2012 Mac Mini Hdmi

[RabidGranny]

Afternoon all

Ive encountered a little bit of an issue with my mac mini. Its hooked to an old Samsung monitor via HDMI cable and when it turns on the resolution is off and the top bar on MacOS is invisible, I then have to plug out and plug back in the HDMI cable to correct the issue. I had earlier tried toggling with the resolution under 'Displays' to no avail. Im wondering if i should simply bear with the issue (computer is 2012) or take it as an indication of potential further issues? or if im missing something to infact solve it?/

Im running an Intel i5 Mac Mini late 2012, 256 SSD and Sequoia under OCLP.

Ive tried other HDMI cable to no avail. Monitor is about the same age as the computer.

Thanks in advance.

[RabidGranny]

Monitor gave up the ghost.

Turns out it dated back to Sept 09 manufacturing date. I dont think it could keep up essentially.

[mmm-five]

Perfect excuse to upgrade to a 4K 27" OLED

[nikaiyo2]

mmm-five said:

Perfect excuse to upgrade to a 4K 27" OLED

Nice man maths and quite agree with sentiment but pretty certain that generation Mac Mini can’t output 4k. Max is 1080 unless via FireWire.

[Jobbo]

I've had a similar issue with a 2012 Mac Mini and new monitor after the monitor has gone to sleep and you wake it up again. Turns out pressing the 'esc' key fixes it for me, so if it happens again try that.

[mmm-five]

nikaiyo2 said:

Nice man maths and quite agree with sentiment but pretty certain that generation Mac Mini can’t output 4k. Max is 1080 unless via FireWire.

But then you get the next level of man maths that you need a new M4 Mac Mini to go with the 4K monitor!

But yes, 1920x1200 over HDMI/DVI, or 2560x1600 over TB or mDP...so maybe a nice new 1440p monitor (expensive OLED or cheaper IPS)!

Edited by mmm-five on Tuesday 15th October 15:48

[RabidGranny]

went with a HP 27 monitor. Nice enough. Funny the lady in the shop told me they dont sell 21's or even 24's anymore. 27 is what she had... and 32's.

Jesus