I currently have a 2012 quad-core i7 Mac Mini, with an SSD and 16GB of RAM. Currently running Mac OS Monterey via OCLP, which I found the most stable. Honestly it works great, but for various (mostly software support-related) reasons, I think it may be time for an upgrade.
One annoying thing I discovered in my research, is that more recent Minis - from the 2018 Mac mini, to the Apple Silicon series - did away with the dedicated stereo line-input audio jack. I don't often need to use this, but it has come in handy recently when digitising old audio tapes. It would be nice to have the option to still do that if I upgrade. (The other thing that is annoying to lose is the FW800 port, which I sometimes use as I like to fiddle with vintage Macs and Firewire drives are a fast way to move files!)
What would be the best way to re-gain audio input on these modern Macs? Would something like this suffice? I am a bit confused as to what's required - it doesn't have to be particularly high end, the sound that I would need to record is just speech and mono I believe.
One annoying thing I discovered in my research, is that more recent Minis - from the 2018 Mac mini, to the Apple Silicon series - did away with the dedicated stereo line-input audio jack. I don't often need to use this, but it has come in handy recently when digitising old audio tapes. It would be nice to have the option to still do that if I upgrade. (The other thing that is annoying to lose is the FW800 port, which I sometimes use as I like to fiddle with vintage Macs and Firewire drives are a fast way to move files!)
What would be the best way to re-gain audio input on these modern Macs? Would something like this suffice? I am a bit confused as to what's required - it doesn't have to be particularly high end, the sound that I would need to record is just speech and mono I believe.
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