How To Install a NVMe SSD to a Mac Mini (Late 2014 Model) - SUPER QUICK & EASY
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2023
- How To Install a NVMe SSD to a Mac Mini (Late 2014 Model) - SUPER EASY
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Needed Parts:
T6 Screwdriver
Small Phillips Screwdriver
NVMe SSD
M.2 Key NVMe SSD Converter Card Replacement (Amazon link: a.co/d/gPkrfip
Mac Mini 2014 A1347 - Навчання та стиль
you don't need to crank it down with the screw - just slightly tightened otherwise you run the risk of cracking the NVMe board.
good tutorial bro... keep going and go fast
Thanks man. I sure will lol
FYI you do not need to put thermal past on the adhesive. You only need the paste if you were adding heatsink on top of the m.2 chips.
@@chrisnodbot2631the thermal paste was used as a substitute for glue to keep the adapter mounted securely in place.
Thanks for the video. About to do the same upgrade on a 2014 Mac mini, 2.6ghz i5 , 8G ram. Picked mine up for $80. Just wondering if after you setup the SSD card as the new startup disk if you left Monterey installed on the old internal 1TB drive so it could also be a bootable drive just in case as well as storage.
Thanks in advance.
Nice buy! I think since I re-provisioned the Mac, Monterrey is only installed on the SSD. But i think as long as the original disk drive is installed, you can still reset and install Monterrey on the original drive (if you are concerned if the ssd will ever get damaged). The disk drive works good still as a secondary drive to store files!
Thanks. If the new SSD installed is stable I'll reformat the old hard drive. Not much on it yet anyway. On my first attempt with used drive sometimes the SSD drive often disappeared on restart. Getting new card on Monday.
this is a good tutorial, but from where did you learn that thermal paste is glue, cause oh boy you just wasted a lot of it
Im happy i was able to help! Where did you hear me say it was glue? Sorry I made this video quite some time ago. If I said it was glue, it was probably for beginners to understand the purpose for the paste. (To stick onto something). Didn’t mean to confuse any one with the terminology lol.
A link to the actual NVMe adapter card you used would be nice.
That way we can be sure to aquire the correct one.
Thank you.
Good catch. Here it is! a.co/d/gPkrfip
@@cmactech … thank you for the link.
@@cmactech … adapter ordered from Amazon link. Thanks!
Happy I could help! Good luck and enjoy!
what is a good NVME SSD to get? I have the same MAC with a 250 SSD and would like to Max out on space
The one I have in the video still works great. I’d recommend that one but maybe you can get 4tb or something
thermal past is not glue
Is it good to edit 4k videos?
I haven’t tried but I doubt it. I’d recommend using a egpu with it.
@@cmactech ok thank you I ordered the Apple 2023 Mac Mini M2 Chip / 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD
I did this, every step the same. After installing the drive simply not recognized as boot up drive. Disk utillities still sees it.
Any luck?