This was one of the clearest, most well-videoed TH-cam video I've ever watched. Everything was clear, well explained. I had absolutely no questions. I watched it through once to be sure that I wanted to undertake the project, then I bought the same SSD (2TB) and Torx tools on Amazon. As I did the work, I keep stopping and playing the video back step by step. Going slowly, the entire upgrade took a little over an hour. The one thing I figured out on my own was to get a plastic box with multiple wells, suitable for storing each set of screws in a separate well. I wrote down what each group was for so that I never had to guess. It make the whole process much less stressful.
Jan 2021-THIS IS STILL THE SIMPLEST EXPLANATION on how to upgrade your Mac Mini...I am buy a 1 TB Crucial SSD for $84.00 today and popping it in...thanks for your almost 8 yr old video!!!
Matt Im going to update my mac mini 2012 with in the next couples days. Do you notice a speed difference? Right now Catalina takes forever to open stuff with my original drive.
You made it look simple.. and it was. Today I have fitted a Samsung 840 pro 256 to my mid 2011 baseline mini. and its like I have a brand new machine. Absolutely marvellous.
Just wanted to say thank you for this video - I know changing the RAM isn't rocket science, but I'd never done it on a Mini before and was glad to see someone going through it. I've installed the full 16GB allowance and it's working like a dream. Thanks again!!
Bro this changed my life! Thank you so much! My 2012 mini runs like my mum's $3500 Mac book now. And it cost me $350 and some time watching your videos. You do a good thing here man! Thanks again 🙏🙏🙏
Very helpful. It made the job reasonably easy. I might add that newer SSD are now as thin or thinner than the original drive. Thus, they easily fit in but are a bit tricky to get in the exact position. I found that standing the computer on end and letting gravity help made the job easier. Also, because of the thin drive, a tool such as a flat screwdriver is needed under the drive to hold it up when putting in the two mounting screws on top of the antenna grill.
If you are using this with the newest Mac mini you do not have to make the drive bootable you can start up into internet recovery by holding down the option key at boot and than connecting to your wifi.
Hi excellent video thank you some people notice the fan inside the enclosure runs always at full speed. Have you noticed since changing the drive out of the new Mac mini that the fan speed varies, or does it run loud?
Really awesome tutorial! I installed a Kingston SATA III 240GB SSD on my Mac Mini, and now it's faster than ever! The process was actually simpler than I thought when I did it myself :)
Thanks a lot for this very detailed guide. Successfully upgraded my Mac Mini 2012 from HDD to SSD. Another helpful thing is to put a link on how to clone the disks first, took me a while to get that part right.
This was really helpful! I replaced my Mac Mini hdd with a ssd and the stock 4gb of ram with 16gb. The performance increase is incredible. Thanks for the help CJ!
This tutorial is well explained and it's way easier than the other i found on the internet (they disassembled almost completely the machine). I just succeeded upgrading my mac mini, thanks!
thanks for this, it help lots. my gaming pc died so im back using my 2012 mac mini. it was so slow, installed a PNY 120gb ssd, runs insanely fast now. never going back to hdds.
important point you forgot...touch some metal or use a anti static bracelet before touching any board parts. Static could damage the mother board or ram. Good video btw exactly what I was looking for.
Great video - thanks. However, I followed the instructions but when I switch my Mini back on all I get is a icon of a folder with a question mark flashing inside it. Any thoughtS? please and thank you.
Great video. What ssd spec do you need to fit? What size is needed? Is 120GB enough or do you need more? Going to upgrade the RAM and to SSD but how big should I go?
Excellent video! Tho I'm not sure I need the aggravation. Very thorough explanation of the process. I thinking of upgrading my 2012 mini with a solid-state 500 GB drive. Do you think the garden variety Samsung SSD would work OK in an Apple mini?
Excellent Guide. I have gone through so many guides earlier but this guide explains the handling of connectors so beautifully. I request you to make another guide to explain how to replace the drive in the lower bay. In my Mac Mini (Late 2012) the HDD is in the lower bay, which may involve a lot more effort than what is shown here. I guess Apple loves to make things harder for the DIY enthusiasts.
Good Job! I'm going to upgrade to a SSD in mine. Tremendous help, and thanks for highlighting that god awful fan connector. A lot of people have screwed up the MB on removing it. It's nice to see what you're actually dealing with...And thanks for sharing this!
