Speed Up Mac Mini Late 2014 With an SSD Drive

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Is your Mac Mini Late 2014 running slow and you are looking for way how to speed up your mac mini 2014, how to make it faster, how to upgrade it? Then this video is for you.
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Hey guys! I want to share with you how I upgraded my second hand mac mini late 2014 with an external ssd hard drive, that increased mac mini late 2014 performance significantly. Even with newest OS monterey installed. I did some geeekbench test and ssd speed write read tests. First I tried to replace HDD with an nvme m2 ssd drive, but I bought an pcie nvme m2 adapter from aliexpress, that didnt work. So I had to creatively come up with a workaround by using external ssd drive as main ssd drive with mac os installed.
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Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:18 Who is this video for?
00:00:35 Why to upgrade mac mini late 2014?
00:01:02 RAM upgradibility
00:01:08 HDD drive upgradibility
00:01:29 Buying PCIE nvme adapter
00:02:25 Aliexpress dispute failed
00:03:05 Replace hard drive with external SSD
00:04:29 Is mac mini faster after SSD upgrade?
00:04:37 Geekbech ntest results
00:05:12 SSD read write speed test
00:05:40 How many 4K videos it can play
00:06:21 How many FULL HD videos it can play
00:06:53 Conclusion
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@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

Did you upgraded you mac mini late 2014 with an SSD drive? If yes, with which drive and how fast is speed write test?

@DJarry394 Жыл бұрын

Haven’t yet

@ProphetRay Жыл бұрын

nope I gave away my 2014 and bought a 2020 M1 Mac mini for $370 on eBAY I'LL UPGRADE TO THE M2 soon

@Darktanuz 2 жыл бұрын

I just bought a base Mac mini 2014.. I updated it to Monterey and then I upgraded with an M.2 adapter + a SSD NVMe kingstone and now works pretty good.

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

Nice, thanks for sharing! Glad it worked for you

@DJarry394 Жыл бұрын

I gotta write all this down

@welove_toys Жыл бұрын

What write speed are you getting? I was getting 30MB/s write speed and I upgraded using an SSD NVMe kingstone but with external enclosure connected via USB 3.0. I am now getting read and write around 400MB/s which is a huge difference. I am wondering whether the speed will increase with internal adaptor. Let me know thanks

@joepisciottajr 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure why this was on my feed but it cracked me up, well done. Probably because I bought a tricked 2012 Mac Mini (i7 2.6Ghz / 16G RAM / 256G SSD) off eBay for $155 shipped recently and was searching videos on how to download Big Sur from Catalina. It’s connected to a 2011 Thunderbolt 27” Apple Cinema Display (2560x1440), Apple Magic Keyboard and Apple Magic Mouse. Big Sur is running like a champ thanks to the geniuses who created patches to unsupported Mac’s. Having Siri, Live weather, iMessage, latest control center, etc. on this 10 year old Setup is insane. Absolutely love it! After seeing this video, glad I chose the late 2012 model.

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

You made a great call with sticking to 2012 model

@DJarry394 Жыл бұрын

Very cool. Would that be described as a hack?

@DJarry394 Жыл бұрын

I like Monterrey,but I preferred Sierra, which worked really well. Now that I have Monterrey my 2014 started acting klunky

@macmund Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@RRitter 2 жыл бұрын

I've just updated (without any adaptors) with Sandisk Ssd Plus Sdssda-1t00-g26 1tb. It fits perfectly. Mine is mac mini late 2014. Boot up in 20seconds

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it takes time to boot up, was thinking about installing windows instead of monterey

@Darktanuz 2 жыл бұрын

So, could you actually fit it inside ? Cool

@ProphetRay 2 жыл бұрын

Where can I buy this?

@DJarry394 Жыл бұрын

20 seconds is better than 20-30 minutes that takes my late 2014 mini to boot up. Once it does then it takes a while for streaming apps to boot up on TOP of that. Plus the computer itself will boot up but all the gd apps take forever. Once I have waited and hassled with it for a half hour or more, then the streaming works quite well. I have it hooked to my 40 inch Smart TV. Not sure Hulu and Apple TV+ use 4K exclusively or not.

