If I buy a Mac Mini, I get the additional benefits of the Apple ecosystem, macOS (which I am accustomed to), and OS update. Not sure why I had to take this mysterious detour - probably something local to my machine, but if you're having trouble after following the guide above, see if it helps. As far as I know, all of these can be accomplished on both platforms, which leaves me stuck as to which one to choose. Just to be clear, leave the original file where it is, untouched and unharmed throughout this step. After which, I was able to delete the duplicated file and everything now works without issue. Other Macs include HDMI connectors too - the Retina MacBook Pro, for example, as well as the new Mac Pro. You should be able to type in your user/pass and, voila, you're at your Mac Mini's desktop. Just activate Finder and, in the menu bar, click Go > Connect to Server. Thats one of the beauties of using a Mac mini as a media center - its really designed to work easily with a television. Now that all that's set up you should be able to access your Mac Mini's desktop from anywhere in the world. What I did was duplicate that file in the same folder and changed the duplicate's name to 'index.html', leaving the original in situ.Д«oth local and user sites then loaded. If youre working with any Mac mini made since 2010, you just need to get an HDMI cable to connect it your HDTV. This contains the text 'It works!' referred to in the post. However, if, like me, you still can't get the local host site to load, try the following: You should find a file at /Library/WebServer/Documents/. I tried logging out and back in (still no joy), then restarting the mac (still no joy). Just a note, in case anyone has the same issue.

Setting up a mac mini as a server