Could this one work? www.amazon.it/Samsung-MZ-75E250B-EU-SATA-Grigio/dp/B00P736UEU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517506331&sr=8-1&keywords=Samsung+EVO+256Gb+SSD
Followed this amazing guide step by step which made this upgrade both quick and easy without danger! Thanks so much for this perfect tutorial, my "new" Mac Mini is running ace!
Your video is so clear and lots of needed cautions! I've been computing forever (My first computer was an Apple II -- not IIe) , but not the insides. I just ordered a mini with memory upgrade and SSD bundle from Newegg. You mention a video upcoming for installing a 2nd drive and making it a fusion. I don't see it. Have you made it yet?? I thought I'd purchase the OWC kit. Any suggestions?
Great video, I just bought a snd hand late 2012 mc mini and intend fitting a Samsung 850 EVO 500gb ssd.You really made this look so simple so I am going to have a go. How do we transfer the data from the old hd to the ssd? Do you have a video for that?
Great video. I think I will get around to doing this after I have sorted out the problem with my dad's mini mac 2009. He has updated his OX on his MacMini when auto-prompted, now he has a problem when using the net, facebook, etc. Apple said his system is now out of date, do you know how I can help him, possibly restore to factory settings? Or upgrade his hardware? Thanks in advance Stevie
I did this today and putting the drive back in correctly was so difficult and the putting the antenna grill back was next to impossible. I was only able to get three screws back in
Have you ever had any issues with the SSD falling into the gap below where you installed it? I'm thinking of doing the same upgrade but I don't want the drive to fall out of place
The instructions make the installation look WAAAY easier than it actually is. I just got a new Mac Mini. The original HDD doesn't just pop out the way the video shows. Mine is wedged in there and I cannot get it out.
I got the logic board partially out. The drive doesn't come out because it's screwed in from the side with two screws. You can't access these screws without taking the logic board out.
This is a very helpful video. I have no problem in taking out the HD without removing the PCBoard. PS: My Mac Mini is 2011 model. PS: The build-in HD is 9.5mm thickness. But I do have problem in removing the connector of the fan.
Okay thank you so much. Also, do you recommend a certain brand of SSD? I'm thinking of upgrading the standard hard drive to a Samsung 840 Pro with 512 GB
Posting for a friend: I tried it on a 2012 core i7 model and when I got to the hard drive it actually had 2 screws on the side which meant I had to remove the logic board to get to the 2 side screws. I was able to do it but it was not as easy as your video. Once I had the SSD in there Internet Restore was quick, had the mac up and running in 40 minutes.
Kelly Schumann hmm ok well thats weird than because all the mac minis I have done do not need the motherboard removed to replace the drive but if you install a second hard drive it does. I have another video on installing the second drive. Also some mac minis came with the upper drive populated instead of the lower this could have been the problem with yours but you managed to get it done, Great Job!
Finally I got it. It's more difficult than shown at video. The plastic side part goes out but not easily. Antenna grid is almost impossible to reassemble perfectly. I had to leave one screw out, it works perfectly however. The business card trick didn't work for me. Instead of this, I just put the macmini vertically, inserted ssd and with the sucker I pulled it until match the two little holes with the screws.
+Voltage Gaming you'd have to google this but i'm pretty sure that built in to the mac theres an option to connect to the internet via wifi or ethernet to install OS X even on a blank drive
I tried this process and everything went rather well. The only problem I had was fitting the SSD. I used a Samsung 850 Pro, 1T. I used the credit card trick, but the screws on the SSD wouldn't go into the retaining holes without more than reasonable force. So, I had to leave out the two retaining screws. The SSD fitted better without them. Thankfully, the two screws in the WiFi grill hold the SSD in place.
my mac mini server is a mail server, domain controller, DNS, calander and contacts server as well as an itunes and printer server in one as well as provide VPN so I needed somethign fast I put in a sate 3 1TB SSD from samsung and it made a massive difference in read write speed so thanks for this
Help I have 2010. I'm upgrading a failed drive to SSHD. There wires on the left side and right side of the original. The new only for the left. My video is mac mini hard drive replacement. Help? Do I need the one on the right?
