Mac Mini M4 base model -
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Can I upgrade NVMe disk after purchase,... e.g. after a year 256GB NVMe replace with 512GB NVMe... ? In other words, in Mac Mini M4 base model is NVMe disk replaceable?
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HDMI in Mac Mini M4 base model can place 8K video? Or only in USB-C 4 of this can play 8K?
Mac mini (M4)
Yes, it can be done by someone super qualified, however any modification will immediately invalidate the warranty and very possibly ruin the machine. So if you don't mind ruining the machine and invalidating the warranty and feel you are qualified to make the modification go for it. It's your money and time so you can do with it what you please.
Macs made for the past 5-10 years have not been intended to be user upgradeable. If you need more storage than the base 256GB then it would be wise to buy the machine pre-configured with it or buy an external SSD.
So the macOS e.g. Sequoia or previous version, can put Sequoia in an external USB SSD or USB stick, and boot from this external drive in my Mac computer? JUST Like in a Windows PC can run/boot Linux from a Live USB STICK or Linux live DVD...? BTW, LINUX LIVE USB or Linux LIVE DVD 📀 Works in Mac computer or Linux computer too, just like Windows computer?
In case choose an external NVMe to boot, and shutdown… when power on this external disk was accidentally disconnected, not connected, will the Mac computer in this case, boot from the internal SSD by default…?
In case I have cloned the internal SSD system drive to an external SSD system drive, … can have both as two boot options,… or boot system drives shouldn’t be with same drive signature as like is the case with Windows boot drives?
tbirdvet wrote:
I use the latest Acasis that works fine. However, if you want Max speed with the fastest NVME (i.e. WD SN850X, et. al) then you need the very latest chip which is in the Qwiizlab or Zike enclosure. I just tested the Gewokliy (same chip as Qwiizlab) with the WD SN850X and got over 3000 W/R using black Magic app on my Mac Mini M4.
Mac minis that have M4 Pro chips have Thunderbolt 5 ports.
For those Mac minis, the OWC Envoy Ultra is probably the fastest external SSD that you can get. Other World Computing claims that when it is attached to a Thunderbolt 5 port, it can offer "over 6000 MB/s" "real-world" speed. Presumably that would be when transferring huge, high-resolution video files, since if you were doing Finder-based copying of many little files, Finder overhead would likely slow things down.
I know about the TB5 ports. However, based on latest testing of the OWC TB5 drive vs TB3-4 it was very disappointing. It appears most of the speed is from a large cache and once filled the speed drops down to almost the TB3-4 level so transferring large files is not that fats. That being said if all you do is small file work then yes the TB5 drive may be of some benefit but probably not much to the naked eye.
Not without the M4 Mini proprietary Apple SSD board. The proprietary SSD looks a lot like the ‘standard’ NVME SSD drive boards, but is not compatible. I saw a teardown of the M4 Mini and even the Mac Pro SSDs will not with with the M4 Mini.
If you really are booting from the external drive attached by usb/tb, how are you preventing the "disk not ejected" problems when the mac goes into sleep mode? This would happen whether booted off the drive or not.
The only way I can see would be to have an externally powered enclosure.
I have been booting from a USB 3.0 SSD for over a year and from a Thunderbolt NVMe for the past. month.
I have never had the disk ejected at any time for any reason.
Nor have I ever heard of a boot disk disconnecting accidentally from anyone else.
Which thunderbolt 4 or 5 enclosure is preferred for imac? I have 2 WD NVME sticks I never got around using in my gaming PC.
OWC (www.macsales.com) has the best hardware accessories for Macs. As they specialize in Macs everything they use is well tested and works as advertised.
Most suggest not using sleep as it causes issues. Just have display turn off.
Mac Mini M4 upgrade NVMe disk after purchase, Can I
