Yes very much so.
Here are a couple of forum search results:
There are probably more. Use the search function at the top of the forum.
For the complex scenario, you could use a trigger for an automation with multiple conditions.
For the Mac Mini, I would suggest installing Ubuntu Server 20.04 as the OS, then running the Docker version of Home Assistant.
https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-docker-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts-focal-fossa
just use the nuc image. runs out of the box. but no wifi or bluetooth.
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That was a 7 month old post.
i know. i added it to help others googling it 
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The NUC image doesn’t seem to boot out of the box for me. Seems to hang in the EFI menu on my mac mini.
I’m not giving up yet. If I figure it out, I’ll come back with more info,
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what year mini?
how did you copy the image til the internal disk? i took the disk out and used balenaetcher
i have 2 running. one 2012 and one 2010.
also make sure firmware is updated. catalina fully updated will update it (but install it on the internal disk)
Mine is a 2011 I think. I didn’t pull the drives out. I was trying to see if it would boot from USB, so I burned the image to an SSD, connected it via USB, and held down option at boot.
Honestly, I’ve not anything with it since.
wont boot if you use external usb
Use Virtualbox and set up a VM for HA, totally negates any Mac specific issues. You can follow any of the dozens of Youtube and other guides out there, up and running in no time and makes support so much simpler as you’ll be in the majority.
slow and actually more diffecult that just burning the image and boot… i been there
this is my 2012 mini running 4 cameraes in motioneye and adguard and other stuff…
That’s nice for you, doesn’t seem to be Meaulnes experience either so obviously is more difficult than really simple.
i thought it was difficult and tried boot loaders and other magic stuff. almost gave up and then i just wrote the image to the internal drive and it booted and has run ever since, so its just a question of doing it right.
if you think using a vm is easier then writing an image. its fine. your time is yours its usable and i used it for 6 months. i just found it buggy and slow on my mini. i had 3 occasions where the image in virtualbox got corrupted. (solved by resizing the image luckily)
Fair enough, but installing it as a VM takes all of five minutes tops and is 100% reliable and fast for most people.
I’ve installed HA OS on my 2010 Mac Mini Server.
Before any further expense, I tested with Balena Etcher and my iMac 24 (M1) and Thunderbolt3 to Thunberbolt 2 to FireWire800. Booted the Mini in Target Disk. Installed the HA OS image as per instructions for generic x86
Perfect. No issue.
But I wanted to replace the 12 year old HDD with a new SSD.
For whatever reason, using the FireWire method, I could only ever format the SSD. Writing the HA OS took a long time (hours) and would ultimately fail.
Ordered a SATA dock with USB3 and a USB3 type B to USB-C cable.
Balena Etcher and the SSD on the dock finished the flash in a couple minutes and was flawless (much like the first step with the HDD).
HA OS doesn’t know of the Mini wifi, and the Bluetooth is recognised, but fails to load.
Solution: TP-Link USB dongles for Bluetooth 5 and wifi.
Both are discovered and function without additional apt or wget.
*** eth0 is the main network, wlan0 is used only for the VLAN reserved for Alexa. Although Alexa can be communicated with inter-vlan after discovery, the only way for her to discover devices (ie Nodered entities) is to be on the same vlan as the (faux)Hue Bridge. Hence my need for an additional network interface.
Also added the Sonoff Zigbee 3 via USB (to replace the deconz).
All of this is to migrate from an Rpi3+ to something bigger and faster, and coincidentally my unused Mac Mini 2010 Server accomplishes this quite nicely.
So, it can be done!
SSD 60$
TP-Link ACS-1300 25$
TP-Link BT5 15$
Sonoff Zigbee 28$
(all from Amazon.ca in CAD)
hi Lewis,
About to try this on an old mini - just wondering how it is going a few months down the track.
Fantastic!
So much faster and more reliable than RPi3
The only additional thing I did was increase the RAM from 4GB to 8GB.
The Mac Mini had the orignal 4GB and I noticed that it was often hitting 80%.
I also had an old iMac with the same type of RAM, but at 8GB.
Since changing that, there is always headroom of 50%+ on RAM utilisation.
There has only been one instance where my August lock was non-responsive and it seemed to be that the BT dongle was not loaded, or crashed or whatever.
A hardware reboot solved that issue.
Hi,
I’m also running HAOS on a 2010 Mac mini.
Do you know whether it’s possible to get the integrated Bluetooth adapter working? Or is it basically impossible?
I try to limit the amount of stuff sticking out of the Mac (as it’s a fine piece of hardware otherwise).
Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Remco Poelstra
Hi,
I run HA on my 2010 Mac mini as well, on MacOS El Capitan, which is the latest MacOS version supported on this Mac Mini. It’s running in a Python 3.10 venv.
I run it like that, because I have other server type stuff running on it, like a webserver and mail server.
The HAOS can “see” the integrated Bluetooth, but it is not able to function properly.
I have three USB dongles: BT, WiFi, and Sonoff Zigbee
Similar for WiFi, internal is not available or supported by HAOS (doesn’t even “see” the integrated WiFi).
Yes, I use the wired LAN port for my main network access. The WiFi dongle is to provide a same-subnet point for Alexa devices to communicate with Home Assistant.
Explained: my Alexa subnet is only able to access other Alexas, the HA Server, and the internet. I don’t want Alexa to be sniffing around on what else goes on!
Now, it is possible to temporarily join one Alexa Echo device to my main network for Discovery, and everything still works when isolating Alexa back to the restricted subnet. However, if / when I make any changes in HA and want to update Alexa, I must first put one back in my main network, do the discovery, etc. and move her back to the isolated network.
That’s why I use a WiFi dongle on my Mac Mini.