An Obsolete Mac is Your Greatest Ally - DIY Homeserver
So we all have old computers lying around, I have a 2015 13-inch MacBook Pro. And the question is what do you do with this old tech? You don’t want it to just lay around in a closet collecting dust. So what do you do if you have this old tech and you want make use of it, because there is still some good potential horsepower. It’s not completely useless. My idea for this video is to turn my old obsolete 2015 MacBook Pro into a Mac Server. Complete with plenty of storage for dumping files, wireless TimeMachine backups, and for using it as a Plex media server.
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*It’s worth noting that you can just enable Screen Sharing in the server laptop’s sharing settings. This allows for other Macs to remotely connect without any third-party software. The benefits of using an app like RustDesk is that it can be used by any type of device (Mac, Windows, Linux, Mobile)
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Other software mentioned in the video:
RustDesk - https://rustdesk.com/
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Hard-drive enclosure I used - https://a.co/d/99M766W
Seagate HDD - https://a.co/d/6gOi6cF
Dummy HDMI dongle - https://a.co/d/fNmDfFT
0:00 What to do with old tech
0:32 The Vision
2:19 Setting up the Mac Server
4:10 Installing RustDesk (Including Tips)
5:55 HDMI Dummy-Display dongle
6:29 Hard-drive enclosure setup
7:16 Enabling “Sharing” on your Mac Server (screen and file sharing)
8:57 Remote TimeMachine back-ups
9:43 Plex
10:18 Building the under-desk mounts
13:35 Installing the mounts
14:36 Wrap-up
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