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Hi, I was researching as to how to upgrade my hard drive in my Mac Mini 2014 and I came across the ifixit guide and in the buy parts section I could not see a 2 TB option. Is it advisable to upgrade to a 2 TB Seagate Firecuda SSHD SATA 2.5 inch Hard Drive? I am using my Mac Mini for music production and in Maschine when I play some of the demo projects in certain expansions I notice audio glitches and my CPU levels going up. I saw one friend’s 2012 macbook in which he had recently upgraded to a Sandisk 1 TB 3d SSD and it was running smoothly in his. Will my problem get resolved if I do the upgrade mentioned in the above paragraph? Thanks
Your friend has the right idea going with a SSD! While he went with a larger 1 TB SSD you don’t need to go that far as you have a HDD presently. Basically, You’ll want to get a blade SSD drive for the second drive like [linked product missing or disabled: IF123-123-1], you’ll need this cable SSD flex cable and here’s the guide you’ll need to follow Mac mini Late 2014 SSD Replacement. Once you’ve put in the SSD, install MacOS onto it using the OS installer from your HD. Then migrate your user account and apps over. You’ll leave your data on the HDD. While a 240 GB SSD will work just fine you do want to leave 1/3 of the SSD free for the OS & apps to leverage for caching & paging (maybe a 480 GB would be better). You’ll use the SSD for your scratch area to work on your current work, then move it over to the HDD when your down. If you are working on large projects you’ll want to get a larger SSD.
