This is especially a problem with 2012 and later devices or late 2011 and after macbook variants. Not so bad if it’s early 2011 or older.
> On Oct 23, 2015, at 11:40 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > My understanding is that it's not so hard finding a drive which fits. The > bigger difficulty is getting the things opened and disassembled to put the > new drive in. > > CB > > On 10/23/15 10:34 AM, george b wrote: >> Here is link on how to replace and sizes >> >> https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac+Mini+Mid+2011+Hard+Drive+Replacement/6422 >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall >> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 07:23 >> To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: 2011 Mac Mini hard drives? >> >> Hi all, >> My 64GB Air is simply too small for Xcode. It's time to resurrect my 2011 >> Mac Mini, dead these last couple years due to a bad hard drive. I wanted to >> find out what drives work with this model, but there's surprisingly little >> online about it. I know I'll need a 2.5-inch drive, but beyond that I'm not >> sure. SATA version is my main concern, but I also don't know if there are >> size requirements I need to consider. If the drive is 2.5 inches and the >> interface works, that doesn't help if it's too fat to fit in the bay. Does >> anyone know what I should look for? Again, this Mini is from 2011. Thanks >> everyone. >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> mehg...@icloud.com >> > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
