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- Your Mac's Specs
- MBP 15" 2.6GHz i7 16GB 1T; Mini (late 2012) 2.3GHz i7 16GB 1TB; iPhone 5; iPad 3; AppleTV2
Fairly new to Mac so still lots to learn...
I have a 2-month old Mac mini that doesn't get used all that much so far but It's always been totally silent. I'm doing an initial backup to an online backup service and the latest batch of files has been backing up since Tuesday night so I'm staying away from that computer mostly.
This morning I checked the progress of the backup and I noticed that my iTunes icon was jumping and there was a message hidden under the backup window "The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (35)." I left that as is figuring I'd deal with it tonight when I have more time.
When I stopped home at lunch time to check the backup status I heard a loud hissing sound coming from the direction of the Mini. As I got closer I realized it was coming from within the mini and I'm guessing it's a fan (which I never knew the mini had). When I opened the iTunes window I saw the spinning beachball - and figured it had probably been doing so since whenever the "error 35" began.
I was unable to click anything in iTunes - needed to Force Quit. When I did that, the fan stopped and the Mini became silent again but the top/bottom were noticeably warmer than usual.
I've been backing up at various times from the Mini and never heard the fan and never felt the top/bottom heating up. I use it standing on it's side with plenty about an inch of space on either side for ventilation.
Any idea what might be going on? Is there, in fact, a fan inside the late 2012 Mac Mini? an could the spin up of the fan be related to the iTunes Error 35 and the spinning beachball?
I have a 2-month old Mac mini that doesn't get used all that much so far but It's always been totally silent. I'm doing an initial backup to an online backup service and the latest batch of files has been backing up since Tuesday night so I'm staying away from that computer mostly.
This morning I checked the progress of the backup and I noticed that my iTunes icon was jumping and there was a message hidden under the backup window "The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (35)." I left that as is figuring I'd deal with it tonight when I have more time.
When I stopped home at lunch time to check the backup status I heard a loud hissing sound coming from the direction of the Mini. As I got closer I realized it was coming from within the mini and I'm guessing it's a fan (which I never knew the mini had). When I opened the iTunes window I saw the spinning beachball - and figured it had probably been doing so since whenever the "error 35" began.
I was unable to click anything in iTunes - needed to Force Quit. When I did that, the fan stopped and the Mini became silent again but the top/bottom were noticeably warmer than usual.
I've been backing up at various times from the Mini and never heard the fan and never felt the top/bottom heating up. I use it standing on it's side with plenty about an inch of space on either side for ventilation.
Any idea what might be going on? Is there, in fact, a fan inside the late 2012 Mac Mini? an could the spin up of the fan be related to the iTunes Error 35 and the spinning beachball?