@mahim225 7 ай бұрын

Can u give me your mail address i really need your help

@MB-qo7qs 2 жыл бұрын

Díky za obě videa :) Já právě zvažuji koupi, mám vyhlédnutý nějaký, který už SSD má. Zmiňovaný 2012 jsem nechtěl, jelikož nepodporuje Monterey. Pro mě je jen cílem se se systémem naučit, tudíž asi jen pouštět vestavěné aplikace a tak, na to je provoz v pohodě? :) Mimochodem ty ceny ojetin jsou šílené, skoro člověk přemýšlí, jestli si radši nekoupit rovnou nový :D

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

Ahoj, diky za komentar :) Urcite bych za ojety ma mini nedaval vic jak 3-4 tis. Ojety mac mini s m1 zacinaji na 14t a vydrzi ti 10+ let na vsechny veci vcetne strihu videa. Muj mac zvlada jak co, treba kancelarsky balicky nebudou moc svizny, stejne tak ani imovie nebo garage band.

@Kennyy212 2 жыл бұрын

Did you have 10.13 or later installed before installing NVMe drive? There’s an EFI firmware update needed in order for drive to be recognized.

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

I did install newest mac os. I still think it is because of a faulty adapter.

@argonk 6 ай бұрын

I have a late 2014 iMac with a Thunderbolt 2 port. Wondering if I could connect an external ssd using that port, specifically an nvme drive in a suitable enclosure.

@VietPhan 5 ай бұрын

I have experience only with USB ssd enclosings

@ismaeltorres3219 6 ай бұрын

I just bought one of these and at the moment I replaced it with my SATA SSD. It is currently running Sonoma on it and it is a pain. I just now learned about the NVME port so I'm ordering an adapter and will try that. Hopefully it works

@VietPhan 5 ай бұрын

Let us know how it went. Maybe consider ditching sonoma for windows 11

@TheFinalMinerz 2 жыл бұрын

have you managed to get 4k 60hz put of the 2014 mac mini? I've tried several cables and adapters, but I only get flashing lights at most

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, i dont have 4k monitor to try it out. 2K works fine.

@imvau3819 2 жыл бұрын

4K 60 hz doesnt work. Max i have achieved is 2K 60 hz. That’s good enough for the machine that is reliable and 8 years old.

@phellipeboucher Жыл бұрын

Can I use a NVMe SSD with PCIe 4.0 with this adapter or only PCIe 3.0? I'm searching to buy the SSD Model but this question tricked me here. Can you help me? My mac Mini Late 2014 reads this 4.0 configuration as an exemple 7000 reading and 5500 writing? Or only the 3.0 specifications?

@VietPhan Жыл бұрын

PCI versions are backward compatible. It just means your disk will run at slowe PCI speed

@pranavsk7068 2 ай бұрын

Do updating my late. 2014 mac mini (1tb fusion drive) to mac os monterey slow down my mac mini

@VietPhan Ай бұрын

Wouldnt risk it

@romuloosorio5297 2 жыл бұрын

I have same experienced m2 ssd not working but when I upgraded the mac os to highier version its been recognized

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

did you buy m2 adapter from aliexpress as well?

@ryanlayfield 8 ай бұрын

*sniff* You had me at "this thing is slow as hell". Beautiful. Bought a garbage performance used 2014 myself, and was wondering what was wrong. It had a 'stock' drive maxing out at... 50MB/s for writes and reads.

