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I don’t pay for an expensive NAS or even a Raspberry Pi.
5 Ways I Use my M1 Mac Mini as a Home Server!
You can easily set up a personal NAS, Pi-hole, Plex Server, and more.
Apple Silicon Macs are incredible machines. They demolish the playground of inexpensive computers by introducing energy efficient beasts to tackle challenges without breaking a sweat.
Since upgrading to an M3 Mac, my M1 Mac Mini has been collecting dust in the closet. So I wanted to do something useful with it.
Fortunately, being a geek pays off; it made me imagine an inexpensive solution to utilise the Mac Mini as a home server.
I made it work after a month of research, failure, and experiments.
The best part? It’s almost dead-silent and incredibly energy efficient!
The Mac Mini’s power consumption never surpassed 25 watts! And that’s on a full load, streaming 4K content and running multiple apps.
Five ways I use my M1 Mac Mini as a Home Server are to:
- Share external drives over network and use it as NAS.
- Host a powerful media server and play 4K media on Apple TV.
- Get rid of (most) advertisement on my…
