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Announced on October 16, 2014, identifiable by the model number A1347 and EMC 2840.

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Why am I not seeing SSD in Disk Utility after installing?

HI, I found a video on youtube about installing an SSD using an adapter that looked quite easy to install. But after doing this, I am not seeing the SSD in Disk Utility. He was installing it in the same Mac mini. I purchased this adapter. and purchased this SSD. I started up in recovery mode, and opened up DU, but only see the HD. Shouldn’t I see it at this point, in order to format it? I’m sure it snapped in fully, though I can recheck it again if that might be the issue. The SSD fit nicely inside the adapter. Did I purchase items NOT compatible?

Any help would be appreciated, Thanks!

Rebecca

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Oddly, the links didn’t show. These are what I purchased:

Adapter: Sintech M.2 NGFF NVMe SSD Card for Upgrade Mac Mini Late 2014 Year A1347 MEG Series

SSD: Western Digital 1TB WD Blue SN550 NVMe Internal SSD - Gen3 x4 PCIe 8Gb/s, M.2 2280, 3D NAND, Up to 2,400 MB/s - WDS100T2B0C

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What is the macOS you are system is using?

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That was it! I just finished updating to Big Sur and NOW I see it. Was just about to delete this question and saw your reply. Thank you!

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Hello, did you install the Mac OS and After formatted?

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Did you replace the main drive?

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