Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoNew Mac Mini Has Modular Storage, 256GB Model Will Have Faster SSDwww.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNew Mac Mini Has Modular Storage, 256GB Model Will Have Faster SSDwww.macrumors.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squaredatavoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoAnd presumably if you switch the SSD yourself, you’ll brick the whole thing!
minus-squarefourish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-29 days agoIfixit accomplished it. Required another Mac to reinstall the OS.
minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoI mean, if you’re swapping it for a drive with no OS on it, wouldn’t that make sense?
minus-squarefourish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoOlder intel macs could do an internet recovery on a bare drive. The internet recovery system was part of the ROMs/BIOS.
And presumably if you switch the SSD yourself, you’ll brick the whole thing!
Ifixit accomplished it. Required another Mac to reinstall the OS.
I mean, if you’re swapping it for a drive with no OS on it, wouldn’t that make sense?
Older intel macs could do an internet recovery on a bare drive. The internet recovery system was part of the ROMs/BIOS.