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Hi people!I have a Mac mini Late 2014, 1.4 GHZ “Core i5” with 1 Tb Fusion Drive with 8 GB RAM. I would like to upgrade it to an SSD. So here are the questions:1) Can i buy just any SSD brand? or it has to be a particular type. I read of incompatibility issues on iMac for example.2) Does my model need or has a PCIe SSD and flex cable? it is useful to buy a PCIe SSD or a regular SSD will be fine?3) Any special tools for this? I read some issues with and adhesive tape regarding the SSD that is a bit critical.Sorry for so many questions and thanks for any help or guidance.Cheers,Sebs
To start with your systems Fusion Drive is made up of two drives physically! A standard SATA HDD and a small sized PCIe/NVMe blade SSD which is setup as a cache drive to the HDD. So you have all of the needed connections, the only issue is what you want for performance. Replacing the small blade SSD with a larger drive is the best direction, then setting it up as your boot drive installing the macOS onto it. Then leave your HDD as your data drive. Thats what I would do following this guide Mac mini Late 2014 SSD Replacement and using the OWC Aura Pro X2 SSD either the 480 GB or the 1TB drives. Its also the easiest upgrade possible! Less than 15mins done! The needed tools are listed in the guide.
