I just fixed a 2014 Mac mini for a guy that was running quite slowly and had the spinning beachball, I put in the solid-state hard drive and it took off like a sculled ally cat. The model that I did the upgrade on is the entry-level model that cost about $499 back in 2016. Ended up having to tear apart the whole Mac Mini Just to get down to the hard drive, note, you need to get the special tamper proof screwdriver set to get into the Mac MiniJust to get down to the hard drive, note, you need to get the special tamper proof screwdriver set on Amazon.
ATKMM2 Tool Kit for Mac Mini Computers 2014, 2015, 2016, for teardown opening repair of your mac including Hard drive Logic board removal, power supply, fan, antenna and more https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0747VK4WR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_alPCFb155V1JF How to video. https://youtu.be/hgEBPlz4QB8 Sent from David The Computer Guy 707 759 7586 > On Sep 28, 2020, at 5:11 PM, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: > > it's late 2014. > >> On Sep 28, 2020, at 4:50 PM, matthew dyer <ilovecountrymusic...@outlook.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Using 10αeγ do not have this problem. What year mac mini is it? I have the >> 2018 mottle with 16 GB of ram and a 1 tb SSD. HTH. >> >> Matthew >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On >> Behalf Of Lorie McCloud >> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2020 3:47 PM >> To: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: really slow Mac Mini >> >> some update has really slowed my Mac Mini down. I don't know what it was but >> I restarted in order to install something and now my Mac is really dragging. >> anybody else having problems like this? 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