Mac mini 2014 SATA SSD Installation

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The 2014 Mac mini is a great little machine, but easily sunk by the clunky old hard disk drive that shipped in the majority of configurations. This 1.4 GHz model was horrendously slow, but adding a simple SATA SSD turns it into an entirely new machine, a machine that is still very much usable for the majority of basic tasks today.
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@hazecellar Жыл бұрын

Hoping everything is okay with you and your family, Tom. Thanks for the many years of fantastic content and if it's over, at least we still have the videos!

@Neksus-M06 Жыл бұрын

A sign of life with a new video maybe? :)

@andi Жыл бұрын

Been watching for so many years :D Thank you Tom, I hope to see you return again :)

@sxkcb Жыл бұрын

Best wishes from France. Hope you're well, hope to see another IMNC video someday!

@therandombrandan942 2 жыл бұрын

I hope you'll come back to KZfaq soon I miss your videos man

@Hchris101 2 жыл бұрын

My mans is taking an extra long nap 😴

@TheTechnicalWizard 2 жыл бұрын

I see you havent uploaded in 9 months. Hope you're doing well Tom! Long time viewer here!

@welshtony1 Жыл бұрын

Not far of 2 years now since this video. I think it's safe to say Tom is never coming back. It was good while it lasted and what ever your doing now (if your still alive that is) I hope its going well for you.

@WrestlingFace Жыл бұрын

I sure hope he comes back. Thanks for the update Tony 🙏💞

@WrestlingFace Жыл бұрын

Come back my Albino friend, we miss you 💞

@NMY556L 2 жыл бұрын

Hope all is well with you. Not seen any new content for a while

@planesgamingtt 3 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness, I’m getting to enjoy my Saturday evening with some new IMNC content. Cheers Tom !

@larrycroft470 3 жыл бұрын

Ha !! Tom we love your ramblings !! I always learn several things and get entertained to boot! I know you and Jess have had your hands full (of joy!!) with those 3 precious little fellas. Tell her Larry from across the pond sends my warmest greetings and support for the great job she is doing. Give those 3 cherubs a hug also!! Thank you for taking time to share this update my friend. Sincerely Larry Croft

@CodyKloepfer 3 жыл бұрын

It’s always a good day when we get a new upload from you, Tom! Hope you and your family are doing great!

@NMY556L 3 жыл бұрын

Great to see you posting content again Tom! Rambles are why most of us subscribe. How you manage to work with poor sight on these systems is amazing. Apple intentionally make it hard to service them so that those of us with poor eyesight etc will probably struggle. I depend on my memory and hearing to compensate for my poor eyesight

@CJT80 3 жыл бұрын

Hey there Tom! Glad you are enjoying the upgrade! It's great to have you back. Looking forward to more video's :-)

@TheOriginalCollectorA1303 3 жыл бұрын

Always awesome to see another video!

@hayleyedwards3676 3 жыл бұрын

Woo hoo!! Can’t wait to watch this one! ☺️

@bonkerzmhann 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Tom! Looks like I am 5 months late - but I thoroughly enjoyed this video - glad the SSD helped as much as it did! I have done the exact same with breaking the sata connector haha! Seen one of your 8 year old videos on my recommended page, clicked on your profile and couldn't click on this video quick enough! Loving the content Tom, hope to see more soon, hope all is well! Cheers Jamie

@TardisMarch 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Tom, long time no see, hope you are keeping well buddy, and keeping safe, always a pleasure to see a new video, I've watched your channel for years, even before I joined KZfaq. all the best to you and the family and stay safe and well and hope to see more great content soon :)

@Paul-Howell-M3EYG 3 жыл бұрын

Good to see you back Tom. Don't leave it so long next time... LOL

@evanprairies Жыл бұрын

Are you coming back? I'm waiting for some more IMNC content!

@WrestlingFace Жыл бұрын

I seen a BBC News video posted a month ago describing Tom as the General Manager at the cinema he been working at for years so maybe he has been promoted and spends all his time in the job and with Family.

@jamessmith99731 Жыл бұрын

Link?

