Setting Up ?

[steve16]

Hi
Finally took the plunge an went for the Mac Mini... Intend to use it mainly as a media centre. Is there a way to set up Front Row to open when device is switched on. And I guess I will have to have the mouse nearbye for various operations, along with the wireless keypad.
Just need to decide where to store music etc, I believe I can move the Itunes location to the external hard drive and set up to look there.
Any advise about setting up would be most welcome and may well save a marriage !!!

Thanks

Steve

 

[iZach]

Go to system preferences>accounts>login items>+
then add front row (applications>front row) and make sure it's not check marked in the list.

 

[richsadams]

Howto: Building a Mac Mini Home Media Center - karlo.org

 

[toMACsh]

NBC.com - The Marriage Ref

 

[richsadams]

nbc.com - the marriage ref

ha! Lmao!!

 

[richsadams]

Oh, and FWIW I've used Front Row and Plex, but I'm finding the new Boxee to be outstanding and better than either one IMHO. Not sure how/if it works for our UK cousins though.

 

[djyaryar]

Also, I find Hulu - Labs: Hulu Desktop to be a great application for media centers (running it on a linux based system at the moment and its wonderous)

 

[richsadams]

Also, I find Hulu - Labs: Hulu Desktop to be a great application for media centers (running it on a linux based system at the moment and its wonderous)

It is nice indeed. The great thing about Boxee is that it feeds Hulu directly from within it's own offerings...sometimes I forget which app I'm using! It's kind of like having the best of both worlds.