Mac mini M4 SSD 1TB Hard Disk Upgrade DIY Kit

October 2025 update: Still very happy with my choice. It's been working fine for months now with no issues. I would definitely buy from this company again. Works great, and still going strong after a month. Following iFixit and other YouTubers' instructions worked well for me. No problems getting into the case, but I did have the help of an iFixit kit that includes spudgers and guitar picks to pop the bottom shell open. Once you get past that (without any scrape marks!), it's pretty easy. I did not need to pull away any of the connectors, like some people do with the power switch. That little connector is very fragile, and does not pull away laterally the way most people would think it works. It needs a gentle upward tug. When you put it back on again, press down from above, and don't try to slide it in. I watched one YT'er break his on camera because he pulled in the wrong direction, so be very careful if you decide to remove yours. I'm extremely pleased with the extra speeds I'm getting, and very, very pleased with my new 2TB Mini!

I was afraid the chip may not work as its a brand new kit for installation on a now replaceable drive for macs. However, after watching some howtos, and selecting what I believed to be a better option to purchase from the others, I'm glad I got this one. I have had my mini m4 running nonstop for several months and its working without a problem. Updates are no issues for mac os updates and read/write speed are fantastic for video edits upto simple 8k edits according to my blackmagic disk speed test. I've only done upto bmpcc 6k videos and its working as it should.

Was not able to DFU and setup on an Apple Mini m4. Received repeated errors when trying to setup. Tried numerous times with different cables and reboots. Returned for refund. Note: Chips on the memory card did not look anything like the photos on Amazon. Chip was from an unknown company called Deep Sea Technology.

Installed really easy into the Mac mini. M4 works great nice and quick love it.

Purchased this on January 24, 2026. Came home to my Mini just furiously blinking orange. Not running anything crazy, I just use it strictly for school. Attempted to revive the Mini first but I didn’t have my hopes up - failed twice. Update 05/06/2026 - Contacted the seller and they got me squared away with a new SSD after confirming the troubleshooting I've done. Paid for shipping to return my dead SSD and received a new one from their warehouse. Packaging for (new) SSD replacement that came in was different than initial SSD I received after purchase, nothing malicious just thought was odd. Reimaged SSD and currently writing this updated review on my M4 Mini, so far so good. 4 stars because of overall experience.

Complete with all necessary tools, easy to install, flawless setup. Happy with the purchase.

Working solid for 5+ months. Planning to buy another soon. Initial installation appeared faulty, however, all was fine after verifying electrical contact between main circuit board and disk circuit board. I suspect the contacts may be compromised if the disk circuit board mounting screw is too tight or too loose. We invested in a torque driver to set the Torx Plus 8IP screw to 0.65 Nm per Apple instructions.

Works perfectly and save me so much money over the apple upgrade!

Montato senza troppi problemi il 16 Giugno, oggi è il 21 Agosto e ancora funziona tutto regolarmente. Sono contento di aver acquistato questo prodotto, ho risparmiato bei soldini, spero duri a lungo.

Works well no issues so far, easy to install. I found the included screwdrivers were no good not quite the right size there was a worry about stripping the screws so I would use alternate drivers.

The setup is a bit ‘nerdy’, but fairly simple and foolproof with the required tools and one of the good how-to videos on YouTube; you also need to have another fairly recent Mac at hand. It takes about an hour and the result is truly spectacular, transforming the cheapest Mac ever (?) into a powerful, fast tool.

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Upgrade is straight forward as long as you do your research and take steps to protect your device during the process. The only issue I had was not using an Apple USB C cable which caused the restore to fail in DFU mode. My Mac now has a 2TB SSD (was 256GB) at a fraction of the price Apple will charge you.