I found a battery pack with an AC outlet, strapped it to the Mac mini, and turned it into a portable, headless computer companion for Apple Vision Pro. Here’s how it went.
There was never any doubt that the new Mac mini could be turned into a tiny battery-powered Mac, but there were a lot of questions about the execution of such a project. Not all AC outlets are created equal, so I went shopping for the lowest-priced, smallest-sized battery pack that could still provide enough wattage to keep a Mac mini powered on.
I found a no-name Amazon product sold in the Paopaoyu Store, one of those odd brands that don’t seem to have a real website or presence outside of Amazon. Its SEO-optimized listing calls it the “Portable Laptop Power Bank 100W AC Outlet, 72Wh/20000mAh with 65W PD USB C Portable Laptop Charger, External Battery Pack for MacBook, Notebooks, Laptops.”
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