chenyang CY M.2 NGFF M-Key NVME SSD Convertor Card for 2014 Mini A1347 MEGEN2 MEGEM2 MEGEQ2

Used this to replace the 256GB SSD that was tied to a 2TB HDD in Apple's "fusion drive" configuration. Installation was very simple and took less than 15 minutes. Just make sure you backup your internal storage to an external drive and have or buy a Torx T6 Security screwdriver (it must be the "Security" version) to remove the back plate. Now I have a 2TB SSD, which has greatly sped up my Mac Mini, and the old 2TB HDD is used solely for Time Machine backups. If you want to breath new life into your Mac Mini 2014 this is low cost and simple way to go.

Easy to install once you get your Mac mini open with special torx tool. I was able to install NVME M.2. Got around 700+ Mbytes/sec transfer. I didn’t expect more than this because other folks has install similar NVME. I put installed Samsung 980 pro. It is probably over kill this old Mac mini.

I was skeptical of this due to seeing some mention around the web about trouble getting it to work. For me, it worked just fine. I installed on a Late 2014 Mac Mini, which already had a factory NVMe card (Apple's proprietary form factor) which I understand was used for the original "Fusion Drive" technology. I removed the factory card and adapter and dropped this one in place. I paired it with a brand new Crucial 4tb Gen 4 NVMe. Install was super easy. I booted the mini from a thumb drive with a Mac OS El Capitan installer on it, but it would NOT recognize the NVMe drive. So I tried booting from a thumb drive with Mac OS Mojave and it saw the NVMe just fine. I formatted it with disk utility and then installed a fresh OS on the new NVMe. The original internal HDD is still in there, but I formatted it as well and am using that for storage. I seem to be getting pretty good performance from the NVMe (and thus the adapter) -- seems much faster than the old HDD/Fusion setup, and is working quite well as a dedicated media server.

Apple throws Kext errors now for uncertified parts and adapters for non-proprietary M2 blades but this beats the ribbon and not being forced to buy overpriced Apple SSD's. There is a kext error when my Mac Mini goes to sleep and shuts it off but it's a inconvenience I can live with and NOT this company's fault.This with a name brand 1 TB SSD combined with the i7 3.0GHz 1TBHDD 16GB blows away the 2012 Mac mini's with this MOD. The Iris Graphics are far superior to the UHD 4000 in the 2012 and the bus speed, with the efficiency, now with a ssd based 2TB fusion drive you can create with this is the absolute BEST TB2 equipped Mac Mini available and makes up for not being a quad core in the end. Pointless to mod and invest unless you have a 16gb Ram Late 2014 as the Ram is soldered which is better if you have the 16GB.

Very easy to install, worked like it should.

Easy to install. Mount the ssd to the adapter. Then Mount adapter with installed ssd to mini.

Before purchasing this adapter, my 2014 Mac Mini (1.4Ghz i5 with 4GB RAM) was extremely slow. Combining this adapter with Western Digital's SN570 SSD breathed new life into that old computer. I can now actually use it without getting frustrated. Highly recommended.

I've used this one two Mac Minis now and both are working great, but one took a little more effort to set up.If your Mini doesn't already have a an SSD, this is a pretty straightforward upgrade. Just install the device, attach your m2 drive, and close the machine back up. Once you're back in macOS use Disk Utility to format the new drive and you're good to go.If you're replacing Apple's proprietary SSD connector, you'll need to create a bootable USB first as Internet Recovery mode won't be able to see the new drive. Be careful when removing the original connector as it attached with adhesive, but gentle prying with a spudger should get it off without too much trouble. After installing the drive, start the machine with your bootable USB and holding Alt on your keyboard. Select the USB, use Disk Utility to erase and format the new drive, then install macOS.This product loses one star because it's impossible to actually attach the standoff. My strategy was to screw it in place with the SSD attached, mount the connector, then carefully unscrew it while leaving the standoff in place underneath. It's a bit of a finicky process, but once the SSD is installed it should be pretty secure.