mini runs Carbon Copy Cloner, which works great on all of the shares on our Synology but for some reason I and Mike Bombich cannot discern, Carbon Copy Cloner can seem to back up Steve’s giant Final Cut Pro video libraries. Its primary duty is to run two applications that back our Synology up to our Drobo. Our current Intel Mac mini doesn’t really have much to do. But let’s be honest with ourselves, I just really wanted an M1 Mac and since the big-girl MacBook Pro isn’t out yet, this was a relatively inexpensive method to get an M1. In theory, I bought the Mac mini to replace its aging predecessor, a 6-year-old 2.6GHz Intel Core i5.

I received my new M1 Mac mini on Friday night after waiting a bit longer because I did a build to order to get a larger 1TB SSD.

Plex macbook pro