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so, we know the older Mac Mini even with the soldered in memory and hard drives had a second port where you could add a second drive (HDD/SSD). My question is for the M1 Mac Mini is there still an internal port where you can add a second drive?
Sadly no. Just like the M1 13” MacBook Air and the 13” MacBook Pro what you buy is all you get as everything is locked in. No internal expansion possible! Reference: Mac mini “M1” 8-Core 3.2 (2020) Specs
2012 MacMini HD/SSD - yes; RAM - yes2014 MacMini HD/SSD - yes; RAM - no2018 MacMini HD/SSD -no; RAM - yes2020 (M1) MacMini HD/SSD -no; RAM - no 2012 Mac Mini QC for power, value and service is very compelling over the newer ones, mine has 16GB RAM and 2TB SSD but could even put 2x SSD with over 8TB of storage if needed, try pricing that on Apple site - well the MacMini 2021 doesn’t even offer a 4TB option. Downside for me of 2012 is lack of support for my 2x Apple 30inch Cinema Displays at native resolution. But even the 2014 - 2020 models need a number of adapters to do this. Also 2012 won’t do latest MacOS.
@danj USB-C is the same port for Thunderbolt 3 & 4, and is the standard port for USB4. Thunderbolt as a specification is basically “USB plus PCIe connections and HDMI/DisplayPort AV throughput”, so the host (PC/Mac) will negotiate with the device to figure out what specific capabilities are needed for them to work optimally.
Unfortunately not! ): “Both the RAM and the SSD can be upgraded at the time of initial system purchase, but not subsequently.”- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_m…
