Transforming a Mac Mini G4 to a Media Center: Part 2

Screen sharing Mac Mini (Tiger) from a iMac (Leopard)
One of the reasons I previously installed Leopard on my Mini was I wanted the screen sharing feature. I was happy to find out that I can screen share from Leopard by simply tweaking some settings on Tiger.

I simply went to Sharing in the System Preferences of my Mini, and enable Apple Remote Desktop. I then saw Mac Mini show up on my Shared list in Finder on my iMac (Leopard). And that allowed me to screen share between Leopard and Tiger.

USB Ports:
The Mac Mini G4 only has 2 USB ports. So I’m going to use a shiny white 4 port hub (model no. U2H-G4S2WH) from Elecom I bought awhile ago.



So what are going to be used for the four ports:

• to charge my Plantronics 640 Bluetooth headset
  
• my iPhone TV&Battery dongle
  
• the Keyspan Front Row Control
  
• open
  

Let there be sound
And the other USB port on my Mini will be used for my USB powered speaker - Yamaha NX-U02. (My review is here.)


A summary
So what do I have so far:

Additional Software:

• Activate Front Row
  
• Perian
  

Additional Hardware:

• Keyspan’s Front Row Control
  
• iPod touch and iPhone with Remote app
  
• Elecom USB 4 Port Hub
  
• Yamaha NX-U02
  

Other:

• Enabled Mini for Apple Remote Desktop so I can screen share with Leopard