M.2 SSD - how is it used?
Hi,
On the late-2014 Mini, I successfully swapped the existing 1TB HDD (HGST 5K1000) with a 500GB Crucial SSD. Before I did so, I installed BigSur on the then external SSD.
Only when opening the device I realized that there was a M.2 drive installed. I left it in after the swap.
Everything works but the M.2 SSD seems not to be used. Partitions on it are not recognized. The device shows with it’s hardware name only in Disk Utility, with 120GB), therefore I assume that together with the HDD, it formed a Volume Group (“Fusion Drive”?) which is broken now. Can anybody confirm this?
My understanding is that with the Crucial SSD, it is no longer of any use otherwise. Now my Question: is it save to remove the SSD or just reformat it as a second drive?
Thanks…
Questa è una buona domanda?
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Your systems specs: Mac mini (Late 2014) Review the storage details.
da Dan
It was not first-hand, so I do not know about any modifications before.
What I saw was this:
- Mac Mini late-2014
- 8GHz Dual Core i5
- 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3 (was 4GB, I upgraded to 8)
- Intel Iris 1536 MB
da Frank Butter
@effbee23 - I was focused on your drive options.
da Dan