@VietPhan 8 ай бұрын

While slow, still ok for browsing internet. My dad definitely felt improvement over ancient noisy core i3 with no SSD. But yeah I got caught by price overlooking the model specifics

@biancahoffmann2489 Жыл бұрын

taking advantage of the fact that my imac broke, I thought about buying a mac mini that I was offered, 2014 i7 16gb Ram and 512 ssd pcie... would it be a good buy? costs $200

@VietPhan Жыл бұрын

mac mini m1 goes for 600 used. I would save for m1

@MFEeee 2 жыл бұрын

I love my late 2014 Mac mini. It’s a maxed out i7. I run windows natively, so graphic designing, I have an EGPU attached to it, I even have a thunderbolt 2 hard drive enclosure and have it connect to feo Thunderbolt displays. I love my setup

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! You are the second person commented who runs windows on mini 2014. I should give it a try. Monterey is sluggish as hell, so maybe windows will be more swift.

@rufatshahbazov1326 3 ай бұрын

My m2 ssd gives around 670-700 mb/s reding and writing speed. Is it good or I can go much higher ?

@VietPhan 3 ай бұрын

Its on the lower average. Fastest are in thousands but you will be limited by type of connection if its usb or sata or...

@kevinmoya8868 Жыл бұрын

I bought an Apple Mac Mini Model A1347 (Late 2014) Core i7 3.0GHz Dual core. (Not quad core) 16GB RAM 1.12TB Fusion hard drive. (900GB HDD - 112GB SSD) Is that good? Paid $300

@VietPhan Жыл бұрын

its on the more expensive side, definitelly would add ssd drive

@Elijah-wo8bm 2 жыл бұрын

I upgrade my mac mini 2014 using Nvme m.2 adaptor. Its fast now. Read and Write speed is limited on mac mini 2014. Its only max between Read: 600MBps to Write: 700MBps. The NVME M.2 ssd I bought when i tested it with my laptop secondary m.2. I got a 2100MBps Read speed and 1700 MBps Write speed. something I just notice too because I dual Boot it. Im running Monterey and windows 11 on my 2014 mac mini,. Monterey is slower, specially when opening apps like microsoft offices. boot time is slower too 20secs sometimes it reach 35 secs to boot. but when opening apps on windows 11, it open immediately. It is way faster to when i tested the read and write speed in windows 11. it almost reach the Read speed: 800Mbps and the write speed of 900MBps. it boot faster too for only 10 secs. That is why Im using windows os now on my 2014 mac mini now.

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experience. Never ever imagined windows would be faster than mac os on mini 2014. How is it with fan noise under windows?

@Elijah-wo8bm 2 жыл бұрын

@@VietPhan no differences at all, because i only do basic task like offices work. zoom meeting, youtube etc. fan noise almost the same with monterey. windows 11 on it is very fast. for example opening microsoft word on monterey for the first time it bounces 7 before opening. sometime it reach 10 counts. after that it open emediately after closing. but in windows 11 it open emediately. Im using office 2021, updated. zoom meeting has many faetures unlock in windows 11 than in monterey. example: Video Blur background.

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

interesting insight, i will give win 11 a try! At least my Dad wont have to learn new os system. Fotrgot to ask, is your mac mini equipped with 4GB or 8GM RAM? It plays a huge role when it ocmes to running windows smoothly

@Elijah-wo8bm 2 жыл бұрын

@@VietPhan only 4gb of ram. 512gb M.2 ssd. I Just format my HDD as my Data / Storages drive.

@TheIdleCrow 2 жыл бұрын

Decided to see if you had any updates after watching your last... It's to bad the adapter didn't work.... May of just been a fluke with dealing with poor quality un branded Chinese parts... Dice roll sometimes... If I buy a 2014 Mac Mini... I still want to install a M.2 SSD because it's the easiest way to upgrade it.. & fastest. But not SUPER fast... I understand these Mac Mini's when doing the M.2 adapter have a max speed of 800mb/s due to hardware from what I remember reading regardless of how good of a M.2 drive you use. But eh that's fine with me... (If it works IF a buy a 2014 Mac Mini & attempt this upgrade)

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

Fast SSD only can go so far. Ram size and intel processor will be huge bottleneck for more intense tasks.

