The iFixit approach to swapping out a SATA drive for an SSD on a Mid 2011 is formidable. Warning: backing your data on OTHER than a Time Machine might be important as the TM is wedded for life to the originating SATA. That said, if your SATA is alive and well, a Cmd-R boot allows you the optiong for the SATA to play a start up role, and then serve as needed as another (bootable) external backup drive.
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The iFixit approach to swapping out a SATA drive for an SSD on a Mid 2011 Mac Mini is formidable. Warning: backing your data on OTHER than a Time Machine might be important as the TM is wedded for life to the originating SATA. That said, if your SATA is alive and well, a Cmd-R boot allows you the optiong for the SATA to play a start up role, and then serve as needed as another (bootable) external backup drive.
The iFixit approach to swapping out a SATA drive for an SSD on a Mid 2011 is formidable. Warning: backing your data on OTHER than a Time Machine might be important as the TM is wedded for life to the originating SATA. That said, if your SATA is alive and well, a Cmd-R boot allows you the optiong for the SATA to play a start up role, and then serve as needed as another (bootable) external backup drive.