In Step 18 the covering of the old hard disk is rather fragile – be careful when removing this and applying it to your new drive. Step 15 when disassembling needed quite a lot of force. These are things to especially take note of, in the order you have to perform them. Most if not all of these tools should be supplied with your Mac mini second drive kit mentioned in Part 1 (they were with the one I bought). Some heat paste is optional for the additional step. To do this repair you need T6 and T8 Torx screwdrivers, a Mac mini logicboard opener tool, and a small hex (Philips) screwdriver. But the Mac mini is as tightly assembled as a laptop, and some of the parts and amount of space to work in are pretty small. In comparison to some repairs I have done that involve ungluing things, or seemingly impossible disassembly, this one presents no really complicated challenges. The guide is listed as moderate difficulty, and takes 1-2 hours – that is about right. To do this I followed the iFixit “ Installing Mac mini Late 2012 Dual Hard Drive Kit” Guide.
SETTING UP MAC MINI AS A SERVER INSTALL
Accessing the Mac mini and file sharingĪfter having purchased all the necessary hardware, the next step was to install the two hard disks in the Mac mini – to remove the 500Gb hard disk in it already, replace that with the 2Tb Seagate drive I purchased, and add the Samsung 512Gb SSD as the second drive.
This blog post is the second of three in the series, following Part 1 about the requirements for the server and the choice of hardware.
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