17/01/  · Yes, you could off-load your Home Folder to it but it over-complicates things. You can alternatively store singular data on it, but if you were to do that, there should be redundancy. Ideally look at some low-cost RAIDs either from LaCie or G-Tech. Also have another USB hard drive setup as the Time Machine backup to the internal SSD.

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The following three steps only apply to Mac minis equipped with a PCIe SSD. Skip the next three steps if your Mac mini only has a hard drive. Remove the two 2.6 mm T6 screws securing the PCIe SSD cable bracket. One comment Step 19 Remove the PCIe SSD cable bracket. Add a comment Step 20 Lift the PCIe SSD connector up off its socket. 5 comments

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23/01/  · Storage can be expanded by adding an external drive. Apple specifications state the internal drive has speeds up to 3.4 GB/s. Samsung specifications state the X5 Thunderbolt 3 SSD has speeds up to 2.8 GB/s. So storage can be expanded by adding an external Samsung X5 drive, albeit at a 18% drop in speed.

25/03/  · A: For the Mac mini the memory is as you state soldered to the logic board, as such it is generally regarded as impossible to upgrade the memory. This leaves the only option as being to sell it and buy a better model. In theory one could unsolder the existing chips and solder new bigger capacity ones, this indeed did use to be commonly

All you need to do is open Disk Utility, right-click on the new hard drive (it should be a long string of numbers and letters, anything but 'APPLE HDD'), and select Erase. Give the volume a new

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23/06/  · Clone your existing HDD to the SSD. Boot from the SSD to verify everything is working properly. Replace the HDD with the SSD. You can then use the HDD as a backup or

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02/08/  · Adding a 2nd Drive to Mac Mini Late 2012. I recently acquired a 2.6GHz i7 Late Mac Mini with 8GB RAM. It currently has a 1TB HDD in the "Lower" bay. I would like to add a second drive (SSD) and install the OS and apps on that. Then use the 1TB HDD for file storage and as a repository. I have watched the OWC and iFixit videos several times

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21/08/  · There is a second drive that is undetectable because faulty or badly connected, You can find out which it is by simply opening the black plastic bottom and looking, no "process" required. In the picture of what you will see when opening the back, I have indicated the two connectors for the two possible disks with red arrows.

20/03/  · To do this, open Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app and click on the grey drive icon at the left-edge of the window. If you see "Lower" after the "Connection ID" at the bottom-left corner of the window, you may proceed using the standard installation instructions.

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