= Keep in mind that adding the additional drive will require that you completely disassemble the Mac Mini. for a SSD where you are not certain whether the proper alignment was done), you use the following commands. If you want to verify the alignment (e.g. Note: If you want to create a 100MB partition with alignment, the create command is:Ĭreate partition primary size=100 align=1024
MAC MINI LATE 2012 SSD INSTALL
Select disk n (where n is the number that was given for your SSD in List disk)Īctive (assuming you want to install an OS) Open an elevated command prompt and run the following sequence of commands – each line followed by Enter. The easiest way to align an SSD is to create an aligned partition on the SSD with the help of Diskpart. not absolutely necessary but good practice in my mind I find they behave better if you set them up properly before installing too. Well I have been using the Samsung 830 and Crucial M4 for some time and no problem (not in a Mac though) What the is going on? there some kind of apple hardware protection over here?! Now i tried the net installer: it downloaded the os for almost 3 hours and now, after the first reboot it says "i can't install os mountain lion, please try again" I tried to load the os on an usb stick and if i try to boot from usb shows a circle with a slash and everything freezes. I tried to download the os from apple store and it says: your computer is not compatibile. Now i'm going nuts with the os installation: i can't install it. Hello guys and sorry for the lame question: i was an happy mac mini 2011 user, now i turned into the new mac mini late 2012 but it turned into &%*#!įirst i wasn't able to add a second drive (seems like apple doesn't let you use the ifixit cable for the main drive and suddenly it worked only chaning the main sata cable: i used the apple one with my new samsung 830 ssd e the ifixit one with the original hard drive hitatchi 1tb.
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