You cannot add any disk into your Mini since you have both the Apple SSD and the Apple HDD in it. You can add either an external USB or 

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Ssd adapter is an easy way to add a second ssd that will not change the interface of ssd's brand ssd's hard disk. In , you can also find other good 

Update: I double-checked and found that the iMac also has an NVMe slot. If you're going to open the case to access/remove the hard drive, 

17/04/  · 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 name and click Erase. After that finishes, you can right-click on the new volume and select Covert to APFS.

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

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

Step 23 Hard Drive Tray, Remove the 7.9 mm T6 Torx screw securing the hard drive tray to the outer case. One comment, Step 24, Remove the hard drive tray from the outer case. One comment, Step 25 Dual Hard Drive Kit, The following steps will guide you through installing a second hard drive in your mini.

31/01/  · Open up Carbon Copy Cloner, and set a new task up to copy data from one drive to the other. For the source, select your Mac's hard drive, while for the destination, select the externally-connected

I know that if the Mac mini didn't come with a PCIe SSD you'll need to get an attachment for the motherboard to connect the drive. Assuming you 

Frankly, Using a single SATA SSD in this series is about the best you can get. Adding a second drive only makes sense if you have run out of 

macOS 10.13 High Sierra (or later macOS) must be installed on the host computer before installing the OWC Aura N-Series or OWC Aura X-Series SSD. These OS 

Unfortunately, Apple has left no room for a second 2.5-inch drive in Mac mini (built in ) and protects the contents with TR security 

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

Mac Mini Dual Hard Drive Kit, Crucial MX500 250 GB SSD, Crucial MX500 500 GB SSD, Crucial MX500 1 TB SSD, Step 1 Bottom Cover, Place your thumbs in the depressions cut into the

Add. $21.91. current price $21.91. HGYCPP 821-00010-A Second Dual Hard Drive SSD PCIE Flex Cable Connector Adapter For Mac Mini A1347 MGEM2 MGEN2 

13/12/  · The people posting their results of the Blackmagic benchmark in this forum get may somewhere in the 600's-700's MB/sec. (if anybody gets more, say in the 800+ range, it would nice if you posted). My Crucial M500 gets in the mid-high 400 MB/sec in my Mini. A big reason for this is that the Mini has a PCIe 2-lane vs. 4-lane. If you have

Remove your old hard disk as above – it's a nearly identical process. Just disconnect the cables and remove any screws. Next, load your old drive into the 

35 steps · 2 hr · Materials: Mac mini Unibody SSD Upgrade Bundle, Crucial MX500

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.

The iFixit approach to swapping out a SATA drive for an SSD on a Mid Mac Mini is formidable. Warning: backing your data on OTHER than a Time Machine might be important as the TM is wedded for life to the originating SATA. That said, if your SATA is alive and well, a Cmd-R boot allows you the optiong for the SATA to play a start up role