Experience with Mach2 Music Server?

Cfluxa, see Paulfolbrecht's post on 1/08. He experiences the same.

The need to contact Apple tech support bolsters my argument that in comparison to a CD player, the MacMini source is not plug and play.

I'm one who believes computers should be like telephones. You don't have to study a manual to use a telephone, and you don't have to spend any time configuring a telephone to use it. You plug it in and dial. Same thing with a CD player. I don't think any of us ever had to read a manual to operate a CD player. The telephone and the CD player are plug and play.

In my dictionary, computers are not plug and play.

01-09-11: Cfluxa
Tvad - you shouldn't need to re-enter a password to reconnect to screen sharing, either.

Screen sharing does not require a password, but it does require entering the name of the host computer when starting Screen sharing.

VNC viewing does require a password. I use both methods to connect with different devices (VNC with an iPod Touch).

Tvad - you're quite right, of course, and I have no interest in an argument here. My plug and play comment was more in reference to the experience of using the setup once the kinks are all worked out. But IMHO, all the pain in suffering of dealing with Apple tech support and whatnot is worth it - once properly configured, I think the experience is a lot easier than using a CD player in many key respects.

I think you may be correct about VNC viewing - I tried it briefly a while ago and found it cumbersome. I'm sorry I'm not able to tell you precisely how I arrived in my current state of password-free, screen-sharing bliss - I'm no techie and got help getting there and it has been a while since I fiddled with it. That said, I would urge you to check the preference settings for Sharing and Network for both your Mini and your MacBook Pro. At any rate, I can testify that there is an a better way - I hope that being able to tell you that at least gives some hope. If all else fails, I would encourage you to gather your resolve and dial 800-MY-APPLE.

I'm sorry I'm not able to tell you precisely how I arrived in my current state of password-free, screen-sharing bliss -
Cfluxa (Answers | This Thread)

Again, I also don't require a password to begin Screen Sharing. If what you mean to say is that you also don't have to enter the Mini's host name after opening the Screen Sharing application and clicking "New" in the Connection menu, or that you don't have to make a couple of other clicks to enable Screen Sharing with the Mini (e.g. by opening a new window in Finder, clicking on the Mini under the "Shared" heading, and clicking on Share Screen in the upper right of the window), then I don't know how you got there, and I've studied the Networking and Screen Sharing Preferences very carefully.

I have no interest in spending time on the phone with Apple tech support.

01-09-11: Cfluxa
My plug and play comment was more in reference to the experience of using the setup once the kinks are all worked out...I think the experience is a lot easier than using a CD player in many key respects.

Here, I think we'll have to agree to disagree.

Tvad - I don't ever open the Screen Sharing application, clicking "New" or any of that - I follow the latter procedure, going to Finder and clicking on the Mini under the shared heading and then clicking on Share Screen in the upper right, as you say. Just a few clicks - no typing of passwords or host names involved, and I find the process pretty painless, but I guess YMMV.

Sorry to hear the setup isn't floating your boat. Sounds like you're a man who doesn't have a whole lot of romance with the Apple scene and whatnot, and I can certainly synpathize and respect that.