You are correct, they are combination ports and it’s all thunderbolt inside
under the hood. They split the laptops up by the sides so thunderbolt services
on the left side is separate from the right so they don’t share bandwidth
between sides etc.
On Jul 19, 2020, at 7:16 AM, Dane Trethowan <grtdane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Okay thank you for this, I thought the USB-C ports were combination
USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports?
The fact that this machine has 2 standard USB ports and a HDMI port makes a
huge difference and has pushed the machine up my “Savings Goal” list
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Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: a couple of things for my first mac?
1, the usb-c cables are not that expensive. 2, there is no thunderbolt port
on the new mac mini, it has 4 usb-c ports, and 2 usb 3.0 the only other
ports is a 3.5 headphone jack, a eithernet port, and HDMI port for monitor.
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On Jul 18, 2020, at 8:31 PM, Dane Trethowan <grtdane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I have to envy you with a new Mac Mini.
I have the older 2012 Mac Mini machines here, 6 of the beasts in fact which
I use for all sorts of tasks in my home.
I will upgrade to the newer machine later on this year I hope.
I’m sure you’re aware that the new Mac Mini models have uSB-C and
Thudnerbolt connections rather than the USB-A connections we still think of
as standard? That particular point has been the main reason why I haven’t
upgraded to the new Mac Mini model, would cost me quite a bit to purchase
hew USB-C and thunderbolt cables not to mention adapters, drives etc.
Things have changed in that area a little now since I bought my Caldigit
Thunderbolt dock so I’ll purchase another of those when I do buy the new Mac
Mini model.
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To be clear, it will be a 2018 MacMini, your just buying it in 2020, the
only thing apple did with the macmini this year, is make them less
expensive. To answer your other question, command f5 will turn on
voiceover. The command key is just to the left and right of the space bar.
And once your setup and running, you would go to the apple menu, go to
about, and there you will find everything you need to know about your
MacMini. Hope you have a keyboard, or purchased 1, because the MacMini does
not come with keyboard, monitor, or mouse. HTH
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On Jul 18, 2020, at 6:33 PM, goshawk on horseback
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hello all,
finally hoping to get my first mac, a 2020 mac mini, in a few days time, so
you will probably hear from me quite a bit, but just have 2 questions for
the moment.
1, is there an easy way to get voice-over on for a totally blind person
with no eyes available?
and 2, how do I check the system spec?
just to make sure that I have been sent the right one, with the right
processor, right amount of ram, right amount of disk space, and right year?
hope that makes sense.
Simon