Minecraft won't work on my mac mini

I just got a mac mini a1176 and I downloaded minecraft fresh off the site. I started it up, it downloaded, I clicked play, that part downloaded, but right as the game was about to come up it closed and the launcher came back up saying:
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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /Users/prestonames/Library/Application Support/minecraft/versions/1.7.10/1.7.10-natives-1434212097663284000/liblwjgl.jnilib: Library not loaded: @rpath/libjawt.dylib Referenced from: /Users/prestonames/Library/Application Support/minecraft/versions/1.7.10/1.7.10-natives-1434212097663284000/liblwjgl.jnilib Reason: image not found
at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1861)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1778)
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:823)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1045)
at org.lwjgl.Sys$1.run(Sys.java:73)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.Sys.doLoadLibrary(Sys.java:66)
at org.lwjgl.Sys.loadLibrary(Sys.java:95)
at org.lwjgl.Sys.<clinit>(Sys.java:112)
at bao.K(SourceFile:2173)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:72)
"""
I don't know anything about mac and I don't know why it wont work. I have tried using different releases/versions but nothing works. Please help.

Prestonian said:

I just got a mac mini a1176...

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This model designation refers to 5 different Mac-Mini models. To figure things out…it may help to know the exact Mac-Mini model you have. Also…let us know how much ram it has.

- Nick

I don't know anything about mac other thatn what i could figure out in 2 hours last night but I did find this, hopefully it is helpful:
Hardware Overview:

Model Name: Mac mini
Model Identifier: Macmini1,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 1.83 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MM11.0055.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.3f4
Serial Number (system): G86383BCW0D
Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0016CBA6CC8F

Thanks for the info. Sorry…there was one other bit of info I should have asked for…and that's what OS version is it running?

This Mac-Mini is an older model from September, 2006. From my searching…it appears to meet the Minecraft hardware system requirements. In that searching Java is mentioned quite a bit. So unless you know for sure…make sure you have the newest version of Java installed that the Mini supports.

The reason why I asked what OS version it's running. The newer the OS version…maybe the newer the Java version it can run. Which may help overall.

Max. OS for this Mini is 10.6.8.

- Nick

It's running 10.6.3 so what do you suggest that I do? And why won't it run Minecraft and what do i do about that?

Prestonian said:

It's running 10.6.3 so what do you suggest that I do? And why won't it run Minecraft and what do i do about that?

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First I would (if you want to) update the OS to 10.6.8.

As far as what to do then. I suggested above to make sure the computer has the latest version of Java installed (that it will support). The latest Java update it will support I think will come with the list of updates that will accompany the OS update to 10.6.8.

- Nick

Thanks Nick, I hope it works.

Not sure what my problem is, but it won't let me download the new software. I check for software updates, it finds five updates, downloads them, and asks me if I want to restart my computer now. But whether I click "restart now" or "not now" and then restart manually, it just displays the original desktop, the space picture, and the mouse is still there but nothing else is. Then it just sits there and won't do anything, I can move the mouse, and any key that I press on the keyboard just makes a noise except for the windows button (I am using a windows keyboard).

Maybe give this a try:

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399?locale=en_US

- Nick

Never mind I think I figured it out.