Run a mac mini through a rMBP monitor.

[inscrewtable]

It looks like I am going to purchase a mac mini for a friend and I will be wanting to set it up and then send it to her whereupon she can plug her monitor in.

However I only have a rMBP and I don't have any other monitor I can use so I was wondering if I can somehow use the screen on the rMBP connected to the mac mini just so that I can see what I'm doing on the mini in order to set it up.

 

[Tsuchiya]

It can't be done conventionally, the ports are meant to be "out" only:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1400347/

 

[FreakinEurekan]

It looks like I am going to purchase a mac mini for a friend and I will be wanting to set it up and then send it to her whereupon she can plug her monitor in.

However I only have a rMBP and I don't have any other monitor I can use so I was wondering if I can somehow use the screen on the rMBP connected to the mac mini just so that I can see what I'm doing on the mini in order to set it up.

Do you have a TV with HDMI input? The Mac Mini has HDMI-out.

 

[inscrewtable]

Do you have a TV with HDMI input? The Mac Mini has HDMI-out.

That's a great idea, I don't have a TV so it didn't even occur to me. I'm sure I can borrow a tv monitor in order to set it up. thanks.