#Can i upgrade my mac mini to lion how to#
#Can i upgrade my mac mini to lion download#

Yes, I get it, it's the 'server edition', which 'doesn't need fancy graphics', but come on, Apple. I'm going to need that 2nd drive in my mini! lol.And the second empty 2.5' slot IS there, seemingly ready to receive SSD #2, but as I understand it, the (likely proprietary) SATA connector/cable/whatever is missing! :-((( This is only true for the NON-server models, but I bought the one with the AMD Radeon HD 6630M discrete graphics chip, because let's face it, the AMD chip w/ GDDR5 VRAM is significantly better than Intel's integrated Sandy Bridge GPU, the HD 3000. However, I can't UN-read that OWC article. Used a FW external drive and backed up the MacMini running 10.6.8 with Super Duper.

#Can i upgrade my mac mini to lion download#

Extracted the InstallESD.DMG file from the download and created a bootable DVD installer.

After all, you'll be getting around 500-550MB/s for r/w speeds and the random 4K block speeds are equally as impressive. This worked on my Mac Mini 1,1 C2D upgraded machine. And I'm sure that some of you may just be happy as a clam with 'just one' SATA III SSD. If you donвЂ™t have broadband access, you can upgrade your Mac at any Apple Store. If youвЂ™re running Mountain Lion 10.8, you will need to upgrade to El Capitan 10.11 first. In fact, the initial firmware crashed my then-ThinkPad laptop and it took a while to remedy the issue.ДЄnyway, as we talked about, to get one of these bad boys into the Mac mini is relatively easy, as you're just doing a swap. If youвЂ™re running any release from macOS 10.13 to 10.9, you can upgrade to macOS Big Sur from the App Store. There were no fancy features such as TRIM or NCQ either. - Help I Got A Mac podcast on demand - The Help I Got A Mac podcast was originally launched after I, Cliff Ravenscraft, purchased my very first Apple/Mac computer in 2007. Intel X25-M 80GB and it cost me a hefty $550 and that was considered very cheap at the time. I've also been an enthusiast when it comes to SSD technology for a while. There are a number of different ways to install/upgrade/clone, etc. Preview 4 and the installation shouldn't get in the way of this at all. I have been using Lion exclusively since Dev. Incidentally, if anyone has any questions about OS X 10.7 Lion, I think I'll be able to help. It can be a couple of OCZ's or a set of Intel 510 drives.

#Can i upgrade my mac mini to lion how to#

lol.ДЄt any rate, regarding the aforementioned article, the trick as to how to get the almost 1GB/s for both read and write speeds is to get two (2) SATA III (6Gbps) solid state drives. This is off-topic, but boy does the extra 4GB make a difference when you're dealing with the OS paging to the 5400rpm stock drive. I just got my Mac mini yesterday, and today, I faithfully put 8GB of RAM into it. Last week I finally upgraded the Mac Mini to Lion and now TortoiseSVN suddenly cannot communicate with the repository on the Mac Mini. I was having some issues with checking in some files that upgrading TortoiseSVN to 1.7 solved.

You can flash your Mini to be able to take up to. Its where I have Photoshop and all my other development software. Then you will need to upgrade your RAM to at least 2GB. Check this out, everyone! Pretty slick, isn't it? Those are ThunderBolt speeds! And some of the better ones at that! The reason is because Lion requires 64bit compatible processors, and the Core Duos are not.