Your Mac provides several tools to help you identify it. The simplest is About This Mac, available by choosing About This Mac from the Apple  menu in the upper-left corner of your screen. The other is the System Information app. Learn how to use these tools to identify your Mac.

1. Mac Mini Built In Apps

If you don’t have your Mac or it doesn’t start up, use one of these solutions instead:

The reason I use Mac for some applications is their longevity, reliability, and the ecosystem. My old mini was in full service for 8 years. I’ve rebuilt my main PC 3 times in order to keep it performing the way I want it to. As far as the mini itself, I’ll get the bad out of the way first.

• Find the serial number printed on the underside of your Mac, near the regulatory markings. It’s also on the original packaging, next to a barcode label. You can then enter that serial number on the Check Coverage page to find your model.
• The original packaging might also show an Apple part number, such as MGEM2xx/A (“xx” is a variable that differs by country or region). You can match the Apple part number to one in the list below to find your model.

List of Mac mini models

Mac mini models are organized by the year they were introduced, starting with the most recent. Click the model name for detailed technical specifications.

Despite its small exterior, this Apple mini computer is packed with possibilities. It features next-gen Wireless-AC networking built in, giving you wireless speeds up to three times faster than Wireless-N when using a compatible 802.11ac Wi-Fi router.With an HDMI cable, you can connect to your HDTV as an extra-large monitor, or even use your Mac mini as a dedicated home theater server for. Apple has announced that its new Macs that are powered by the company’s newly-announced Apple-built chips will be able to natively run iPhone and iPad apps, thanks to the shared architecture.

Mac mini models from 2012 and newer can run the latest version of macOS. For models from before 2010, the latest compatible operating system is noted.

2018

Mac mini (2018)
Model Identifier: Macmini8,1
Part Numbers: MRTR2xx/A, MRTT2xx/A, MXNF2xx/A, MXNG2xx/A
Tech Specs: Mac mini (2018)

2014

Mac mini (Late 2014)
Model Identifier: Macmini7,1
Part Numbers: MGEM2xx/A, MGEN2xx/A, MGEQ2xx/A
Tech Specs: Mac mini (Late 2014)

2012

Mac mini (Late 2012)
Model Identifier: Macmini6,1; Macmini6,2
Part Numbers: MD387xx/A; MD388xx/A, MD389xx/A
Tech Specs: Mac mini (Late 2012)

2011

Mac mini (Mid 2011)
Model Identifier: Macmini5,1; Macmini5,2
Part Numbers: MC815xx/A; MC816xx/A, MC936xx/A
Newest compatible operating system: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Tech Specs: Mac mini (Mid 2011)

2010

Mac mini (Mid 2010)
Model Identifier: Macmini4,1
Part Numbers: MC438xx/A, MC270xx/A
Newest compatible operating system: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Tech Specs: Mac mini (Mid 2010)

2009

Mac select printer software list empty free. Mac mini (Late 2009)
Model Identifier: Macmini3,1
Part Numbers: MC238xx/A, MC239xx/A, MC408xx/A
Newest compatible operating system: OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Tech Specs: Mac mini (Late 2009)

Mac mini (Early 2009)
Model Identifier: Macmini3,1
Part Numbers: MB464xx/A, MB463xx/A
Newest compatible operating system: OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Tech Specs: Mac mini (Early 2009)

Every Mac comes with a collection of great apps for things you do every day, like Safari for surfing the web, Photos for managing your photos and videos, Pages for creating documents, Numbers for making spreadsheets and Keynote for preparing presentations. There are apps for sending email and text messages, taking notes and staying up to date with your contacts and calendar. It even comes with the Mac App Store for finding new apps. Your Mac is more than fully featured, it’s fully loaded.

Photos

All your photos. Always with you and picture perfect.

The Photos app for Mac makes it simple to manage a lifetime’s worth of photos and videos. Powerful yet easy-to-use editing tools let you edit like a pro even if you’re a beginner. And you can add to your toolkit with editing extensions from your favourite developers and access them right in the Photos app. Photos has also been fine-tuned to make it even easier to manage your library. Now you can add a location to a single image or a group of photos, and you can batch change photo titles, descriptions and keywords. Naming your favourite people in Faces is faster with a streamlined workflow. And you can sort your albums — and the contents inside them — by date, title and more.

iMovie

A major production.
Without the major production.

Mac Mini Built In Apps

With iMovie, you have a perfect home for all your home video. Easily browse and share your favourite clips. Or use simple editing tools to transform them into an unforgettable movie or Hollywood-style trailer. When you’re done, iCloud lets you watch your finished films in iMovie Theater on any device.

GarageBand

Incredible music. In the key of easy.

Creating music on your Mac has never been easier. Or more fun. GarageBand gives you a dream collection of amps and stompboxes, an all‑new Sound Library of instruments and loops — even a virtual session drummer that follows your lead. And you can release your hit single to the world in seconds. From music lessons to mastering tools, GarageBand has everything you need to make and share great music, while having a blast doing it.

