Mac mini (late 2014) SSD questions/issues. Well, I've spent the last few hours trying to find a definitive answer to my question. I'm usually able to do this without posting, but the waters are muddy and there's a purchase involved so I'm going to be safe rather than sorry. Best SSD for MacBook Pro: 5 Great Choices in 2019. For general users who prefer a cheaper yet high-capacity SSD, Crucial MX500 is my top pick, followed by Samsung 860 EVO. In case both options went out of stock, SanDisk X400 is an excellent alternative.
Not complicated at all. However, since your HDD failed you'd need to use another computer (Mac preferably I believe) to format your SSD I to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and then install the OS on there via disk or flash drive. To format, you're gonna need an enclosure (you can purchase cheap ones online) to plug into as an external drive. Might be another way, although I'm not sure. It might be worth going to the Apple Store and talking with those guys (replacement drives are real cheap) or go on www.macsales.com and buy one of their custom SSDs. Haha, I guess it's not complicated to me anymore.
I assume you're talking about the SSD when you say 'it'. I am 99% sure you would need an OS to format it in the first place. So in reality, you would need another computer to format the drive and install the OS. On second thought, the newer macs have an 'internet secure' mode or something that you can install drivers and I believe the OS from.
Yours is too old for that i think. EDIT: you can also toss the SSD into the iMac by taking off the screen with plunger type things (don't know the name off the top of my head) and remove the CD drive and install an SSD instead. Then you can use software to create your own fusion drive. A fusion drive is a proprietary term coined by apple where an SSD and HDD are tied together via software and the system dynamically learns what you use the most and seamlessly transfers that stuff over to the SSD while the stuff you don't use a lot is on the HDD. Really interesting to look into, if you're interested. Quick question: are you getting two hard drives installed (HDD and SSD) or just the SSD?
I guess I'm getting a bit confused. If they are just going to install the SSD, nothing more, then you're going to have to install the OS onto the drive yourself. I do believe the drive will format when you insert an OS disk. TRIM software is an older term of software that pretty much means a backup for certain data. If you want to get the data off of your old drive, you will need some software for that but I do not know of any so I'm not the one to ask. Quick question: are you getting two hard drives installed (HDD and SSD) or just the SSD?
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I guess I'm getting a bit confused. If they are just going to install the SSD, nothing more, then you're going to have to install the OS onto the drive yourself. I do believe the drive will format when you insert an OS disk. TRIM software is an older term of software that pretty much means a backup for certain data. If you want to get the data off of your old drive, you will need some software for that but I do not know of any so I'm not the one to ask. I will only have a SSD installed. I am simply replacing the older broken HHD with a SSD.
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So yes the OS will be installed on the SSD. As for the TRIM. If you are unfamiliar with the term, you can read about it here.