Apple did their own thing with the physical interface of the blade SSD's they are using. While Samsung is one of the OEM's of the SSD it is NOT an industry M.2 blade that Samsung sells over the counter (Samsung's EVO drives).
So... you're stuck! You'll need to get either a real Apple SSD that is designed to work in your Mini or you'll need to go with a 3rd party which offers a compatible SSD. Your choices are either OWC or Transcend.
=== Update (09/14/2017) ===
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Sorry you can't use an AHCI adapter or an AHCI M.2 blade SSD in your Mini. Your Mac Mini uses a custom PCIe NVM 2.0 SSD blade drive. There are no suitable M.2 options.
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Sorry you can't use an AHCI adapter or an AHCI M.2 blade SSD in your Mini. Your Mac Mini uses a custom PCIe NVMe 2.0 SSD blade drive. There are no suitable M.2 options.
Apple did their own thing with the physical interface of the blade SSD's they are using. While Samsung is one of the OEM's of the SSD it is NOT an industry M.2 blade that Samsung sells over the counter (Samsung's EVO drives).
So... you're stuck! You'll need to get either a real Apple SSD that is designed to work in your Mini or you'll need to go with a 3rd party which offers a compatible SSD. Your choices are either OWC or Transcend.
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=== Update (09/14/2017) ===
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Sorry you can't use an AHCI adapter or an AHCI M.2 blade SSD in your Mini. Your Mac Mini uses a custom PCIe NVM 2.0 SSD blade drive. There are no suitable M.2 options.
Apple did their own thing with the physical interface of the blade SSD's they are using. While Samsung is one of the OEM's of the SSD it is NOT an industry M.2 blade that Samsung sells over the counter (Samsung's EVO drives).
-
So... you're stuck! You'll need to get either a real Apple SSD that is designed to work in your Mini or you'll need to go with a 3rd party which offers a compatible SSD.
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So... you're stuck! You'll need to get either a real Apple SSD that is designed to work in your Mini or you'll need to go with a 3rd party which offers a compatible SSD. Your choices are either OWC or Transcend.
Apple did their own thing with the physical interface of the blade SSD's they are using. While Samsung is one of the OEM's of the SSD it is NOT an industry M.2 blade that Samsung sells over the counter.
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Apple did their own thing with the physical interface of the blade SSD's they are using. While Samsung is one of the OEM's of the SSD it is NOT an industry M.2 blade that Samsung sells over the counter (Samsung's EVO drives).
So... you're stuck! You'll need to get either a real Apple SSD that is designed to work in your Mini or you'll need to go with a 3rd party which offers a compatible SSD.
Apple did their own thing with the physical interface of the blade SSD's they are using. While Samsung is one of the OEM's of the SSD it is NOT an industry M.2 blade that Samsung sells over the counter.
So... you're stuck! You'll need to get either a real Apple SSD that is designed to work in your Mini or you'll need to go with a 3rd party which offers a compatible SSD.