Let’s get these plugged in and start the install process. Let’s get started in the last video, we left off after creating our usb install source and putting together the orico usb enclosure. I highly recommend you start there, otherwise you’ll be jumping through halfway through the process. I’ll also put a link in the description as well.

If you haven’t seen part one, you can get to it up here. This is the second part in a two part series on how to upgrade your mac mini storage. It’s a fantastic tool that saves me hours each month. 🏮 If you’re a fellow YouTuber, I highly encourage you to check out TubeBuddy. Help me reach 1,000 Subscribers, Click here to Subscribe 👉 Use this link to get a 30-day FREE trial: I use Artlist for my background music needs. ORICO M2V02 Usb 4.0 enclosure (New Version): Using Blackmagicdesign Disk Speed Test the M1 internal storage came in 2061 MB/s Write and 2121 MB/s Read and the ORICO with a Samsung Eco 970 Plus 2 TB came in 1000 MB/s Write and 2826 MB/s Read, Writes are a bit slower but still incredibly fast for day to day use.Īlso if you do not want to do a freeh install you can clone your existing drive to your external with a tool like carbon copy cloner. This is part 2 of my Upgrading M1 MacMini Storage which shows the reinstallation process of macOS to an external USB Enclosure and migration of your existing internal Storage, I also briefly talk about using Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your internal disk to an external USB connected one as well as deleting the internal drive.

Mac mini m1 hard drive upgrade