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1. MAC MINI HARD DRIVE UPGRADE 2010 INSTALL
2. MAC MINI HARD DRIVE UPGRADE 2010 DRIVER
3. MAC MINI HARD DRIVE UPGRADE 2010 UPGRADE
4. MAC MINI HARD DRIVE UPGRADE 2010 PRO

That went smooth as silk albeit one issue with getting both antenna grate case screws to line up and I believe that has to do with the new drive and the bumper around the edge of it causing something to not line up perfectly, so I left that screw off. Made a bootable USB stick drive and then performed the upgrade.

MAC MINI HARD DRIVE UPGRADE 2010 UPGRADE

Maybe not a fair or accurate observation, but other than saying that "any damage caused by the end user doing any upgrades other than memory will not be covered" doesn't say to me that if I upgrade the hard drive and 5 months later the logic board goes south they won't cover it under warranty since the board going south 5 months later is not a result of me doing it when I upgraded the drive 5 months earlier. Its almost as if depending upon what the fix requires they have left themselves a loophole in that if they feel like covering it they will if they don't they won't. I have read that obviously if you toast something during the upgrade process they won't stand by the warranty, but if you didn't mess anything up and then later have a problem it won't matter and they will cover it. In the unlikely event I decided to purchase the Apple Care warranty for the 3 years, by putting in this drive and supposedly voiding the warranty, would the Apple Care then not cover anything since I swapped the drives? It appears as though Apple is not straight forward on what they consider a voided warranty. I have watched the OWC video several times and it appears this will be an easy upgrade as long as I don't down a pair of cappuccinos before I get into it and have jittery hands. I bought both the Minis and the drive from Best Buy so I figure if I screw something up I can return it and play ignorant and they won't know the difference.

MAC MINI HARD DRIVE UPGRADE 2010 PRO

If I have problems with the drive I will likely return it and get an OWC Mercury Pro drive. As far as I can tell, the Intel 520 original firmware, I believe its the i400, is still the only firmware version for the drive I am going to attempt to use. I was reading that the SandForce controllers really don't need the TRIM as it has the firmware garbage collector built in as you alluded to, so I don't plan to mess with it. The client machine just runs the OS and apps, nothing more.

I am in no need of the extra space as I am running a 1 TB network drive that I put all of my stuff on. I plan to not use the stock 500 gig drive, just run with the SSD. Be prepared to back up your entire drive before a firmware update, as it may be data destructive.

MAC MINI HARD DRIVE UPGRADE 2010 INSTALL

Many vendors only provide Windows or ISO Linux DVD boot solutions to install firmware. Make certain that your SSD drive firmware is current before installing OS X.

MAC MINI HARD DRIVE UPGRADE 2010 DRIVER

These are block-level kernel driver hacks. If you attempt to use a third-party TRIM enabler, you risk losing all the data on your drive.

Some of these drive vendors actually discourage the use of third-party TRIM enablers as the TRIM purpose of block writes on drive idle, is already programmed into the drive controller firmware. Anything you break in there will cost a fortune to fix.Īpple blocks third-party SSD from using TRIM. The key to a successful SSD install is deliberate patience, organizing pools of screws, and exercising great care with miniature connectors. Next, I purchased the OWC Mac mini drive kit, which proved to be very comprehensive, both in color manual, and tools critical for the job. The rep indicated that because the original 500GB drive remained in the mini, that the addition of the SSD did not void my warranty. Unrelated to the drive installation itself or Mountain Lion, I had an email exchange with Apple over an iLife software issue. It was then that I decided to install an SSD.

I took delivery of a refurbished Mac mini that came with Lion, and shortly thereafter, purchased Mountain Lion, built a bootable USB stick, and then ugraded to ML.