Configuring MagicMirror2 on raspberry pi

[Miserablegit]

I thought it would be a good idea to have an electronic family calendar to try to keep track of various appointments etc.

After looking around I thought a raspberry pi connected to the kitchen TV would be good.

A bit more digging suggested I shoud use the magic mirror software as I could add weather forecasts etc.

After about 24hours of breaking things I've mananged to install the Magicmirror OS on the pi and it boots into a display fine.
Problem is I cannot work out how to configure/personalise it.
I can't seem to SSH into the pi from my macbook and I can't access a terminal from the Magicmirror- screen just goes blank.
I've looked at various guides on the net but cannot find a guide for an idiot such as me.

Is anyone able to point me in the right direction please
thanks in advance

[nyt]

have you enabled SSH?
https://www.google.com/search?q=raspberry+pi+enabl...

Apologies if this is too simple minded

[Miserablegit]

One thing i hate about these forums is posting a really difficult problem that has taken hours to try to fix and some wiseguy pops up with an obvious fix that anyone who wasn't completely stupid would have already tried.

I hadn't enabled SSH


Many thanks for your help!
Now done! I had made the fatal assumption that it would alreay have been enabled in the image as there seems to be no other way to configure it.....

[ARHarh]

we all start somewhere, raspberry pi's are great bits of kit for the price and once you get used to them it is easy. It can become addictive though I have 6 running here doing various jobs, and 3 old ones waiting for a task. it all started with buying one to learn more about Linux about 8 years ago.

[Miserablegit]

They are wonderful bits of kit that I've messed around with over the years but mainly from a hardware interfacing point - still get stuck on network issues

[AJB88]

I've got an original pi in the draw which has hardly been used, my everyday machine is a LG Chromebase that runs ElementaryOS and has 8gb ram installed but noticed recently its starting to lag behind.

Wondering if to get a Pi 400 and run that instead with Elementary OS 6 installed on it.