SSD update at the top of the M4 Mac mini
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M4 Mac mini with a surprise & mdash; Evicted and modernized SSD. Here's how to install it, start it and what to expect from speed.
Mic Mini updates varyed over the years. Models of 2012 and before there were a gold standard, with updated RAM and storage. The 2014 model had a modernized storage, but not by the RAM. In 2018, there were slots for RAM, but there was not enough modernized storage.
When the M1 mini is sent, nothing was updated. And although Apple does not strictly approve of SSD updates on the M4 Mac mini, this is at least possible.
We updated one of our Mac Minis using the SSD of the secondary market. This is how we did it and how are you.
what is included in the update Expandmacmini.com
We have chosen SSD from Expandmacmini.com. They offer 2 SSD TB for Core Mac Mini, which was originally sold for $ 259, and now it costs about $ 320. To date, we have not seen anything from a single supplier for M4 Pro Mac Mini, since the physical characteristics of this disk are different, but we are sure that this is ultimately.
entertainment Mac Mini
we are not going IFIXIT has done excellent work with turning point. Use this guide.
we have several recommendations, however, we do not recommend removing the power cable from the device and instead leave this plate located next to Mac mini.
fan, lower plate and much more, not red to get to the Mac mini ssd
Also, you do not need to unscrew the Wi-Fi module. There were many complaints about the terrible Wi-Fi with new mounted docks and MDash; Now you know why. The antenna is located directly at the bottom of the device.
I did not care about the screwdriver, which was supplied with the drive & mdash; But this is normal. Torx drivers or sets are inexpensive, and you probably have good.
, even when the screwdriver is turned on, just make sure that even the descending power to turn the screws, and everything will be in order.
after re-assembly
all that remains is the restoration of DFU. To do this, connect Mac Mini to any display with the HDMI port. Then hold the power button down.
. Holding the power button down, connect the Mac mini to the power. Let the power button when the power lamp flashes amber.
Here is an important part. Connect Mac Mini to another functional Mac, with one end of the cable on the port of the middle tanterbolt. Recovery will fail if he is on something except the middle port.
a window will appear on the Mac host with a question whether it is possible to connect to the Mac in DFU mode. Let him connect and select “Restore”.
dfu Restore Overploy
The required download of the 16 GB file depends on the speed of your Internet and download the Apple server. After loading, the recovery process takes about five minutes.
speed testing
I did not live with this combination for a very long time, but the initial speed tests prove the promising. The original disk was not Pokey, with about 2.8 gigabytes per second reading and recording speed.
in front of any association of ICLOD accounts, and before any indexation, we reached 4 gigabytes per second reading and recording speed. This is not as fast as the M4 Pro Mac mini, but it is faster than any external disc through Thunderbolt, and extremely faster than Stock Drive in the M4 Mac mini.
This does not make daily performance, in fact, in fact, more vivid. If you want this, you probably had to buy more RAM than you when you received a car. But the speed is good.
The internal is convenient and fast, the external can be cheaper
I first got into Apple Service in the 80s, dodged from the 90s, while in the service and continued at the beginning of the century. By general recognition, this worsened some, since Apple Stuff has become less and less updated and regularly repaired.
I have already been asked how much technical skills are required to make such an update, and if my experience in operation is needed. None of this is as simple as updating the Windows desktop, but it is also not necessary to have this background in maintenance.
The main barrier for entering is not a skill, but it has a second Mac, at hand for the DFU process, but for most reading it is not so much barrier.
I will say that it is unfair that the screws in the apple gear continue to become smaller when my eyes become older.
a tray of ice cube, which I used for many years for small screws
In any case, the economic efficiency of SSD updates is a difficult topic when it comes to Mac mini. On the M4 Mac Mini 2TB SSD adds a bonus of $ 800 in total when purchased from Apple.
This update is much less than $ 259 sent to your door.
But, 4TB TeamGroup M.2 PCI-E 3 SSD is sold for about $ 205, and the USB4 case is about $ 80. For $ 280, you can have twice as much as it is stored at a lower speed.
But the internal storage is convenient. I do not think that it is convenient for 800 dollars, but instead, it is convenient for $ 289 – this is a value supply that the reader is best left.
everything is said, we save the SSD factory. Not only does nothing really be done with this, we are going to hold on to this in case the Mac mini will ever return to Apple for repair.
The operation is not guaranteed, but we are also sure that this is the first that Apple is to blame if something goes wrong with the computer.
update on March 12, 9 in the morning and I live with this and punish SSD for more than two months, and there were no problems. Since then, he had several OS updates, and everything was impeccable.
there were many comments on the Internet about this update since their debut. We still do not recommend buying a common aliexpress. This is the main reason why we chose the seller we did.
We will continue to return to this & mdash; and other updates that were promised as for M1 Mac Studio & Mdash; Within 2025.
Update May 23, 2025 9:30 a.m. East time on request another two-month update. I still have no problems on the drive, and I crossed 100 written 100 terabyte.
We will renew again in a few months.
