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240 GB SSD FOR MID 2011 MAC MINI INSTALL
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I currently own a 2008 Imac 24 which has all of my Applications on and my photo library stored in Lightroom and iphoto. It is not being set up as a fusion drive but two separate internal drives. This is all being fitted by the Apple Reseller where I live.

240 GB SSD FOR MID 2011 MAC MINI PRO

Grant Pannell describes the terminal commands to enable TRIM.Tomorrow I am picking up my brand new 2012 mac mini with a 240 GB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD fitted alongside the internal 1TB Hard Drive. TRIM Support in Lion External Drive For Macįor optimal SSD performance, enable TRIM support within OS X Lion. Hold down Command-R to boot into Lion Recovery which allows you to format the drives and download Lion over the Internet. Starting with a blank hard drive is easy on the 2011 Mac Mini. I used a cut up coat hanger to insert into the logic board holes and slide it out. Be sure to remove the IR port adapter before sliding out the logic board. But first you need to slide the logic board out slightly. As with my first upgrade, the hard drive goes in the bottom slot (the side closest to the top of the case when upright). I just upgraded another Mac Mini with a 9.5MM SSD and a 12.5MM standard hard drive. UPDATE: My video shows adding two 9.5MM height drives.

Apple Mac Mini MC815LL/A 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 dual-core processor, integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000, 2GB RAM, 500GB hard drive.

The dedicated graphics in the mid-tier Mac Mini make it worth it for me.

Western Digital 750TB Black WD7500BPKT 7200RPM, 16 MB cache, 2.5 inch, 9.5MM height hard drive.

For a faster spinning hard drive consider: The Western Digital Blue drive mentioned above is high capacity and quiet.

Best value high capacity SSD: Lexar Media Crucial 512 GB m4.

Highest reliability SSD: Intel 510 Series 120 GB.

Other SSD's that you might consider include: The OCZ Vertex 3 is the fastest consumer SSD at the moment.

Cable: Apple Part 922-9560, also called 'Apple Mac Mini Server (Mid 2010) Bottom Hard Drive Server Flex Cable' or 'Hard Drive Flex Cable Bottom'.

Apple Mac Mini Model MC816LL/A 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 dual-core processor, AMD Radeon HD 6630M graphics, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive.

Corsair 8 GB DDR3 Laptop Memory Kit CMSO8GX3M2A1333C9.

Western Digital 1TB Blue WD10JPVT 5400RPM, 8 MB cache, 2.5 inch, 9.5MM height hard drive.

OCZ 120 GB Vertex 3 SATA III 6.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive VTX3-25SAT3-120G.

Iwatch to unlock mac.Īlso available on YouTube in High Definition or Standard Definition. We just upgraded a 2011 Apple Mac Mini to have an SSD, a second hard drive, and new RAM. 500GB (5400-rpm) hard drive 2 Both models configurable to 750GB (7200-rpm) hard drive 2.5GHz model also configurable to 256GB solid-state drive or 256GB solid-state drive and 750GB (7200-rpm) hard drive, only at the Apple Online Store. As it uses a solid state drive, the read and write speeds of this drive are much. If you really want a super-fast external hard drive for your Mac, then the Samsung T3 SSD is easily one of the best.

OWC still has the Ministack, which will fit underneath the computer with no footprint. There's been a lot of talk on the forums about a drive enclosure that matches the styling of the Mac mini.

240 GB SSD FOR MID 2011 MAC MINI INSTALL

My choice is to either install the new SSD as a second internal HD in the mini, or to pull the old conventional drive and retire it to an external enclosure.

240 GB SSD FOR MID 2011 MAC MINI UPGRADE

(Macmini 5,2) I'm planning to upgrade to a Solid State Drive (SSD). I have a mid 2011 Mac mini, 2.7 MHz, i7, 8 GB Ram with the 7200 RPM Western Digital 750 GB factory upgrade drive.