@BigRhys02 3 жыл бұрын

I end up using my sense of touch for screws usually since I struggle to see them n whatnot, glad to see you back Tom it’s been too long

@prototypebuilder5150 3 жыл бұрын

Always great to see a new IMNC video! Thanks for the post Tom. It is worth noting that the 2014 Mac mini can use NVMe SSDs with an inexpensive adapter using the Apple blade drive bus. It makes the SSD upgrade much easier, and you do not need to remove anything besides the bottom cover. You can then reuse the factory hard drive for extra storage. The performance is only slightly better than SATA III due to the Apple blade SSD bus, but it just makes the upgrade much simpler. Also, be sure that the firmware is from macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 or newer before installing the NVMe SSD. @ItsMyNaturalColor

@jamesspoerry 3 жыл бұрын

I’m using a Late 2014 Mac Mini as a server it’s interesting what in it to be honest. Anyway great video Tom, my face lit up when I saw the post notification came through👍🏻

@SwiatLinuksa Жыл бұрын

Tom is a live, he got general manager job. I saw his pictures from there. I don't know he want to publish where it is so i take this to my self.

@Llyrana7 Жыл бұрын

I MISS your videos !!!!!!! 😢

@antoniojackson7076 3 жыл бұрын

This made my Saturday

@KieronWray 3 жыл бұрын

so good to see another vid from you :) wb. great vid again

@johnsgarage9495 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Tom this video gave me a nice boost got my old g5 out to find the gpu was toast and replaced it and forgot the fun of working on old macs and have finally bitten the bullet and purchasing a Mac Pro 4,1/5,1 don’t know yet with 2 20” cinema displays I also have many other old macs inspired by you ( core duo white iMac core 2 duo Mac mini power book g4 17” and a G4 iMac the weird one plus more ) and just wanted to say thanks for the boost and love the vid as always thanks john

@bobfromsoireegames4309 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, mate. I hope you're ok.

@bashtesseract4629 2 жыл бұрын

You said it’s not a tutorial video but it’s very helpful and I’ve done my upgrade following your steps. Thanks !

@charlielowe1519 3 жыл бұрын

Woah it’s nice to see a new video your setup looks well different I hope youve got a video about it for us

@RetroReviewYT 3 жыл бұрын

I subscribed back when Niall was still going with his channel... glad to see you’re still going!

@onigvd77 Жыл бұрын

hope ur still about man, this one was a year ago, be safe :)

@Gamer208010 3 жыл бұрын

That actually performs a lot better than I was expecting. I have a similar mini and was always under the impression that the 4GB of RAM was a good chunk of the problem in addition to the mechanical drive, but seems to be mainly the drive

@MikeWarner75 3 жыл бұрын

I could have done with this video a few weeks back, as I did something similar recently. I bought a 2.8GHz, 8GB, 1TB 2014 Mac Mini to use as a basic home server and the stock HDD was very slow with read and write around only 30MB/s. I was amazed at how slow the whole system was. I had a 1TB NVME drive and m.2 adaptor lying around (previously fitted to my old MacBook Pro) and I bought a 4TB HDD. I fitted these as a Fusion Drive and it transformed the performance of the system. The 4TB HDD was 15mm thick, so I needed to use a 2012 hard drive bracket to get it to fit in the 2014 model and I had to buy the ribbon cable to attached the m.2 to the PCIE socket. Setting up the fusion drive with Big Sur was very easy too. It all works great.

@Marshallpuppy Жыл бұрын

I hope new video com out soon how was your family doing tom

@jrhtaylor 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Tom. Give us a wave to let us know you’re doing well. Learnt a lot of UI from you. Keep it up.

@max-lee 3 жыл бұрын

i love an upgrade video with some rambling

@Scottish4evr Жыл бұрын

Goodbye Tom 😢

@dave4shmups 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@NukePC_ Жыл бұрын

I miss your videos 😭 please tell me you are ok you aren’t responding to anyone

@WrestlingFace Жыл бұрын

Yo where are you my guy

@borisdg 3 жыл бұрын

Love the outro tune. :)

@wallofriogrande 2 жыл бұрын

Long time viewer. Just checking in.

