£54.65 (opens in new tab) at Amazon (opens in new tab) Insert the logic board removal tool into the holes pictured.Remove the final screw from the logic board with a Torx T6 screwdriver.
You will need to detach any remaining items from the logic board at this point, including the wireless shroud and the IR cable. Follow steps 1-17 from the section above to remove the existing drive and prepare your new SSD boot drive. You can use either a hard drive or an SSD, or as we have here, a Seagate Firecuda hybrid drive, not unlike the Fusion Drive Apple uses in some of its machines. You could reuse the existing hard drive, but since it's over six years old, it makes much better sense to use a fresh one. Not everyone will want to do this, but it is possible to install a second drive in the 2012 Mac Mini to maximize its storage potential. Professional pry tool kit (opens in new tab) ($10 at Amazon)īetter than using your fingers, this pry tool kit is worth having in your tool kit for those hard to remove and tiny parts. For this, you’ll need the same parts and tools above, plus, you’ll need to add in the Optical Bay SATA HDD/SSD Enclosure.Pry Tool Kit (Image credit: Amazon) (opens in new tab) It’s also possible to add in a HDD/SSD by removing and replacing the existing Optical Drive by following this guide. You can keep your old 2.5-inch HDD in the enclosure for external storage. To clone your existing OS/app setup first, purchase a Cloning/Data Transfer Cable or 2.5-inch HDD/SDD enclosure to connect your new SSD to your mac, then use the Super Duper app to perform the clone, then switch the drives. You’ll need a larger 2.5-inch HDD or 2.5-inch SSD, the Logic Board Removal Tool, and the Essential Electronics Toolkit. To upgrade the existing 2.5-inch HDD to a larger capacity HDD or to a high performance SSD, follow this guide. This Mac Mini has a 320GB 2.5-inch factory HDD connected to a 3Gb/s SATA port. There are no tools required to install the RAM, just follow this guide. However, if running OS X 10.7.5 or higher, this Mac Mini can be upgraded to a total of 16GB (8GB + 8GB) of RAM. Originally, both the official and actual maximum RAM was 8 GB.
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