Awesome review, exactly to the point and the important items were cautiously stressed. Just followed this tutorial virtually in real time and didn't mess anything up... And I could mess up a ham sandwich too.
Apple saw this video and said to themselves “we’ve made it too easy for them to access critical components they’re going to want to upgrade over time! Make it harder next time!”
What's the trick to getting the antenna grill to click back in place properly? Like some other people here, no matter how many times I tried I couldn't get it to sit perfectly flush, so could only secure it with one of the two hex screws. Got it back together and it's working fine but it's missing one hex screw. Annoying.
YepThatsJ I had a few problems with this as well. you need to make sure that one side is seated than the other. Its hard to explain but you can get it by feeling your way. I hope you can get this to work for you. sorry for not being able to put it into words.
CJ Gonzales I understand but I tried for 45min and just gave up I tried everything over and over and deal with computers on a daily basis. Like one of the other people posted I also had a problem with the 2 screws not reaching my hard drive from the wifi grate. I did enjoy your video though. one thing you didn't cover is how in the world do you get the Mac OS installed on the new hard drive I put in?
CJ Gonzales one change you need to make to your video is that you need to screw the hard drive into the wifi grate BEFORE putting the wifi grate back in. if you don't the screws won't reach the hard drive, at first I thought it just wouldn't reach the samsung ssd hard drive but when I had to put back in the factory hard drive the screws wouldn't reach it either. when you screw the hard drive back into the wifi grate it also makes sticking the hard drive back into the mac mini a piece of cake.
At this time my next computer purchase will be a Mac Mini. Is is true the memory can not be upgrade? I don't recall where but it was stated the memory in the new Mac Mini is soldered in and can't be upgraded :-/
Well, you clone your old hard drive to the new SSD first. And then install it. So the SSD will not be empty. Just put it in and boot. There are various cloning softwares in the market (Like "Carbon Copy cloner") that u can use.
I have a machine that clones the hard drive in a few hours. Called a BAUHN Dual Hard Drive Docking Station. Used it to clone and replace all my disk drives so far. It's awesome!
Hello, I am new to Mac computers. Not sure if you can help me, are you familiar with Mac Format set-ups on SSD for being a regular storage drive? I own a Mac Mini 2012, 2.6 Ghz, Intel core i7, Fusion, 16GB Ram, 1TB storage (Run's Great!). But... I want to keep the original HDD as my main OS system (no upgrade) but want to set-up the 2nd bay for the SSD (for my massive storage drive for my Native Instruments Library samples.). Possible? Any recommendations for a SSD? Crucial M550 1TB? Or, Samsung EVO 840 1TB? If possible, setting-it-up this way, what kind of formatting would I do differently after installing the SSD in the computer? Again, the HHD will remain as is (no upgrade); the SSD will be for my rapid-speed Storage use only."
1st time just about got the screws all back, 2nd time for a new 2tb ssd near impossible, one screw hole on the plate edge just would not line up no matter how many times I tried !
This was one of the clearest, most well-videoed TH-cam video I've ever watched. Everything was clear, well explained. I had absolutely no questions. I watched it through once to be sure that I wanted to undertake the project, then I bought the same SSD (2TB) and Torx tools on Amazon. As I did the work, I keep stopping and playing the video back step by step. Going slowly, the entire upgrade took a little over an hour.
The one thing I figured out on my own was to get a plastic box with multiple wells, suitable for storing each set of screws in a separate well. I wrote down what each group was for so that I never had to guess. It make the whole process much less stressful.
Jan 2021-THIS IS STILL THE SIMPLEST EXPLANATION on how to upgrade your Mac Mini...I am buy a 1 TB Crucial SSD for $84.00 today and popping it in...thanks for your almost 8 yr old video!!!
Fantastic, just bought this 2012 Mac mini in Nov2019. Now she’s got a 500GB SSD and 16GB of RAM. Thanks for the great video.
Matt Im going to update my mac mini 2012 with in the next couples days. Do you notice a speed difference? Right now Catalina takes forever to open stuff with my original drive.
Great tutorial. Just did not understood one thing: why take out the H2 screw at 4:52 ?
You made it look simple.. and it was. Today I have fitted a Samsung 840 pro 256 to my mid 2011 baseline mini. and its like I have a brand new machine. Absolutely marvellous.
