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Pertaining to running a computer without a monitor or other visual display device.

A headless computer is a computer without a display screen. Headless computers can be interacted with using or such as VNC or Apple Remote Desktop.

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Force the resolution on a headless mac mini server

I have a Mac Mini server running Mavericks. It has no monitor connected. I use Remote Desktop on my laptop (also running Mavericks) for I/O to my server. When I use Remote Desktop and go Full Screen I get a 1280x1024 screen sitting in my 1680x1050…
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Screensharing slow, even over gigabit ethernet

When I connect from my laptop to my server with Apple Screen Sharing, it is extremely laggy, even over gigabit ethernet. Files copy at expected speeds (~100MB/s) but Screen Sharing is terribly slow. Any way to speed this up?
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Is there a Mac-native equivalent of xvfb for running on a headless Mac server?

I'm attempting to automate some tests of a GUI application on a headless Mac. I'm able to run theses tests from the terminal on a desktop Mac, and there's no issues and they run as expected (without popping up a window). However, when I attempt to…
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Black or displaced screen when screen sharing headless mac mini on macOS 10.12

My config: Mid 2012 Mac mini connected to a projector via HDMI. The projector is typically off and the Mac mostly works headless. This setup has worked for me for a couple of years now. Ever since I upgraded to Sierra (10.12.3), I get only a black…
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Is there a way to automate logging in to multiple user accounts?

I have a mac mini that I'm using as a home server. I have two accounts on the computer which are both set to download full resolution photos and to download all iCloud (Desktop and Documents) contents. i.e., Optimize Storage is turned off. This…
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mouse direction setting on headless (mouse less) mac

I have a mini that's running headless and mouseless. I connect to it through TeamViewer. All is great - except... The mouse direction defaults to Natural and I'm old school. Since the machine has no physical mouse attached there's no mouse settings…
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Lock Screen vs Login Window - affect on running processes

It appears to me that BOTH Apple Menu>Lock Screen AND Fast User Switching Menu>Login Window halt user processes at some point. (AirServer eventually stops working for me) I would like to know if/why/how user processes are affected in these…
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Resolution when connecting to a headless Mac Mini

My setup is as follows: Mac Mini 2012 with a dummy video adapter with latest OSX. Retina Macbook Pro 13-inch, Early 2015 running the default OSX VNC client with the latest OSX. Display Menu to switch resolutions. My problem is that I'm not able to…
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Screen sharing - Remote screen off turns main display off

I run El Capitan + Server on a mac mini that is plugged on a TV via HDMI and to which I access via Screen Sharing. Recently (since the El Capitan upgrade?), when the remote computer goes to sleep or quits Screen Sharing, the main screen also shuts…
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How do I enable an external display in Single User Mode via Terminal on a headless macbook?

I'm trying to troubleshoot video issues on macbook laptop with no display or a dead? display but can't see what I'm doing. I need a Terminal command to run 'blind' after I boot into Single User mode & enable an external monitor. Hence- How do I…
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Do we still need to terminate the display port with Catalina?

Thank you for the hint about getting better resolution options by holding down the Option key in the Display Prefs on the Mac Mini. The hard drive on our network-only Mac died and it lost all of its settings and I couldn't get it back to nearly as…
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Can I install CentOS via Target disk mode on a 2010 MacBook Pro

I've got an old 2010 Mackbook Pro, but the graphics card has died, so the display is useless. Can I repurpose this as a headless server by installing CentOS via target disk mode from my current MacBook Pro (over thunderbolt cable)? Once I've…
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