Never worked with anything that fast before. I gotta admit I had my first taste with ethernet speeds pushing data to my nas at 2.5 gbE and I was blown away at how fast that was. Currently trialing the Mac Studio and memory pressure running the usual things I use my Mac for (editing, safari, music, compressor, FCP and MS teams) and memory use is currently hovering around 35-45%. Memory pressure on my MBP hasn't been in the red though I know I've hit 70% + memory use.

Main computer is a late 2016 i7 MBP that does the job but dogs when compressor is running and I'm trying to continue to edit in FCP. Most of the work is done via affinity, apple photos and plenty of work in FCP. I do not develop in Xcode, use logic (though I'd like to learn). I also shoot a ton of photos as photography is my hobby with a photo repository that is well in excess of 2TB if not more. I have a crap ton of family videos shot mostly in 1080P but I am slowly moving over to 4K 30 FPS content. My workflow: Youtube publisher (lightweight nothing crazy and hardly pro yet). I asked a similar question in the Mac Studio subreddit but I'm sure the responses *could* be a bit biased :) Gently lay the SSD on top of the new hard drive, and slide it until it secures into place.Something I'm struggling with a lot. Install the new SSDĪttach the new SATA cable from the hard drive kit (make sure to use the one that faces up when placed into the Mac Mini). You can guide the plastic back into the place you pulled it from, working the connection back into place. Put those through the plastic before inserting the screws.

The new SATA cable kit will also have some rubber inserts. Guiding the new hard drive into the plastic insert, you can screw the hard drive into place using the same screws you just used. Using the T5 screwdriver bit, remove the screws from the side of the old hard drive. Install the new hard driveĬonnect the SATA cable into the new hard drive. To remove it, with the power pack being grounded into place on this model, you have to gently wiggle the plastic to get it free. It is connected in the back of the power pack, farthest from where you have the device placed.

There is a piece of plastic that guides around the power pack, the logic board, and the hard drive.

Mac mini 2014 ssd upgrade