Just wanted to say thank you for this video - I know changing the RAM isn't rocket science, but I'd never done it on a Mini before and was glad to see someone going through it. I've installed the full 16GB allowance and it's working like a dream. Thanks again!!
Bro this changed my life! Thank you so much! My 2012 mini runs like my mum's $3500 Mac book now. And it cost me $350 and some time watching your videos. You do a good thing here man! Thanks again 🙏🙏🙏
Very helpful. It made the job reasonably easy. I might add that newer SSD are now as thin or thinner than the original drive. Thus, they easily fit in but are a bit tricky to get in the exact position. I found that standing the computer on end and letting gravity help made the job easier. Also, because of the thin drive, a tool such as a flat screwdriver is needed under the drive to hold it up when putting in the two mounting screws on top of the antenna grill.
If you are using this with the newest Mac mini you do not have to make the drive bootable you can start up into internet recovery by holding down the option key at boot and than connecting to your wifi.
Hi excellent video thank you some people notice the fan inside the enclosure runs always at full speed. Have you noticed since changing the drive out of the new Mac mini that the fan speed varies, or does it run loud?
Thanks to this guide I am now typing from a considerably faster 2012 Mac Mini. Cheers!
thank you and enjoy!
Really awesome tutorial! I installed a Kingston SATA III 240GB SSD on my Mac Mini, and now it's faster than ever! The process was actually simpler than I thought when I did it myself :)
Thanks a lot for this very detailed guide. Successfully upgraded my Mac Mini 2012 from HDD to SSD. Another helpful thing is to put a link on how to clone the disks first, took me a while to get that part right.
This was really helpful! I replaced my Mac Mini hdd with a ssd and the stock 4gb of ram with 16gb. The performance increase is incredible. Thanks for the help CJ!
No it is held in place by 2 metal stubs on one side ans by the sata connector on the other you shouldn't have any problems with it falling.
This tutorial is well explained and it's way easier than the other i found on the internet (they disassembled almost completely the machine). I just succeeded upgrading my mac mini, thanks!
thanks for this, it help lots. my gaming pc died so im back using my 2012 mac mini. it was so slow, installed a PNY 120gb ssd, runs insanely fast now. never going back to hdds.
important point you forgot...touch some metal or use a anti static bracelet before touching any board parts. Static could damage the mother board or ram. Good video btw exactly what I was looking for.
Great video. Just sent this to my 15 year old daughter to upgrade her mac mini exactly as you instructed! Thanks.
Great video. Made it super easy to upgrade my Mini to an SSD drive. It took less than 30 minutes from start to finish.
Great video - thanks. However, I followed the instructions but when I switch my Mini back on all I get is a icon of a folder with a question mark flashing inside it. Any thoughtS? please and thank you.
Redboot I also get this!! help needed
Great video. What ssd spec do you need to fit? What size is needed? Is 120GB enough or do you need more? Going to upgrade the RAM and to SSD but how big should I go?
Excellent video! Tho I'm not sure I need the aggravation. Very thorough explanation of the process. I thinking of upgrading my 2012 mini with a solid-state 500 GB drive. Do you think the garden variety Samsung SSD would work OK in an Apple mini?
Great video, not quite related but is there any speed loss using a USB 3.0 hard drive for an OS ?
Yes USB 3.0 protocol is not as fast as SATA for main system drive. It will work but expect some performance difference.
digitalmediafan If it's Mac OS X or Windows it will be really slow on USB 3.0...
Awesome guide! I'm just waiting for my tools to arrive so I can do the same thing on my Mac Mini 2014. Thanks.
Eloy Melo just an FYI you can’t replace the ram in the 2014
@@cjgonzales1900 thank you for the advice! Happy new year from Brazil.
Excellent Guide. I have gone through so many guides earlier but this guide explains the handling of connectors so beautifully. I request you to make another guide to explain how to replace the drive in the lower bay. In my Mac Mini (Late 2012) the HDD is in the lower bay, which may involve a lot more effort than what is shown here. I guess Apple loves to make things harder for the DIY enthusiasts.
Good Job! I'm going to upgrade to a SSD in mine. Tremendous help, and thanks for highlighting that god awful fan connector. A lot of people have screwed up the MB on removing it. It's nice to see what you're actually dealing with...And thanks for sharing this!
