Apple gets a lot of flak for its unfriendly approach to user repairs and upgrades—you can’t really do them. But there’s a ray of hope with the new Mac mini, which started shipping on Friday. In a ...
The base model M4 Mac mini is one of the best values in Mac computers, but upgrading the storage to the maximum 2TB significantly reduces that value proposition. That’s because Apple charges an insane ...
Earlier this week, we reported that the storage in the new Mac mini is actually modular, meaning that it isn’t soldered to the logic board of the Mac, and ultimately would be user accessible. However, ...
As expected, adding more storage to the new machine isn’t as simple as swapping out the SSD module. Dosdude runs down the more involved process of replacing the module’s two NAND chips — essentially ...
Apple’s in-house chips have some impressive specs, but user serviceability is something Apple left behind for consumer machines around a decade ago. Repair legend [dosdude1] shows us how the new M4 ...
Following multiple vendors offering internal SSD updates for the M4 Mac mini, one has now revealed that it has prototyped a model for the M4 Pro version. Externally, the M4 Mac mini and the M4 Pro Mac ...
When the very first Mac Studio was unveiled in 2022, a teardown found a surprisingly removable SSD module. However, there’s no way to officially upgrade the drive, since Apple doesn’t offer any type ...