Pages

The last word in word processing.

From the first letter you type, you’ll realize how natural it is to make beautiful documents in Pages. Paint a picture with words. Or add a picture, movie, shape or gorgeous chart. Tools for whatever you’re doing appear right when you need them in the context-sensitive format panel. And when you’re ready to share your Pages document, you can simply send a link that anyone can open from any modern web browser on a Mac or PC. Writing has never been so effortless. Period.¹

Numbers

Spreadsheets never brought so much to the table.

Make insightful — and beautiful — spreadsheets with Numbers. Drop your data into one of many stunning, Apple-designed templates. Easily add your own images, text and shapes to the flexible, free-form canvas. Create some quick calculations with the help of the formula panel. Then visualize the numbers with a dramatic interactive chart that animates your data. Suddenly you see what it all means. How beautiful is that?¹

Keynote

Your presentation. Totally decked out.

Keynote makes it simple to create and deliver beautiful presentations. The app employs powerful graphics tools and dazzling cinematic effects that bring your ideas to life. You can work seamlessly between Mac and iOS devices. And work effortlessly with people who use Microsoft PowerPoint.¹

Safari

The smartest way to surf.

Safari is the best, fastest and most secure way to surf the web on your Mac, with all kinds of innovative features that make your browsing more enjoyable. Keep favourite websites open and accessible with Pinned Sites. Quickly mute audio without hunting for the tab it’s coming from. And use AirPlay to stream video from a web page to your HDTV with Apple TV. It’s also easy to share the cool pages you find. Just click the Share button to tweet, post to Facebook or send to a friend. Energy-saving technologies let you surf longer. And built-in privacy features protect you from being tracked as you go.

Mail

An inbox full of useful features.

Mail is the simple, powerful way to manage email on your Mac. It’s easy to set up and works with many popular email services like iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft Exchange. Have multiple accounts? No problem. Add your accounts to Mail and you’ll be able to access all your email from one place. Use handy swipe gestures to delete messages or mark them as unread to make quick work of your correspondence. Or you can dig in with an enhanced full-screen view that lets you juggle multiple messages at a time. Mail even helps you manage your calendar and keep your contacts up to date with proactive suggestions, right from your inbox.

Messages

Say hello to the only messaging app you need.

Love iMessage on your iPhone? You'll love it on your Mac, too. Messages lets you send unlimited messages to anyone on a Mac, iOS device or Apple Watch. Your messages can include photos, videos, documents, audio and contacts, and you can even see when your message has been delivered and when someone’s typing a reply. With end-to-end encryption, your iMessage conversations stay safe and private. And those green SMS text messages on your iPhone? They’re also on your Mac. Because all your conversations are available across your devices, you can start a conversation on your iPhone and pick it up on your Mac.

FaceTime

Make your smile go further.

FaceTime lets you make video calls from your Mac, so you can talk, smile and laugh with anyone on a Mac or iOS device.² Catch up, hang out and stay in touch with just a click. Simply find the person you want to see by typing their name, email address or phone number to start a FaceTime call. You can also start a FaceTime call from Contacts, Messages or Spotlight. When someone calls, you’ll receive a notification that you can accept, decline, reply to via Messages, or set a callback reminder. It works even if FaceTime isn’t running, so you never have to worry about making yourself available.

Calendar

An app you’ll appreciate day after day.

Keep track of your busy schedule and share it with others using Calendar. Create separate calendars — one for home, another for school, a third for work and so on. See all your calendars in a single window or choose to see only the calendars you want. The inspector lets you add a location to your event, suggests locations as you type, provides maps and weather forecasts, and automatically alerts you when it’s time to leave. And when you use iCloud, every Calendar change you make on your Mac automatically appears on your iOS devices and Apple Watch.³ So no dinner dates are missed, no meeting goes unattended and no anniversary is forgotten.

Notes

Perfect for little tasks. And big ones too.

The powerful new Notes app is more than a great way to jot down a quick thought and keep track of it for later. Now you can turn a list into a checklist in a snap. Add links, photos, map locations and more by clicking the Share button in apps like Safari, Photos and Maps. All the attachments you’ve added to your notes are organized in one simple view: the Attachments Browser. And thanks to iCloud, all your notes and everything in them are kept up to date across all your devices. So you can create a note on your Mac and check it on your iPhone when you’re out and about.

App Store

Get apps for your Mac from your Mac.