Just used your guide to upgrade my 2012 Mac Mini to a Samsung EVO 500Gb SSD and 16Gb of Crucial memory. Awesome! Thanks!
Could this one work? www.amazon.it/Samsung-MZ-75E250B-EU-SATA-Grigio/dp/B00P736UEU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517506331&sr=8-1&keywords=Samsung+EVO+256Gb+SSD
Followed this amazing guide step by step which made this upgrade both quick and easy without danger!
Thanks so much for this perfect tutorial, my "new" Mac Mini is running ace!
Your video is so clear and lots of needed cautions! I've been computing forever (My first computer was an Apple II -- not IIe) , but not the insides. I just ordered a mini with memory upgrade and SSD bundle from Newegg. You mention a video upcoming for installing a 2nd drive and making it a fusion. I don't see it. Have you made it yet?? I thought I'd purchase the OWC kit. Any suggestions?
Great video, I just bought a snd hand late 2012 mc mini and intend fitting a Samsung 850 EVO 500gb ssd.You really made this look so simple so I am going to have a go. How do we transfer the data from the old hd to the ssd? Do you have a video for that?
I want to find out how transfer the operational system too.
+Rodrigo Freijanes you need a cloning software for mac
CJ Gonzales thanks.
Great video. I think I will get around to doing this after I have sorted out the problem with my dad's mini mac 2009. He has updated his OX on his MacMini when auto-prompted, now he has a problem when using the net, facebook, etc. Apple said his system is now out of date, do you know how I can help him, possibly restore to factory settings? Or upgrade his hardware? Thanks in advance
Stevie
I did this today and putting the drive back in correctly was so difficult and the putting the antenna grill back was next to impossible. I was only able to get three screws back in
Thank you for this. Is it necessary to put in the new hard drive? Will it not be much faster with just more memory?
Best tutorial! Worked great, and I didn't even have to remove the logic board! Thanks
its really useful & precise. do i need to make the SSD bootable before installing it ... please tell me if possible ... thanks a ton!
Very helpful video. I was able to get my new 2TB hard drive installed after watching this. Great job!
Nice video, but how do you install the OS on he new drive?
How long time to complete install OS?
For this install we don’t need an extra thermal sensor for the SSD drive in a late 2012 Mac Mini？ No crazy fan problems or heat issues?
great vid man , you say you can get 2 ssd in there what size drives well fit if i use 2
Have you ever had any issues with the SSD falling into the gap below where you installed it? I'm thinking of doing the same upgrade but I don't want the drive to fall out of place
The instructions make the installation look WAAAY easier than it actually is.
I just got a new Mac Mini.
The original HDD doesn't just pop out the way the video shows. Mine is wedged in there and I cannot get it out.
I got the logic board partially out. The drive doesn't come out because it's screwed in from the side with two screws. You can't access these screws without taking the logic board out.
This is a very helpful video.
I have no problem in taking out the HD without removing the PCBoard.
PS: My Mac Mini is 2011 model.
PS: The build-in HD is 9.5mm thickness.
But I do have problem in removing the connector of the fan.
I ran into that also so I quit for today till I affirmed that. Didn't want to break something.
Mine is stuck in there as well. Help!
Hi! It appears that my HDD is on the bottom when my MAC is upside down. Really hard to remove. do you have any menthod on this?
Okay thank you so much. Also, do you recommend a certain brand of SSD? I'm thinking of upgrading the standard hard drive to a Samsung 840 Pro with 512 GB
The Samsung 860 EVO is the best drive I can think of right now for a machine like this. (Different machines I would recommend a 960)
Posting for a friend:
I tried it on a 2012 core i7 model and when I got to the hard drive it actually had 2 screws on the side which meant I had to remove the logic board to get to the 2 side screws. I was able to do it but it was not as easy as your video. Once I had the SSD in there Internet Restore was quick, had the mac up and running in 40 minutes.
Which bay was your drive in? the upper or lower? (with the mac sitting right side up and normal)
I purchased it brand new, core i7 so in the bottom?
Kelly Schumann hmm ok well thats weird than because all the mac minis I have done do not need the motherboard removed to replace the drive but if you install a second hard drive it does. I have another video on installing the second drive. Also some mac minis came with the upper drive populated instead of the lower this could have been the problem with yours but you managed to get it done, Great Job!
thanks so much, I just wanted your opinion.
