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1. #LATE 2012 MAC MINI HARD DRIVE SSD UPGRADE FOR MAC#
2. #LATE 2012 MAC MINI HARD DRIVE SSD UPGRADE UPGRADE#

OWC on the other hand I would expect more from.įor instance, their "lower" DIY installation kit appears NOT to supply the cable and other needed parts for the lower drive bay, but rather for a Mac mini which has the factory-installed hard drive in the lower bay!Īnd their "upper" DIY installation kit would be for Mac minis with the hard drive factory installed in the upper bay position. Not unexpected as proper documentation isn't very common there. which makes shipping prohibitively expensive, is this something that can be found generic, or can I skip it altogether as Apple has made provisions for two drives to begin with?įinally, are there any restrictions to the physical thickness of the drive?ĭisk utility tells me that the 500GB factoru-installed Hitachi drive (HDD HTS545050A7E362) is located in the lower bay (I understand this is the most common location) so I assume I'd need to buy an upper drive bay set.ĮBay has lots of these kits around, but as there are both upper and lower kits around it's often unclear which one each seller can deliver.

#LATE 2012 MAC MINI HARD DRIVE SSD UPGRADE UPGRADE#

So, is that's all there's to it, or could it be trickier and do I need to buy some extra stuff (in addition to the SSD)? I'm asking because I've heard that OWC (and possibly others) sells an SSD upgrade kit. I have no idea if the hard drive is in the upper or lower bay, but according to the posting I can find out using the System profiler as far as I remember. Upgrading a late 2012 Mac Mini but have some questions? where the video shows a quite straight-forward procedure.

We want to add an SSD in addition to the existing hard drive. I'm a little confused about the process of installing a 2nd drive to a late-2012 Mac mini (we have the 2.5GHz i5 model) which currently has just the stock 500GB hard drive.