appleinsider.com/articles/25/01/15/m4-mac-mini-may-have-a-usb-c-connectivity-problem SUMMARY M4 Mac mini USB-C Connectivity Issues • Multiple M4 Mac mini users report intermittent USB-C connectivity problems, with peripherals disconnecting randomly or failing to connect initially. • Affected devices include keyboards, external hard drives, and KVM switches, with the issue appearing across both front and rear ports, and across various time periods since the M4 Mac mini's release. • Troubleshooting steps suggested include inspecting cables and ports for damage, avoiding cheap adapters and hubs, and ensuring sufficient power for bus-powered devices. • The problem's complexity makes diagnosis difficult, but a software update from Apple or user-side hardware checks might resolve the issue.
I purchased the OWC 0TB 1M2 enclosure, installed a 2TB Kingston NVME m.2 and have not had any issues for over a week now. (knock on wood) I've moved my home folder to this external drive and have since run two timemachine backups to another external HD connected to the mac mini without issue. Your enclosure may be a lemon. I am using the stock USB TB4 cable that came with the enclosure. So far this has been a great setup for the cost.
I use the 1M2 with a Samsung 2 terra memory for video editing on my base model Mac Mini M4 ..... CERO PROBLEMS. Is there a posible better product at almost the same price? .... yes .... the ACASIS Mac Mini Dock Dual Monitor with 40Gbps M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure .... which I will buy soon.
Just to be clear you are going to replace the internal drive and not get a replacement enclosure? What kind of backup system are you using? Thanks for the informative video. I'm doing research before I upgrade from M2 to M4 mini.
Honestly, I wouldn't buy another enclosure as 1m2 was one of the best and some users are also reporting about the unreliability of enclosures on M4/Sequoia. If OWC replaces the unit that would be great, but I'm definitely not buying a new one. Yes, sometime down the line I will replace the internal 256 GB drive with an aftermarket 3rd party one. This is a new mac and my work files are constantly synced with a NAS. Eventually, I will use time machine to backup before the drive swap. I hope time machine can backup to a network drive lol. Thanks for watching the video!
Hi I’ve recently upgraded from an old 2014 mbp stuck on big sur, to a m4 mini running sequoia. I also bought sabrent tb4 dock and ssd enclose and nvme m.2 Samsung ssd. Now the ssd is not new, I’ve had that a couple of years. But I have discovered that sequoia is very unreliable with respect to accessing any type of external disk. Big sur is flawless, no problems anywhere. Researching this, I found the same applies to sonoma, so I do wonder what is going on here. I can see that you appear to be suffering the same issues that I have. What would be useful for you to try is the same activity on another Mac running an older os, preferably older even than sonoma. I have also found many other bugs in sequoia, but for the purposes of this post, I’m just focusing on accessing external disks. The biggest problem I’ve seen is when performing write operations. When I first connected my dock/disks to the m4 mm, dragged a folder to write to the disk, I immediately got a generic error, something like “an error occurred”. And no, it wasn’t an NTFS disk, it was a freshly formatted exfat disk. To be honest, I don’t think there is anything wrong with your drive or enclosure and I don’t think it’s a power issue, because the dock I’m using is self powered but this is a problem caused by sonoma/sequoia
I believe you're right. Sorry about your experience with the Sabrent dock and enclosure. OWC advise that that I wait for the next mac update as they continue looking into the issue. Indeed, it could be power draw issues relating to Sequoia. Unfortunately, this is the only mac I have (mainly a windows user) so I'm unable to test older versions of mac OS. Let's see if an update will resolve the issue. Thanks for watching!
Seems like a cable issue. I got this enclosure a week back, been using it to transfer large data, including some old corrupt/ complicated files, that too over night/ over long durations. Cable Im using is Apple Thunderbolt Pro cable. For power to be drawn at a consistent rate , cable needs to be top notch especially when its driving so much data at such speeds. You might be right about Mac mini port not able to give that much power, which is strange it, should be able to like any other Usb4. Working well so far with my M3 pro macbook.
I don’t think there is any issue with the cable. Don’t waste your money. All of the new kit that I bought to work with mm running sequoia works flawlessly with an old 2014 mbp running big sur, so the problems must be down to sequoia. Either that or there is a hardware issue with the mm m4
@@dawnrazor if it’s hardware issue then it’s a big misrepresentation from Apple’s end, far too many corners are already cut for a cheaper entry level mac, now this too? It needs to be like any other USB4. If it’s software then maybe with future updates it’ll stabilise some day soon I guess.
@@n0frills also a possibilty that this specific 1m2 is bad, if bought locally in your region get it returned asap. If internationally bought like most of us, well, then it’s just unfortunate.
appleinsider.com/articles/25/01/15/m4-mac-mini-may-have-a-usb-c-connectivity-problem
SUMMARY
M4 Mac mini USB-C Connectivity Issues
• Multiple M4 Mac mini users report intermittent USB-C connectivity problems, with peripherals disconnecting randomly or failing to connect initially.
• Affected devices include keyboards, external hard drives, and KVM switches, with the issue appearing across both front and rear ports, and across various time periods since the M4 Mac mini's release.
