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We converted a two minute 1440x1080 Apple ProRes 422 video to iPad preset (1280x720 H.264). HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs. The overall score is an amalgam of Integer, Floating Point, and Memory performance tests. Primate Labs' cross-platform processor benchmark uses a scoring system.
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The RED bar in the graphs signifies the fastest Mac miniĬinebench R15 - Render 3D Model using all CPU cores. WHAT THE 2012 MAC MINI QUAD-CORE DOES BETTER
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Many thanks to Other World Computing, PowerMax, and Create Pro for providing support and resources for benchmarking the three models of Mac mini. Why? The best way to answer is with a shootout between the quad-core 2012 and the dual-core 2014.Ģ013 rMBP Quad i7 2.6 = 'late 2013' Retina MacBook Pro 2.6GHz Quad-Core i7 GeForce GT 750M and Intel Iris Pro GraphicsĢ012 mini Quad i7 2.3 = 'late 2012' Mac mini 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 Intel HD Graphics 4000Ģ014 mini Dual i7 3.0 = 'late 2014' Mac mini 3.0GHz Dual-Core i7 Intel Iris GraphicsĢ014 mini Dual i5 2.8 = 'late 2014' Mac mini 2.8GHz Dual-Core i5 Intel Iris Graphics The next day the 2012 Mac mini quad-core started disappearing off the shelves. When the 2014 Mac mini was announced and there was no quad-core i7 option. Or an errant process eating up RAM.Ĭheck the System Preferences>Other Row, for 3rd party Pref Panes.Īlso look in these if they exist, some are invisible.Posted December 12th, 2014 by rob-ART morgan, mad scientist If it only does it in Regular Boot, then it could be some hardware problem like Video card, (Quartz is turned off in Safe Mode), or Airport, or some USB or Firewire device, or 3rd party add-on, Check System Preferences>Accounts (Users & Groups in later OSX versions)>Login Items window to see if it or something relevant is listed. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for problem in Safe Mode.
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I already tried all from the following listīootup holding CMD+r, or the Option/alt key to boot from the Restore partition & use Disk Utility from there to Repair the Disk, then Repair Permissions. Just take off the base, remove the metal mesh Airport antenna, and then pop out one drive and mount the other. Also doesn't require taking the whole freakin' computer apart. Less internal storage that way but just as fast for booting and whatnot.
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You can also just take out the hard drive (put it in an enclosure) and put in an SSD. OS X may have the hard drive kind of busy the first few days you use it - it'll figure out what needs to be on the SSD and what should be on the hard drive automatically. Reinstall Mavericks from USB, restore the Time Machine backup, and you're right where you left off only this time with much better performance. Beware this wipes everything so that's why Time Machine is important. The fusion drive setup was really easy - fire up Disk Utility and it shows the two drives in red and just makes the fusion drive for you. I created a USB installer for Mavericks, made sure Time Machine was up to date, then installed the SSD in the top drive bay (that was the hard part). That's with basically the same hardware as you. Now I have a 1.25TB Fusion Drive and boot time is about 10 seconds. I ended up getting the dual drive kit from OWC and added a solid state drive in my Mini. These things are slow as heck to boot up and at least in my case, the fault laid with the hard drive.