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Drag and Drop files to your mini with OS X 10.8.

Drag and Drop files to your mini with OS X 10.8.

A while back we posted how to easily upload files to your Mac mini by using SFTP which uses the SSH protocol. With OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, the Screen Sharing app has a few new features. One being the Shared Clipboard which is automatically enabled when you connect to...
Install MySQL on Mountain Lion.

Install MySQL on Mountain Lion.

UPDATE 02/26/2013: You can skip all these steps and use the install script on our github [LINK] page to automate the installation of MySQL. Then just install a management program (Sequel Pro) and you are all set! UPDATE 10/9/2013: Be sure to check out our post on...
New SSD Option.

New SSD Option.

Earlier this year we did a special SSD upgrade promotion. Due to the popularity and demand we recently added a new permanent SSD option to our signup form. The new SSD is a 128GB SATA III drive from Samsung (830 Series). The cost of the upgrade includes the labor to...
Alternative OS Installations.

Alternative OS Installations.

More and more customers are looking for different options in terms of operating systems and we are announcing our new alternative OS configurations. We’ve been hard at work testing various OS configurations on the current model Mac minis (2011). When a Mac mini...
Split the Cost of a Mac mini.

Split the Cost of a Mac mini.

We previously ran a special promotion where we offered to split the cost of a Mac mini over the course of 6 months. The initial investment of a Mac mini itself is a large first step in colocation. This promotion lowered the initial investment and spreads it out over...
Mac Mini Vault Goes Wireless!

Mac Mini Vault Goes Wireless!

We’ve mentioned before that our each of our custom Mac mini data center cabinets has over 960 feet of Cat5e cabling. Our latest breakthrough is with WiFi. Using an Apple Airport base station we are able to eliminate all 960 feet of Cat5e. It is replaced with one...