The Mac App Store lets you browse, purchase and install apps, widgets and extensions on your Mac. New apps install in one step to Launchpad. If you get a new Mac, you can quickly redownload all the apps you own. And the Mac App Store can automatically update your apps and even OS X for you, so you always have the latest versions.

iTunes

Your music, movies and TV shows take centre stage.

iTunes is home to a universe of entertainment right on your Mac. It’s the best way to organize and enjoy the music, movies and TV shows you already have, and shop for the content you want to get. Check out Beats 1 — our free Apple Music worldwide radio station — for the latest music, interviews and culture, 24/7. With an Apple Music membership, you can tune in to on-demand music stations with handpicked songs and artists based on what you listen to and like, and explore artists, albums and genres you never knew you’d love. And membership gives you unlimited access to the more than 30 million songs in the Apple Music library.

iBooks

Always have something good to read.

iBooks is the best way to purchase, organize and read books on your Mac. Download and read everything from classic novels to the latest page-turners. Reading is easy and intuitive — turn pages with a swipe and zoom in with a pinch. If you’re a student hitting the books, you can keep as many open as you like. When you purchase a book on your iOS device, it’s automatically available on your Mac. And when you take notes or highlight passages on your Mac, iCloud pushes them to all your devices automatically. It even remembers which page you’re on, so you can always pick up right where you left off.

Maps

A destination unto itself.

Now you’ve got the whole world on your desktop. Get information on local points of interest like restaurants and hotels, with phone numbers, photos and Yelp reviews. You can look up transit, driving or walking directions on your Mac and send them to your iPhone for voice navigation on the way.⁴ Navigating with Maps is incredibly smooth and responsive, and you get gorgeous views using Flyover, a photo-realistic, interactive 3D experience that lets you soar high above select cities.

Contacts

Bring all your people together.
And take them with you everywhere.

Contacts is a flexible and convenient place to store information for everyone you know. It’s easy to import names, numbers, addresses and photos from Facebook, LinkedIn, Google and even Microsoft Exchange. Contacts will automatically keep your friends’ and connections’ information and profile photos up to date. And iCloud updates your contacts on your Mac, iOS devices and Apple Watch — so when you enter someone’s contact info once, you have it everywhere.

Reminders

Set it and you won’t forget it.

You’ll never forget a task again with Reminders. Remind yourself to call a friend on a certain date and time, or to pick up the dry cleaning on the way home from work. You can set reminders to repeat at any interval you want. Create a reminder from almost anywhere in OS X from the Share menu, including a Safari web page, a contact or an email. And with iCloud, reminders that you set on your Mac are available on your iOS devices and vice versa.

More Apps and Utilities

Activity Monitor Track processor and memory usage.

Digital Color Meter Exact colour values when you need them.

Migration Assistant New Mac setup, simplified.

AirPort Utility Wireless setup made easy.

Disk Utility One stop for managing disks.

Mission Control Mac command central.

Audio MIDI Setup Control all your audio devices with a single utility.

DVD Player Watch DVDs on your Mac.

Photo Booth Take snapshots and videos with fun effects.

Automator Automate frequent tasks.

Finder Browse and organize your files on Mac and iCloud.

Preview View and work with PDFs.

Bluetooth File Exchange Share data wirelessly.

Font Book Letter-perfect type management.

QuickTime Crystal-clear video playback.

Calculator Simple and complex calculations.

Game Center Mac gets in on the game.

Script Editor Automate tasks with AppleScript.

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Chess Challenge yourself to a game.

Grab Easy screen capturing.

Stickies Stick to the point.

ColorSync Utility Colour management system.

Grapher Explore equations visually on your Mac.

System Preferences Customize your system.

Console Track system messages.

Image Capture Capture images from your devices.

Terminal Use UNIX commands to get more from your Mac.

Dashboard Quick access to information.

Keychain Access Securely store all your passwords.

TextEdit Simple word processing.

Dictionary Words at your fingertips.

Launchpad A home for your apps.

Time Machine Automatic backup for your Mac.

• Activity Monitor Track processor and memory usage.
• AirPort Utility Wireless setup made easy.
• Audio MIDI Setup Control all your audio devices with a single utility.
• Automator Automate frequent tasks.
• Bluetooth File Exchange Share data wirelessly.
• Calculator Simple and complex calculations.
• Chess Challenge yourself to a game.
• ColorSync Utility Colour management system.
• Console Track system messages.
• Dashboard Quick access to information.
• Dictionary Words at your fingertips.
• DigitalColor Meter Exact colour values when you need them.
• Disk Utility One stop for managing disks.
• DVD Player Watch DVDs on your Mac.
• Finder Browse and organize your files on Mac and iCloud.
• Font Book Letter-perfect type management.
• Game Center Mac gets in on the game.
• Grab Easy screen capturing.
• Grapher Explore equations visually on your Mac.
• Image Capture Capture images from your devices.
• Keychain Access Securely store all your passwords.
• Launchpad A home for your apps.
• Migration Assistant New Mac setup, simplified.
• Mission Control Mac command central.
• Photobooth Take snapshots and videos with fun effects.
• Preview View and work with PDFs.
• QuickTime Crystal-clear video playback.
• Script Editor Automate tasks with AppleScript.
• Stickies Stick to the point.
• System Preferences Customize your system.
• Terminal Use simple commands to get more from your Mac.
• TextEdit Simple yet powerful word processing.
• Time Machine Automatic wireless backup for your Mac.