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A package fro Amazon arrived today, an articulated microphone stand.
I started up Zoom to check the audio and video (wondering how much it intruded into the view) and was amazed to note that until I placed my hand or some other body part behind the microphone, it was invisible to Zoom even when it was only six inches away from my mouth.
Most impressive. The audio is also without any booming or echoes, which is why I bought the thing in the first place.
The specifications of the Satechi expansion dock/stand as used with my Mac mini say the three USB-A ports are not capable of charging an iPhone or iPad and the USB-C port is data-only. Well, that "data-only” USB-C port is happily charging my iPad Mini right now…
Here’s a nice bit of kit. Mac Minis do not have mictophones and the ones offered by webcame or iPhones used as wecams are too boomy or exho too much. I have some good over-the eat headphones with an excellent boom mic but being the over the ear type, too much audio is blocked out.
Earbids like my Anker Liberty 4s ot AirPods Pro work OK bur their limited battery is an issue for the longer Mac User group Zoom meetings which run from 8:30am to 4pm on the first Saturday of each month.
What I needed was a good USB mic and I’ve bought one, just happened to be on sale at a local retailer with a ⅓ price discount. Comes with gooseneck and tripod mounts, I use the latter with it perched on top of the Mac Mini.
A great mic, no more boominess or echoes. And its volume up/down buttons also control the mac’s system volume.
Got all the new bits together for the Mac Mini: a Satechi dock/stand incorporating a 512GB M.2 SSD to complement the Mac's 512GB of storage. The dock adds three USB-A data ports, one USB-C data port, audio out and SD/Micro SD card readers. None of the dock's ports can charge an iPhone or iPad, or connect an Apple SuperDrive but the back of the Mac Mini has a Thunderbolt 4 port and two USB 3.0 power & data ports, all unused. The Sound system is a combined 15W subwoofer/2.1 stereo external sound card and powered 3-port USB 2 ports. I just use one of those for a new 1080p webcam but I can use a mobile phone for that job.
A couple of months ago I bought a 28-in 4k monitor that looks really good. The last piece of the assemblage arrived today: a Magic Keyboard with Touch ID.
M1 Mac Mini set up and working fine. Now.
There was a glitch in System Settings whereby no apps were appearing in the Full Disk Access, Files & Folders and Accessibilities sections of Security and Privacy. I couldn't add apps manually either.
Reinstalling macOS 13.0.1 fixed the problems.
My Mac Mini was delivered today. I won't have any time to set it up until Sunday though. I'm recording a couple of hours of a Zoom meeting I'm participating in tomorrow, so I want a reliable machine to do that with, the Mac mini is untried.
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