Mac mini Setup

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The following instructions provide the auto enrollment instructions for customers managed by Twocanoes and the initial manual setup. The setups for the admin computer, contains the apps and resources to restore Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

Items Required

The following items should be gathered ahead of time.

  1. M4 Mac mini with 2 TB SSD
  2. Ethernet network connection
  3. Acroname Hub3c
  4. Six (6) USB-C to USB-C cables labeled 0 through 5 on each end.

Manual Setup Additional Requirements.

  1. 1 GB or larger USB flash drive formatted as FAT32
  2. Apple ID to download software from App Store
  3. Software Licenses

Automatic Enrollment

For customers being managed by Twocanoes MDM.

Set Up Mac Mini and Download Resources

  1. Plug Mac Mini to power, Ethernet, HDMI, Keyboard, and mouse. 
  2. Turn on the Mac mini.
  3. DO NOT SELECT ANYTHING. This may stop the automatic enrollment process. The auto enrollment process starts after 20 seconds, after 45 it will advance to Device Enrollment screen and the process will finish after 2 minutes. If the auto-enroll process does not start after 2 minutes, restart the machine. 
  4. Once the Mac has been enrolled the Mac will begin to download resources. Note: Depending on internet speeds this may take awhile. A log screen will appear over the login window while downloading the resources.  If the Mac is restarted during the this process contact support@twocanoes.com to restart the the download process.
  5. Once the resources are downloaded, the log screen will close and the login screen will be available and the Mac will annouce setup in complete.
  6. Login to the Mac
    • Username: apple
    • Password: apple
  7. Open Apple Configurator from the dock and agree to the SLA.

Set Up Acroname Hub

  1. Plug the power supply into the wall and into the back of the Acroname Hub. Verify that the blue light on the power supply turns on.
  2. For the USB-C cables labeled 1 to 5, plug in each cable to the corresponding port on the hub. For example, the cable labeled “1” plugs into port 1 on the front of the Acroname hub.
  3. Connect the cable labeled “0” from the Acroname Hub to a USB-C port on the front of the Mac mini.