Apple unveils new Mac Mini, iPad Pro, and MacBook Air

[AudioDoctor]

@audiophile65 Why would you need a 2TB SSD in a Mac Mini? You can get that and more on an external for a lot less. I have a 2011 Mini still running at home on a 60GB OWC SSD.

[AudioDoctor]

3 minutes ago, jhwalker said:

 

Right - my existing Mini has 256GB of flash storage, but only about 60GB used for OS and assorted applications (e.g., iTunes, JRiver MC, Roon, etc.).  I could easily have gotten by with a 128 (or even 64!).

 

I saw a write-up on Darko's site today about how a fully-loaded Mini would be over $4k.  I guess that's true, but who would ever put in 64GB of RAM, a 2TB SSD, and 10Gb Ethernet for a music server?  The configuration I'm craving would be the top CPU (i.e., the six-core i7) with 16GB RAM and 256GB SSD.  That'd do me just fine

 

What do you have on there?  I am using 34.4GB (I just checked) on mine, that's the OS and as few apps as possible.

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1 hour ago, jhwalker said:

 

Thanks for prompting - I never paid much attention as I had so much space left  but thought I'd check it out.

 

Main culprits:

System                                 39.99GB

Documents                            6.71GB

Applications                          6.64GB

GarageBand Sound Library 2.49GB

 

I did a little cleanup and was able to get it down to:

System                                 37.32GB

Documents                            1.50GB

Applications                          1.50GB

GarageBand Sound Library 0.00GB

 

That's about as low as I could go - final usage is about 41GB with latest macOS (Mojave) and 16GB RAM.

 

 

My 2011 Mini is still on High Sierra

 

System:                                                    19.54GB

iOS files(which are now gone)                3.45GB

Apps:                                                           1.36GB

and Other Volumes                                   2.81GB

 

for some reason my Free Space went down...  I don't get it. Whatever Apple is doing with "Free Space" and "Purgable Space" makes no sense.