I did the Security Update 2018-2 on the mini this morning. Now I can't connect using Screen Sharing. It was working before the update, that's how I was connected and using the App Store.
Two things I've discovered:
1. I did find a Mini Display to VGA adaptor, it connects via the Thunderbolt port! However, the monitor reports only "No Signal"..
2.
While the 'snapshot' jpegs from the new camera are full colorNow, even the 'snapshots' have turned B & W! All the videos, today, are black and white! Both were full color yesterday, at least while the Sun was up.
I suspect the lack of color may be due to a setting in the app that converts the .mov to the .mp4. I can also see that one of the Daemons is not running. There could be permissions problems. None of that can be investigated until I can establish video contact... Strangely, "Video Sharing" can show as running on my iMac, even though no video is being sent to it. Just wasting cpu cycles to maintain a menu bar...
I'll keep trying the Screen Sharing method on the assumption that one time out of 100 it will work.
But I suspect the video card may have died, eve though I haven't had it connected to a monitor for at least 18 months. I'm searching for a link between video output and Screen Sharing. It sounds logical that a dead video card would also mean no screen sharing as well as not external monitor. :thinking:
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did find the cable and adaptor that I must have used when I first set the mini up. It's a quite weird combination of cable/adaptor/port. It's a normal VGA, male to male cable, an Apple mini-Display to VGA adaptor which plugs in to the Thunderbolt port! There is an HDMI port, but I don't have the requisite adaptor...