Next remove the two screws that hold the black cover on the side and carefully slide it out.
Now remove both screws of that hold the cooling fan. T6 and T8.įirst flip your Mac mini and twist the round black plastic cover counterclockwise to open it up. For the job you will need 2 Torx screwdrivers. Now we can proceed with the hard disk upgrade. Sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia -volume /Volumes/MyVolume Then inside the Terminal execute this command (replacing the MyVolume with the name you have given to your USB stick during the format): Do not proceed with the installation, but first follow the instructions below to create a bootable image on a USB stick.įirst insert a USB stick (mine had a size of 32GB, but 8GB should be enough) and format (erase) it with Disk Utility as "Mac OS Extended". The file size is 6,04 GB.Īfter the download is finished the file will be placed inside /Applications folder as Install macOS Mojave. You should see this pop-up that will let you download it. Then on the App Store page click the GET button. They can probably be still applied to future versions of OSX.įirst click on the "View in Mac App Store" link on the webpage so the App Store will be opened.
#How to install ssd in mac mini upgrade
It turned out to be easier that I expected.īefore the hard disk upgrade you will need to create a bootable USB stick with macOS. I am running Mojave 10.14.6 on my Mac mini, so the instructions below are based on that version of macOS.Īt the time of writing this blog post macOS Mojave can still be downloaded in the Apple App Store.
I didn't look forward to this as almost the whole Mac mini had to be disassembled, but finally took the step to do this. Next step was to upgrade the hard drive to SSD. I took some pictures during this upgrade to share in this blog post.Ī while back I upgraded my system to 16GB, but was still experiencing hard disk reads and writes that slowed down the system. It was time to upgrade it with an SSD drive. My Mac Mini from late 2012 started to get slow due to constant reads and writes of the mechanical hard disk.
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