• Troubleshooting steps suggested include inspecting cables and ports for damage, avoiding cheap adapters and hubs, and ensuring sufficient power for bus-powered devices.
• The problem's complexity makes diagnosis difficult, but a software update from Apple or user-side hardware checks might resolve the issue.
I purchased the OWC 0TB 1M2 enclosure, installed a 2TB Kingston NVME m.2 and have not had any issues for over a week now. (knock on wood) I've moved my home folder to this external drive and have since run two timemachine backups to another external HD connected to the mac mini without issue. Your enclosure may be a lemon. I am using the stock USB TB4 cable that came with the enclosure. So far this has been a great setup for the cost.
What mac OS version are you using?
@@n0frills 15.2
Then it may be my unit :(
I suppose it could be my unit then.
I use the 1M2 with a Samsung 2 terra memory for video editing on my base model Mac Mini M4 ..... CERO PROBLEMS. Is there a posible better product at almost the same price? .... yes .... the ACASIS Mac Mini Dock Dual Monitor with 40Gbps M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure .... which I will buy soon.
It looks like I bit the dust with a lemon unit. I will probably upgrade the internal storage as I see replacement modules are now available.
ACASIS also have an external 80Gbps TB5 M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure wich i have and works wonderful on my M4 Pro Mac Mini !
i also experienced similar disconnect problems when using a WavLink enclosure!
Seems like Apple have a thing against enclosures.
I noted alot of posts on external drive issues on reddit.
I have found disconnects on owc 1m2 1TB package failing Time Machine. I get APFS corruption issues. I ordered 1m2 4TB unit and no issues. 😢
Oh no! Did you return the 1TB version first?
good one, thanks! 👏
Welcome, and thanks for watching!
Just to be clear you are going to replace the internal drive and not get a replacement enclosure? What kind of backup system are you using? Thanks for the informative video. I'm doing research before I upgrade from M2 to M4 mini.
Honestly, I wouldn't buy another enclosure as 1m2 was one of the best and some users are also reporting about the unreliability of enclosures on M4/Sequoia. If OWC replaces the unit that would be great, but I'm definitely not buying a new one. Yes, sometime down the line I will replace the internal 256 GB drive with an aftermarket 3rd party one. This is a new mac and my work files are constantly synced with a NAS. Eventually, I will use time machine to backup before the drive swap. I hope time machine can backup to a network drive lol. Thanks for watching the video!
Hi I’ve recently upgraded from an old 2014 mbp stuck on big sur, to a m4 mini running sequoia. I also bought sabrent tb4 dock and ssd enclose and nvme m.2 Samsung ssd. Now the ssd is not new, I’ve had that a couple of years. But I have discovered that sequoia is very unreliable with respect to accessing any type of external disk. Big sur is flawless, no problems anywhere. Researching this, I found the same applies to sonoma, so I do wonder what is going on here. I can see that you appear to be suffering the same issues that I have. What would be useful for you to try is the same activity on another Mac running an older os, preferably older even than sonoma. I have also found many other bugs in sequoia, but for the purposes of this post, I’m just focusing on accessing external disks. The biggest problem I’ve seen is when performing write operations. When I first connected my dock/disks to the m4 mm, dragged a folder to write to the disk, I immediately got a generic error, something like “an error occurred”. And no, it wasn’t an NTFS disk, it was a freshly formatted exfat disk. To be honest, I don’t think there is anything wrong with your drive or enclosure and I don’t think it’s a power issue, because the dock I’m using is self powered but this is a problem caused by sonoma/sequoia
I believe you're right. Sorry about your experience with the Sabrent dock and enclosure. OWC advise that that I wait for the next mac update as they continue looking into the issue. Indeed, it could be power draw issues relating to Sequoia. Unfortunately, this is the only mac I have (mainly a windows user) so I'm unable to test older versions of mac OS. Let's see if an update will resolve the issue. Thanks for watching!
Seems like a cable issue. I got this enclosure a week back, been using it to transfer large data, including some old corrupt/ complicated files, that too over night/ over long durations. Cable Im using is Apple Thunderbolt Pro cable. For power to be drawn at a consistent rate , cable needs to be top notch especially when its driving so much data at such speeds. You might be right about Mac mini port not able to give that much power, which is strange it, should be able to like any other Usb4. Working well so far with my M3 pro macbook.
This is the second time I've heard about using the premium Apple TB4 cable. I wonder if it will be the solution. I might try down the line. Thanks!
I don’t think there is any issue with the cable. Don’t waste your money. All of the new kit that I bought to work with mm running sequoia works flawlessly with an old 2014 mbp running big sur, so the problems must be down to sequoia. Either that or there is a hardware issue with the mm m4
@@n0frills Maybe you can borrow one just to try , it’s better to just try that out whats to lose right?
@@dawnrazor if it’s hardware issue then it’s a big misrepresentation from Apple’s end, far too many corners are already cut for a cheaper entry level mac, now this too? It needs to be like any other USB4. If it’s software then maybe with future updates it’ll stabilise some day soon I guess.
@@n0frills also a possibilty that this specific 1m2 is bad, if bought locally in your region get it returned asap. If internationally bought like most of us, well, then it’s just unfortunate.