Kelly Schumann k no problem. have a great day.
Finally I got it. It's more difficult than shown at video. The plastic side part goes out but not easily. Antenna grid is almost impossible to reassemble perfectly. I had to leave one screw out, it works perfectly however.
The business card trick didn't work for me. Instead of this, I just put the macmini vertically, inserted ssd and with the sucker I pulled it until match the two little holes with the screws.
You should do a boot up.
Do you have to leave a copy of osx on a usb to install to your new ssd?
great question...did you ever get an answer anywhere on this?
I didn't, but I found out you have to for windows. So I'd assume it's the same here.
+Voltage Gaming you'd have to google this but i'm pretty sure that built in to the mac theres an option to connect to the internet via wifi or ethernet to install OS X even on a blank drive
Basically you can instal your new drive before you replace it and boot it externally. when inlace the computer will boot it automatically
Clone your first drive
but what do to after?
I tried this process and everything went rather well. The only problem I had was fitting the SSD. I used a Samsung 850 Pro, 1T. I used the credit card trick, but the screws on the SSD wouldn't go into the retaining holes without more than reasonable force. So, I had to leave out the two retaining screws. The SSD fitted better without them. Thankfully, the two screws in the WiFi grill hold the SSD in place.
I have had to do the same thing. As long as you have at least one screen in the SSD it will be ok since there are no moving parts.
Did you add two 16Gb Ram upgrades (= 32GB) or is it two 8Gb to make 16?
Pretty much a Mac "newbie" so plz go gentle! How do you go about reinstalling OSX on to the new drive or do you have to clone the drive first?
4 years later, so how did you install osx?
Cloned the drive using diskcloner a free program
@@HistoryandReviews No need to clone, it can reinstalls itself from the Internet. support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314
my mac mini server is a mail server, domain controller, DNS, calander and contacts server as well as an itunes and printer server in one as well as provide VPN so I needed somethign fast I put in a sate 3 1TB SSD from samsung and it made a massive difference in read write speed so thanks for this
Just curious, did u have to turn on trim after booting up?
Help I have 2010. I'm upgrading a failed drive to SSHD. There wires on the left side and right side of the original. The new only for the left. My video is mac mini hard drive replacement. Help? Do I need the one on the right?
Awesome review, exactly to the point and the important items were cautiously stressed. Just followed this tutorial virtually in real time and didn't mess anything up... And I could mess up a ham sandwich too.
After this does it format the hard drive and install everything or wat do u do
ESD strap?
Great video! Everything I needed to know before I did this upgrade.
Apple saw this video and said to themselves “we’ve made it too easy for them to access critical components they’re going to want to upgrade over time! Make it harder next time!”
What's the trick to getting the antenna grill to click back in place properly? Like some other people here, no matter how many times I tried I couldn't get it to sit perfectly flush, so could only secure it with one of the two hex screws. Got it back together and it's working fine but it's missing one hex screw. Annoying.
hey what was the brand of that tool set?
So how to install a new OS to the new blank drive?
so its ompletely fine to not put the black cover on thee sdd thats on the hdd
Can mac mini late 2012 use NVMe SSDs?
I completed my upgrade but couldn't get the wifi grate to sit correctly, the same screw that was missing when you opened yours up at the start...
same problem for me smh
YepThatsJ I had a few problems with this as well. you need to make sure that one side is seated than the other. Its hard to explain but you can get it by feeling your way. I hope you can get this to work for you. sorry for not being able to put it into words.
CJ Gonzales I understand but I tried for 45min and just gave up I tried everything over and over and deal with computers on a daily basis. Like one of the other people posted I also had a problem with the 2 screws not reaching my hard drive from the wifi grate. I did enjoy your video though. one thing you didn't cover is how in the world do you get the Mac OS installed on the new hard drive I put in?
CJ Gonzales one change you need to make to your video is that you need to screw the hard drive into the wifi grate BEFORE putting the wifi grate back in. if you don't the screws won't reach the hard drive, at first I thought it just wouldn't reach the samsung ssd hard drive but when I had to put back in the factory hard drive the screws wouldn't reach it either. when you screw the hard drive back into the wifi grate it also makes sticking the hard drive back into the mac mini a piece of cake.