@Marshallpuppy 3 жыл бұрын

Good job buddy

@geekanoids 3 жыл бұрын

Fiddly upgrade, but well worth it. Great video Tom 🤓

@desmondjulien Жыл бұрын

hey, tome, how are you doing? are you going to make videos?

@wobbled5609 3 жыл бұрын

Made a similar cock up with a 2012 macbook pro and managed to rip the antenna connector off the wireless card. Thankfully it was a component that could be replaced. Always gives you that sinking feeling though when it happens.

@FuvijanacKristijan 3 жыл бұрын

It's very easy to fix hdd cable, just align pins with slots in plastic cover and slide them back in.. Same thing happened to me and I was sure I broke it, but I aligned the pins and pushed them back in and connected my ssd back, it work's full year or so now. :)

@KrisDouglas 2 жыл бұрын

Hope everything is well, Tom. Have a good 2022!

@ACAIDC 2 жыл бұрын

-2021? Have you gone back in time?-

@KrisDouglas 2 жыл бұрын

@@ACAIDC fixed! 😂

@axelhollenberger5051 Жыл бұрын

We miss you Tom, hope everything is okay.

@subs-wh4jy Жыл бұрын

Hi Tom been a long time viewer I’m hoping life is treating you well I imagine life has been very busy for you lately hence the lack of uploads and social media presence. With the cost of living and everything getting worse and worse hope things aren’t to hard for you hope things with you Jess and the kids are all ok. I always check up every month or so and watch a few videos as it’s nostalgia for me as I started watching when I was only 8-9 years old and now I’m 18 which is crazy for me. Hope your keeping well hope to see new videos soon :)

@cleanycloth 3 жыл бұрын

I managed to pick up a 2010 Mac Mini off eBay for about £100 in /mint/ condition bar a tiny little nick on the top. I upgraded it to 8GB RAM, popped in a 240GB SSD, and upgraded it to Mojave using the Mojave patcher. Whilst it's faster on HS (the official maximum), it runs Mojave excellently. Also got Windows 7 on it for ripping DVDs and games. I love it! I would love to start collecting a few. Wouldn't mind using one as a server instead of my i5 NUC... ;)

@lanfear63 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, an SSD is a huge speed boost. Would be interested in seeing you doing a video on the the great Windows 11 debacle. Currently allegedly cutting people off and needing 8th Gen and above with regards to upgradability requirements. (Also, of course, an unboxing video of you finally upgrading that antique tv you have: lol) Keep up the good work.

@rythomasyt Жыл бұрын

Hope you're alright Tom. Miss your uploads!

@cien0000 Жыл бұрын

Missing you guys :)

@desther7975 3 жыл бұрын

I had one of these with a factory SSD and more RAM. Quite a solid little machine. Anyway, I would look at using a single-board computer for signage. Seems like a great job for a Pi.

@articeddie5494 3 жыл бұрын

Adding an M.2 drive is so easy on these no disassembly required apart from the bottom grate

@doggoli 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, do you happen to know when we'll see the new desk setup video?

@estusflask982 Жыл бұрын

I just noticed you haven't posted for a while. Hope everything is alright. Great videos.

@DerekWitt 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, Tom. Hope all is well with you across the pond. I'm trying my hand at installing Panther within Qemu and then upgrading it to Tiger. It's amazing that I can even dual boot between OSX and OS 9 within Qemu. Albeit not being perfect (scratchy sound), but quite responsive to my surprise. I wouldn't play any heavy games within this emulator but fun to mess with such an old platform. :)

@NoobixCube 3 жыл бұрын

Using an entire Mac mini for digital signage seems reasonable to me, based on the number of digital signs I’ve seen just sitting on the Windows desktop, or displaying bluescreens of varying severity. Edit: honestly surprised you didn’t go with the common dual drive upgrade. I know you could do it on the 2012, pretty sure you can on the 2014, too.

