6/25/2023 0 Comments Apple mac mini 2012 i7 2.6ghzJust take off the base, remove the metal mesh Airport antenna, and then pop out one drive and mount the other. Also doesn't require taking the whole freakin' computer apart. Less internal storage that way but just as fast for booting and whatnot. ![]() You can also just take out the hard drive (put it in an enclosure) and put in an SSD. OS X may have the hard drive kind of busy the first few days you use it - it'll figure out what needs to be on the SSD and what should be on the hard drive automatically. Reinstall Mavericks from USB, restore the Time Machine backup, and you're right where you left off only this time with much better performance. Beware this wipes everything so that's why Time Machine is important. The fusion drive setup was really easy - fire up Disk Utility and it shows the two drives in red and just makes the fusion drive for you. I created a USB installer for Mavericks, made sure Time Machine was up to date, then installed the SSD in the top drive bay (that was the hard part). That's with basically the same hardware as you. ![]() Now I have a 1.25TB Fusion Drive and boot time is about 10 seconds. I ended up getting the dual drive kit from OWC and added a solid state drive in my Mini. These things are slow as heck to boot up and at least in my case, the fault laid with the hard drive.
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