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Very helpful walkthrough

Glenn Picher -

Mac mini Late 2014

Mac mini Late 2014 Hard Drive Replacement

Mac mini Late 2014 Hard Drive Replacement

25 minutes

Moderate

My Problem

Slow mechanical hard drive - upgrade to SSD.

My Fix

Went smoothly.

My Advice

Could have used some closeups on the removal of the power plug clip - you just pull it out, but it wasn't clear if it was supposed to levered up or down. Also, could have used a closeup on pulling the power connector off the logic board; it did not seem safe to just pull the wires themselves, so I used a spudger. But it wasn't clear where the separation point on the connector was and thus where to apply the spudger.

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Mac mini Logic Board Removal Tool

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Also it would help to clarify that the logic board removal tool probably needs to be used in a couple of different small pries against the case surface, not a single pry that gets you all the way to the edge of the wireless plate opening.

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