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How to make your make your Mac Mini speedy, easy peasy

David Millard -

Mac mini Late 2014

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Mac mini Late 2014 Hard Drive Replacement

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Moderate

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My husband's Mac Mini has been dreadfully slow for months now -- boot it up and walk away for 10 mins slow. Beachball fest every minute or two slow. The Apple store guys couldn't find a specific culprit with their diagnostics, but they thought the hard drive might be so slow so that boot up and page file operations were affected.

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The drive transplant went much more smoothly than I expected. The instructions were precise and the user notes helped at every point where I had an additional question. The Mini now has a 500 gig SSD drive. It's super fast and my husband is super happy.

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Don't let the 30-some-odd step instructions intimidate you. It actually is pretty easy. Also, spring for the logic board removal tool.

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Mac mini Logic Board Removal Tool

$4.99

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