@LEECHINLEONG0705 3 жыл бұрын

Good

@Marshallpuppy 3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@juancarloslopezrodrtiguez4787 Жыл бұрын

yo también tengo este ordenador, y le has puesto el mismo disco SSD, yo al mío se lo he puesto de 1 TB de capacidad, y el ordenador me va de cine es rapidísimo va 5 veces más rápido que cuando tenía el HDD, tradicional.

@welshtony1 Жыл бұрын

Tom people asking on all your social media if you are ok and no response. Many are thinking the worse. For people also wondering I have noticed on his ebay he has sold some items recently over ebay. Or at least someone with access to his account.

@larrycroft470 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the update Tony. I have been so concerned about him Jess and the boys. Please update more if you find out anything

@welshtony1 Жыл бұрын

@@larrycroft470 Same here Larry, They just seemed to drop off everything for some reason. Obviously I only know the same as everyone else here but was lucky enough to spot he had sold something recently. Hoping Tom at least just makes a comment on something just to let us know they are ok

@wobbled5609 Жыл бұрын

I tried sending him a message via ebay and didn't hear back from him. Starting to get genuinely concerned.

@megatronskneecap Жыл бұрын

@@welshtony1 @Larry Croft @Wobbled - I'm still keeping my hopes up. I would like to think nothing bad has happend and hes just got bored of making videos or is getting on with life but not even a single message on any platform apart from a couple of random eBay listings from now two months ago is concerning asf.

@WrestlingFace Жыл бұрын

Hope he is well 🙏💖

@welshtony1 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Tom, Got any videos in the works? We miss you. Hope your doing well

@Rockband2991 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget to enable trim on this third party ssd using terminal

@Xantioss 3 жыл бұрын

Isn’t this fixed a long time ago ? Like, yosemite days?

@karl76uk 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Tom have you had any Bluetooth problems with your Mac mini M1 ? Also I’ve seen their could be a new Mac mini this year ?

@dailystupidandinterestingv7794 3 жыл бұрын

Do these ones not have a pcie ssd slot? my 2014 had one. Also I find the logic board removal tool unnecessary, I've done many of these without that

@johnstouchpad6437 3 жыл бұрын

Did you remember to enable TRIM?

@adamuzumaki98 Жыл бұрын

Tom, what’s up?

@danielrhodes7594 Жыл бұрын

Hi Tom, Off topic, but can you give me advice on how to put multiple OS on a hard drive wit 4 partitions. I was wanting to put 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, and 10.5 on a 1Ghz, G4 MDD. I am having trouble. I am not able to put any other OS on after 10.2.

@RetroModern3 Жыл бұрын

everything ok?

@Patricia-kk8tr 11 ай бұрын

I am using this Mac mini 2014 with 2 SSD upgrades every day. I actually bought a Mac mini M1 and sold it as I could not see the need to upgrade further for my use. Do you still use the Targus Thunderbolt 2 hub?

@lactobacillusprime 3 жыл бұрын

This I might want to attempt myself, my one still has a rotation device next to the built in solid state. Sadly the ram is not upgradable, possibly the only downside of this system.

@KR1275 Жыл бұрын

You could just add a NVME SSD with adapter (less than 10 euros) on top of the existing HD. Without removing (or destroying...) anything. The connection is on the board already.

@tobiharvey6180 2 жыл бұрын

Where you gone

@welshtony1 Жыл бұрын

Did my comment just get deleted? Tom? Anyway he is still around. He was in a BBC News video posted in February this year.

@welshtony1 Жыл бұрын

Either that comment was deleted or KZfaq moved it to spam filter so I will reply to this comment.

@welshtony1 Жыл бұрын

In the video Tom.was described as the General Manager of the cinema he worked so it looks like he now runs it taking up more of his free time

@welshtony1 Жыл бұрын

There was also 2 photos posted on the cinema page that he was in posted 6 weeks ago so he is fine

@welshtony1 Жыл бұрын

I just think he no longer has spare time for the channel.

