I Upgraded a FREE Apple MacMini

I was given this MacMini and it was super slow! Luckily with some upgrades I was able to make it into a functioning and quick machine!
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[@mlthmp]

Thats a nice machine! I had one I also maxed out. Served me well for years!

[@MrSpike77777]

16gb of memory and SSD will make your 2012 mini very fast. Did this about 5 years ago and still use it. M1 and M2 are amazing if you can get one!

[@TheKurtLyon]

Nice vid Jayden. Looking for something that I can just have a a basic family desktop machine to do some of the basic rudimentary online things of life. Right up my alley.

[@kuchenblechmafiagmbh1381]

It's not exactly called Laptop RAM technically but SO-DIMM: Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module, while the larger sticks are called DIMM ;)
You may take a look at the SMART status of the old spinning rust (mechanical hard drive), it might be critical; I myself got an 2017 iMac 4K last year and it had a mechanical hard drive and ran the latest OS 13 Ventura better than expected (a friend of my grandparents got an Acer Aspire ES1 with slightly older CPU (i3-6006U) and Windows 10 ran on that like total crap thanks to the mechanical hard drive, cloned it to SSD and it runs absolutely fine now, bootup now takes around 20-30 seconds instead of 5 minutes), however I moved the OS to a SSD anyway.
The Mac Mini's Design is literally the same since 2011, they've only removed the infrared sensor over the years and moved the status LED to a lower position and of course it has other ports in the back and the internal design changed a little bit so you can't just insert the guts of such a 2012 into a M1/M2 case or vice versa.
The FireWire port is useful to power up old iPods when the battery is drained (with a FW800 to 400 adapter and a FireWire to Dock Connector cable), they kinda bootloop when you're connecting them to USB (port and charger), FireWire has a higher voltage (up to 30V) and literally can jump start these.

[@JaydonWalter]

Correct not called laptop ram but it’s the ram commonly used on laptops that do not have it soldered to the board. I tend to explain things in simple terms haha.

[@picklecat9503]

Nice vid Jayden👍👍👍

[@sidensvans67]

Good Job .

[@IPULCOLUMBIA]

I got one for $50 2.6 i7 maxed it with 2TB SSD…FLIES!!

[@JaydonWalter]

Wow! Thats awesome

[@klutzrrrlol]

does it run doom???

[@IvoPurwanto]

Like it...

[@georgesenda1952]

Out of curiosity and if you are not too far away maybe you can repair my older Macbooks and an Ibook.
I have a 2009 Imac, 2010 Imac both needing repair, a Silicon M1 Mac Mini, a 2005 & 2006 Mac Mini which needs a new hard drive as I play Diablo 2 on it, a screen shattered Thunderbolt display which I found on the sidewalk which my repair shop says it can be repaired, a 20 inch and a 17 inch cinema display, 4 Ipads all in need of repair AND an Apple ][Gs, ][E, Enhanced ][E, ][c, Integer based Apple ][ and an Apple ][+.
Apple ][ Forever.

[@JaydonWalter]

Wow. Thats a lot haha. I’m in Colorado Springs. I can do the iMacs, Thunderbolt display, 2005-2006 Mac minis. I tend to work on the older stuff haha.

[@andrewdupuis1151]

i use have mac mini cd verion i wish i didn't sell it

[@taxineil1]

how did you remove password?

[@JaydonWalter]

Just did the command+R+option button and booted to the recovery screen where I erased the hard drive and reinstalled macOS

[@taxineil1]

@@JaydonWalter Thanks,I did this a couple of years ago on a 2009 mac mini but I forgot how I did it....getting old.

[@hlashflahflhsjfh]

put linux on it

[@klutzrrrlol]

lol

[@JaydonWalter]

That would probably run pretty well on it

[@PaminDolphin]

100th like!!

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