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I have been using xbmc on several mac minis for years now, and am now getting tired of all the loading everytime i want to watch something. I was wondering, is it possible to install xbmc on a mac mini in a way that it bypasses the whole osx loading and goes straight into xbmc via custom os of some kind so that load time gets cut down to like 5 seconds or something.
This would be similar to loading xbmc on a firetv. Instant on. thats what i want to now do with my mac minis. I would still prefer to have an osx partition, but would liek to have a second default partition which would be the xbmc partition.
if this is possible please let me know.
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Thanks so much. That looks like exactly what I'm looking for. Now before I get into the nitty gritty and get my hands dirty with partitions and that kind of stuff, how fast can i expect openelec to boot into xbmc/kodi? Are we talking 10-15 seconds fast?
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You should just install it on an usb stick and try it out - no need to wipe your internal drive imo. It boots in about 10 secs or so i guess (from fast usb stick)
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I've been interested about installing openelec into my mac mini but I've never found and easy guide to install it ¿Is there an easy way to do it?
thanks
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Or just let your mini sleep instead of powering it off each time. Voila, Instant Kodi.
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Sharing media from NAS via NFS (optical out to receiver, HDMI to TV) | TV remote with CEC / Bluetooth keyboard