Mac Mini Late 2014 - macOS Sonoma and SSD Upgrade

jensd_be October 27, 2023
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In this video, I will upgrade the slow hard disk in an Apple Mac Mini Late 2014 to a SATA SSD and I will also install macOS Sonoma on it. As part of this, we will also check the performance before and after the upgrade. These two actions extend the useful life of this nice device significantly. As mentioned in the video, I did a more detailed video on installing macOS Sonoma on unsupported Apple Mac models - You can find the video here: https://youtu.be/acpQuCIy3GA - And a detailed blogpost: https://jensd.be/1998/apple/install-macos-sonoma-on-unsupported-models Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:37 - Required Tools 03:38 - Performance before 04:35 - Prepare Sonoma Installer 04:59 - SSD Upgrade 15:05 - First boot 15:44 - Erase/format SSD 16:15 - Sonoma Installation 16:59 - Post-installation steps 18:04 - Performance after 19:19 - Outro

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