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1. MID 1012 MAC MINI HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT HOW TO
2. MID 1012 MAC MINI HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT INSTALL
3. MID 1012 MAC MINI HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT WINDOWS

Speaking of the rear, the dozen connectors found there aren't cosmetically different than those on the last build. It'll sit nicely on its edge for those contemplating a vertical installation, but the protruding lid on the bottom makes it a little less elegant for those applications. It's sized at 7.7 x 7.7 x 1.4 inches, exactly the same as its predecessor, and outside of the chromed Apple logo on the top, a matte black strip of ports on the rear and a similarly hued lid on the bottom, it's a clean sweep of brushed silver. As with the prior model, this 2.7 pound slab of aluminum looks nicer than its price tag indicates, and it honestly feels more like a decoration than a computer. The SSD stays clean.Make no mistake about it - the mini is just gorgeous to look at. I have 2 MMs each with an SSD (OWC and Crucial) and neither have TRIM enabled.

Let the built-in Garbage Collection handle things. Carbon Copy Cloner works well as does SuperDuper! for cloning the OS/Apps/Data.Īs tbirdvet mentioned, I wouldn't mess with TRIM and Yosemite. When the Restore completes you will have two Macintosh HDs (HDD and SSD). You would restart (Command+R) into your Recovery HD on your HDD, select Disk Utility, format your SSD, make your Source the Macintosh HD and the Destination the SSD. I use Disk Utility's Restore function since it block copies both the OS/Apps/Data AND the Recovery HD. I'm just confused at this point as far as why I should or should not enable TRIM. I've read to enable TRIM but I've also read to NOT enable TRIM.

MID 1012 MAC MINI HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT INSTALL

My 2nd option would be to make a full time-machine backup of the HDD, install the SDD and then restore the backup onto the SSD.Īlso, I am still confused on whether or not I should enable TRIM. Now as far as formatting the SSD and re-installing Yosemite, what would be the best practice? I was thinking about just cloning the HDD information to the SSD so that it is a true copy and none of my data is lost, and then just format the HDD as a blank storage drive. Will this SSD work and do I have to worry about TRIM with this?

MID 1012 MAC MINI HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT WINDOWS

Personally, I'm looking at the Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III as that is the same one that I have installed in my Windows machine and I am in LOVE with it.

So my question is this.what SSD's have others installed into their Mac Minis? The part I am stuck on is WHICH SSD to install?įrom what I've been able to figure out, any SSD will do but I might run into a problem with TRIM? I understand that this can play a big part in which SSD I get for my Mac Mini.

MID 1012 MAC MINI HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT HOW TO

I've been doing some research into the process and for the most part, it doesn't seem too difficult with installing an SSD as a 2nd drive into the Mac Mini (thanks to the thousands of YouTube videos on how to do it). I want to keep the original HD for storage but after installing an SSD into my Windows machine, I'm finding that my Mac is.lacking. So lately, I've been thinking about installing a SSD as the primary boot drive into my Mac Mini.