872: The Mighty Mac mini

Sparky swapped his Mac Studio for an M6 Mac mini, and he breaks down everything a Mac mini can do as an always-on home server: backups, automations, app hosting, Plex, Docker, and more!

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Stephen Robles
David Sparks

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Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer
Kerry Provanzano

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