@TheIdleCrow 2 жыл бұрын

@@VietPhan 100% true! Honestly all I'd want to do on it is Facebook KZfaq, Netflix and general web searching. I got a very powerful PC for anything else. But really... It's just an old itch I am trying to scratch and I'll likely not end up using it much...

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

i am not sure about netflix, if its a lightweight webapp then i t might work

@IAM-fd9lk Жыл бұрын

My mac mini late 2014 has 16g ram..can it ne done too??

@VietPhan Жыл бұрын

Sure, if you get a hands on an official adapter

@DJarry394 Жыл бұрын

This is depressing. Don’t have the $$ for a new computer. Is it as hard or worse to upgrade a PC desktop? Also, has apple stopped upgrading the OS for the 2014 Mini ?

@VietPhan Жыл бұрын

Imho its harder to upgrade mac. I would buy second hand pc if i wanted it to be future proof.

@DJarry394 Жыл бұрын

@@VietPhan good idea. I know both

@DJarry394 Жыл бұрын

@@VietPhan its a fucking pain

@DJarry394 Жыл бұрын

I use Newegg

@andreafarro1997 Жыл бұрын

I have just bought a Mac Mini 2014 with 4gb and a 256gb normal sata SSD anyone that has this model, is it going ti run very slow with only 4gb ram…?

@VietPhan Жыл бұрын

Depends on use case. Lightweight apps will run fine.

@miriahjaeomie Жыл бұрын

Recently bought a late Mac mini 2014 and I completely regret it… not only is it so slow, apps take forever to load or won’t load at all. I tried to cancel the order before the seller shipped it but I think he knew there was a problem with it, but shipped it anyways so that it’s out of his hands.

@VietPhan Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that, did you buy one with ssd disk?

@delaflower 8 ай бұрын

so basically this video is about how you got a bad adapter from Ali express? I think you should try again with a better quality adapter. I'm getting ready to do so right now.

@VietPhan 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, too much of a sunk cost to try again :D...good luck with your upgrade

@delaflower 8 ай бұрын

I did my upgrade. Paid about $12 for the adapter off of Amazon and $44 for 1TB PCIe gen 3 NVMe. The limit on the Mac mini 2014 is 750 MB/s. Only problem I ran into was the disk utility on the internet recovery being too old to recognize the NVMe, but had no problem after booting up from a newer OS installation USB drive I made. I'm writing this message on the Mac mini right now lol@@VietPhan

@omega3133 Жыл бұрын

Can i have 2 hard drive in one mac????

@VietPhan Жыл бұрын

theoretically one hdd and one ssd

@omega3133 Жыл бұрын

@@VietPhan Ok thanks

@omermamas 2 жыл бұрын

i need ram upgrade :((((

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

so better to avoid mac mini 2014

@Australian_TTRPG 2 жыл бұрын

Streaming 4K video has nothing to do with the hdd/ssd.

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

well, there is noticable difference with and without SSD due to slow procesor and swaping cache to hard drive.

@ProphetRay Жыл бұрын

I bought m1 2020 for $350 and gave the 2014 away to my son he uses it for web suffering and Robox

@VietPhan Жыл бұрын

Good choice, would do the same

@dionsrensen7816 2 жыл бұрын

Kill the music, its making your comments blured.

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for feedback

@ProphetRay 2 жыл бұрын

$200 to upgrade to 1TB samsung SSD in my city work and part inc

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

yeah, i noticed ssd price went up this year. hope you will be happy with upgrade

@DJarry394 Жыл бұрын

Same in L.A.

@eduardopounds3816 2 жыл бұрын

Why u have to make me regret apple 🍎

@VietPhan 2 жыл бұрын

the only time i regret apple was when i bought iphone 4s from some shady seller, turned out to be stolen item.

@DJarry394 Жыл бұрын

I used an external hard drive on my 2014 M.M. It worked until it didn’t. Piece of crap WD

@VietPhan Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that. Maybe samsung will be less faulty

@DJarry394 Жыл бұрын

Viet Phan thanx