The Apple Store had no 7200 rpm or SSD Mac Mini on display.
Replacing the upper drive looks like a tougher proposition. Luckily that was the drive that had failed in my case. Two 5.0 mm T8 Torx or 2.0 mm Hex screws (either screwdriver will work) When putting back together: It can be difficult to get the hard drive seated correctly such that the antenna plate fits in place correctly. TOOLS USED : pry tool, flat nose pliers, tweezer (7), screw driver.
2011 MAC MINI HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT FULL
However, why still not a 6 Gbps drive? Because the drives are not fast enough to saturate a 3 Gbps link? My bet is that 6 Gbps would definitely make sense with SSD. These instructions and a little common sense can also be used to replace the lower hard drive in the server version of the Mac Mini. Remove the following screws securing the antenna plate to the mini: Two 6.6 mm T8 Torx screws. A short vide on full disassembly and reassembly of a mac Mini 2014 for the purpose of upgrading the hard drive to a SSD drive. That is definitely not an improvement over last year’s model. The system 'appears' to be more responsive than before. Update: Since the question and the answers, I had went ahead to buy 1 SSD, replaced the disk in the Mini by following videos on Youtube. As a followup to my Mac Mini 2010 Hard Drive Speed rant, I went to the Apple Store today to check what’s up with the Mac Mini 2011…Īpparently, the Nvidia chipset has been replaced with an Intel chipset that is now capable of 6 Gigabit/second link speeds… and the entry level drive is now capable of 3 Gbps link speeds… Buy another 500G SSD and replace the other HDD.
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