@WrestlingFace Жыл бұрын

Hope he returns, we miss him ❤

@DAVIDGREGORYKERR 2 жыл бұрын

I hope that you guys have your apple devices updated to iOS15.1, If you have already signed into iCloud then you should be able to get all your files back again.

@atlaswildman6601 Жыл бұрын

Can the IR SENSOR be fixed if broken?

@andrewdupuis1151 2 жыл бұрын

i was thinking puting in ssd in my 2010 mac mini i am not going do i don't want to break it with very small cables in it it payed $200 plus tax few days ago

@petrholusa5855 Жыл бұрын

How much ram I can install there?

@DANNYDRAIMAN 2 жыл бұрын

how are you man?

@roryhall5199 Жыл бұрын

any one know what’s happened to tom. it’s been over a year since he has posted anything on the internet. his ebay listing is still the same one from a year ago aswell

@garyroxene Жыл бұрын

Give it a REAL boost. Put an 256 NVME in it!

@megatronskneecap Жыл бұрын

You coming back or... Please just pin a comment in this comment section everything is ok 🙏

@iamtiedev Жыл бұрын

hi! worth a late 2014 2.5 with 8ram and installed an ssd? for browser and programming, in a very good price! or a late 2012 2.6 16ram for a double price?!

@marksapollo 2 жыл бұрын

What’s happening to this channel? Is Tom alright? 7 months and no new videos.

@acastillo5870 2 жыл бұрын

i was wondering the same thing

@BenCos2018 2 жыл бұрын

@@acastillo5870 same here

@jamessmith99731 2 жыл бұрын

His last post on Twitter was in March. I'm guessing he's very busy with work and family life.

@BenCos2018 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamessmith99731 yep Hopefully he's doing well though

@josephneale10215 3 жыл бұрын

ouch

@chezsnailez 2 жыл бұрын

You still alive?

@fredobrien389 3 жыл бұрын

instead of having 8 different mac minis couldn't you run VM's

@NMY556L 3 жыл бұрын

I used to run a 2012 Mini which was maxed out on ram for my VM's and it was ok for testing but it did get hot. I think Tom would need to use separate machines as he'd need to send the display output to 8 different screens? Not sure if you could get 8 VM's to output video to 8 separate screens without lots of work. You'd need some way to connect into the VM's so that you could display the output at the desired location. 8 VM's running on one mini would be unworkable. Raspberry pi's running a suitable digital signage app or even just using LibreOffice Impress might do the job. It'd probably be able to run the keynote slideshow without any trouble! . Raspberry Pi's are way cheaper than macs and have free software . You could probably get all 8 pi's for less than the cost of a machine to host your vm's. You'd be able to get nice screens and VESA mounts for each system and all the memory cards and cables for next to nothing (compared to Apple).just chipping in with a sugestion. Edit: Raspberry Pi 4 has 2 HDMI outputs so you could use 4 pi's to drive 8 screens (2 screens per pi with the displays mirrored so that each pair of screens shows the same output). The 4 pi's would cost less than 8 and would be less work to update and manage. Maybe a splitter could be connected to the output of one system which could send the video output over HDMI cable from one system (pi or mac) to however many screens the splitter supported. Might be a cheaper option and more future-proof than x number of discrete computers be they mac or Raspberry pi?

@jamiechampion299 3 жыл бұрын

@@NMY556L As far as I know the mini doing digital signage only sends an output to one device - an HDMI splitter. It's just one image sent to all the displays.

@NMY556L 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamiechampion299 one output being sent to multiple displays might be of some use to Tom but he might want to tweak what's displayed on individual screens? The splitter idea might not be all that good of an idea then

@jamiechampion299 3 жыл бұрын

@@NMY556L He has said that he was specifically doing that. It's all in the original unboxing video.

@larrycroft470 2 жыл бұрын

Tom where have you been???? Will you please film your Christmas around your home so we can see you Jess and those precious little boys having Christmas??!!!!

@larrycroft470 2 жыл бұрын

Tom. yt shadow bans my comments. I hope you are receiving my messages. I have been so concerned about y'all. I really miss visiting with you. My prayers are with you Jess, Eli, Arlo and Odie.