Thanks for a comprehensive and easy to follow video😎
When you say hex 2 you mean 2mm size I guess ?
digitalmediafan yes my set just called it a hex 2 size
That card! Thats how you get it into the holes. That was driving me crazy. Thanks for the tip.
cheers, very clear and concise made the "operation" very easy to follow.
My Mac mini 2012 has become very slow. If I put a ssd ,how much of a difference would it make ?
percy behrana trying to figure this out too
Great video, thanks mate. Too easy to follow! My Mac Mini is flying now. It's like buying a new computer! Oh yeah :)
No one else mentioned what screw driver to use.
MD387LL/A Mac Mini ?
Can I leave the ram in with 8 gig units and quad i7? Thanks
Awesome tutorial man. Well done! Thank you very much!
Nice video. Can I put a 240Gb SSD instead?
Angelo - Envidia Cocina yes you can
Thx
Thank you. Best tutorial I could find for this.
Is possible instal mojave?
Thanks bro, just used your vid, worked perfectly to upgrade to SSD
Can you use ram faster than 1600?
At this time my next computer purchase will be a Mac Mini. Is is true the memory can not be upgrade? I don't recall where but it was stated the memory in the new Mac Mini is soldered in and can't be upgraded :-/
Currently the newest Mac mini DOES have soldered memory
:-(
I think best buy still sells the 2012 Mac mini model (upgradeable)
+Pouroddacloud Cloud Great info. I'll see if B&H has the 2012 ...Thanks ..
Thank you for such a great video very helpful and well explained.
OK so now you have an empty hard drive fitted into your mac, how do you reinstall OSX?
Well, you clone your old hard drive to the new SSD first. And then install it. So the SSD will not be empty. Just put it in and boot. There are various cloning softwares in the market (Like "Carbon Copy cloner") that u can use.
Thank you.
I have a machine that clones the hard drive in a few hours. Called a BAUHN Dual Hard Drive Docking Station. Used it to clone and replace all my disk drives so far. It's awesome!
Hello, I am new to Mac computers.
Not sure if you can help me, are you familiar with Mac Format set-ups on SSD for being a regular storage drive? I own a Mac Mini 2012, 2.6 Ghz, Intel core i7, Fusion, 16GB Ram, 1TB storage (Run's Great!). But...
I want to keep the original HDD as my main OS system (no upgrade) but want to set-up the 2nd bay for the SSD (for my massive storage drive for my Native Instruments Library samples.). Possible?
Any recommendations for a SSD? Crucial M550 1TB? Or, Samsung EVO 840 1TB?
If possible, setting-it-up this way, what kind of formatting would I do differently after installing the SSD in the computer? Again, the HHD will remain as is (no upgrade); the SSD will be for my rapid-speed Storage use only."
A charming and highly informative video, thank you! 💻🍾❤️
I like this even more than owc's vid
still watch this even i don't have a mac mini
Thank you for watching.
Thanks for uploading this tutorial!
Awesome tutorial. Thanks so much.
my sshd drive isnt being recognized
For the Ram and SSD you used, would you still recommend those specific items or is there a better option?
I heard Samsung Evo 850 is amazing for the Mac mini.
You are more likely to win the lottery 10 times in a row while continuously being struck by lightning than to get that wifiplate back into place!
This is true. It takes a little wiggle time.
CJ Gonzales Is it that hard to put it back again?
1st time just about got the screws all back, 2nd time for a new 2tb ssd near impossible, one screw hole on the plate edge just would not line up no matter how many times I tried !
Im about to give up this part and send the mac to a professional
I got it! This helped a lot! th-cam.com/video/liGlr-4IN7E/w-d-xo.html
hi will this SSD work ? Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E500B/AM) thanks
It will :)
Great video, thanks for the in depth install.
Fantastic tutorial
would a 2012 mac mini be suitable for editing templates on Photoshop there around 500mb each or can anyone recommend a basic option thanks
are you able to put in any 2.5" drive or is it just SSD's?
You can put on any 2.5" drive either HD, SSD, or SSHD. As long as it's a 2.5" drive you're ready to go.
Thank you for making this less intimidating for me! This is my first Mac mini parts replacement.