I got myself an external enclosure so I could format my new SSD and do Time Machine full restore to the new drive before even starting the hardware installation process. So installing freshly unboxed OWC SSD into our Mac might cause a bit of extra work later. Brand new OWC Mercury Electra SSD comes unformatted. OWC is a brand that has long history in making Apple-compatible products, so I decided to trust them on this one.īefore the upgrade, one thing I decided to do is to prepare my new SSD ready to be used.
So, my next choice would be OWC Mercury Electra SSD which market itself as an SSD that doesn’t need TRIM. I even read some issues with Mac and forcefully enabled TRIM. However, further reading revealed that Mac computers don’t automatically turn on TRIM for third party SSD drives. Based on performance benchmark, Samsung 850 EVO SSD is probably the strongest candidate. The first challenge in upgrading was to choose the internal SSD.
Internal hard drive for mac mini 2012 kit upgrade#
So I decided to upgrade my Mac mini using internal SSD. Getting a brand new Mac mini with i7 processor, 16 GB RAM and large internal SSD would cost me a fortune. However, my current Mac mini is powered by i7 processor and 16 GB RAM. At first, I considered to get a new Mac mini. Switching from these machines to my main desktop computer at home does have a noticeable impact in read/write performance. My laptop is 2015 Macbook with 256 GB SSD. My work computer is 2015 iMac with Retina 5K with 2 TB Fusion Drive. My Mac mini is still running strong and I generally have no complaint, except for the slow internal HDD.
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