Never will be a fan of Internet Restore or the current Apple Hardware Test that requires an internet connection. (Doesn't find the recovery partition.) I'd always avoided Lion/MLion and still do whenever possible. I wanted to keep the mini's OEM HDD unused but should have just booted from the recovery partition on it and cloned it from there.) Also note with the method I used for the Recovery partition means Apple's OS X Recovery Disk Assistant Utility will not work. I'd used DU Restore dozens of times for OS X 10.6.x and earlier drives, but this was my first time using 10.8.x. (Long story but in hindsight should have used some other method than using 10.6.x DU's Restore feature (booted from a 10.6.x Mac). 2012) Mini's OS X 10.8.1 boot hard drive (before it was ever used) to the Toshiba SSD using an OS X 10.6.8 Mac with Debug enabled in Disk Utility to be able to clone the Recovery partition. I had cloned the original (from late Oct. Pre-Install Drive Cloning: (see FYI below due to the (poor) method I used) (I'd saved a screenshot of one run that showed 181.2MB/sec writes, 206MB/sec reads.) The 512GB Toshiba SSD didn't support NCQ, which I didn't know until after I'd installed it. The SATA2 512GB Toshiba SSD in this mini had shown 170MB/sec write, 220MB/sec read IIRC but can vary from run to run. (Late 2012 Mac Mini/2.3GHz Core i7/16GB RAM) (Compression also means less writes/lower write amplification.) Intel's 520 specs show the 480GB model a bit slower than the 240GB, but of course I'm very happy with the swap vs the SATA2 SSD. The majority of real world typical use is compressible files but regardless I have no complaints.
Not bad since BM uses incompressible data I think, which limits SandForce write speeds.
Late 2012 mac mini ssd upgrade install#
(520 owner had a 2009 MacBook Pro and found out too late that an SATA3 SSD would only run at SATA1 speeds in it (related to Nvidia MCP79 chipset), so made a deal to exchange for the SATA2 512GB Toshiba SSD, if I did the install in the MacBook Pro.) I had a few issues in the process but it all turned out well with a nice performance boost.įirst Blackmagic test (5GB test option IIRC) of the 480GB Intel 520 SSD showed 498.1MB/sec Reads, 283.5MB/sec Writes. Over the weekend I had a chance to swap my SATA2 Toshiba 512GB SSD in a Late 2012 Mini for a SATA3 480GB Intel 520 series.
Late 2012 mac mini ssd upgrade upgrade#
Mac Upgrades/Repairs/Mods | Storage Related | Video Related | Audio/Home Theater Related | OS Updates/Tips/Wi-Fi RelatedĢ012 Mac Mini SSD upgrade (Intel 520 480GB) and Drive Cloning Notes Late 2012 Mac Mini SSD install (Intel 520 SSD) and Drive Cloning Notes
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