2012 and earlier or the newer 2018 model all have socketed memory and can be upgraded it is only the 2014 model that does not. The 2014 Mac mini (starting at 499) is an attractive, affordable and efficient OS X machine. Announced on October 16, 2014, identifiable by the model number A1347 and EMC 2840. Why a Mac Mini 2012 instead of the new Mac Mini 2014. Any DIY attempt would merely destroy either the logic board or chips or both. Louis Rossmann has some interesting YouTube videos showing component soldering on MacBooks.
With a base model of 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 and 8GB of RAM for the Late 2012 Mac mini, you can complement its processing power with an SSD upgrade.
#2014 mac mini ram upgrade upgrade#
Im not sure what I can do to speed it up. If you are still running a Mac mini Late 2012 or 2014 version, your system can still work pretty decently if you upgrade its HDD with an SSD. Good point thanks The late 2014 Mac Mini is very slow. However newer logic boards, chips and manufacturing techniques mean that these days an ordinary soldering iron is totally useless for this purpose and you need tools equivalent to those used originally to build the logic boards, as such it is not possible unless you are a major manufacturer and they have no interest in doing this. I think soldering is the only way to put new ram in the machine, 2. ) I remember some enterprising people doing this to upgrade the original Macintosh 128KB to a 'Fat Mac' with 512KB, I even had this done to my own one back in 1985. In theory one could unsolder the existing chips and solder new bigger capacity ones, this indeed did use to be commonly done in the olden days. As long as the memory pressure is still low the 4gb max ram usage shouldn't be a problem, I have a 2012 with 16gb and it always says that its all being used, I think soldering is the only way to put new ram in the machine, 2. This leaves the only option as being to sell it and buy a better model. PERFECT FOR MAKING A NVME FUSION DRIVE IN 2015+ IMACS, 2014+ MAC MINI OR AS. For the Mac mini 2014 the memory is as you state soldered to the logic board, as such it is generally regarded as impossible to upgrade the memory. Magic Trackpad 2 16GB or 32GB memory upgrade 1TB, 2TB, or 3TB Fusion Drive.