How to upgrade the SSD in your M4 Mac mini

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  • Reply 41 of 46
    I did this today.  Installed a 2 TB drive supposedly M4 ready. Took 5 minutes. That was the easy part. Downloaded the latest.firmware. Connected via a TB c4 cable from my middle port to MacBook with M2 chip. DFU never popped out. Yes, I held the power button down before plugging in the power and I saw the blinking orange lights  Nothing. Gave up. Installed iTunes on mt Windows laptop.  Connected to the TB port. Device manager sees the mini.  iTunes sees it.  Pressed enter as I clicked upgrade.  Navigated to the firmware.  Failed.  Did the 10 times. All failures. Big waste of time for me. Returning everything and sticking with all Windows, as I have done my entire life. 
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  • Reply 42 of 46
    Mike Wuerthelemike wuerthele Posts: 7,171administrator
    I did this today.  Installed a 2 TB drive supposedly M4 ready. Took 5 minutes. That was the easy part. Downloaded the latest.firmware. Connected via a TB c4 cable from my middle port to MacBook with M2 chip. DFU never popped out. Yes, I held the power button down before plugging in the power and I saw the blinking orange lights  Nothing. Gave up. Installed iTunes on mt Windows laptop.  Connected to the TB port. Device manager sees the mini.  iTunes sees it.  Pressed enter as I clicked upgrade.  Navigated to the firmware.  Failed.  Did the 10 times. All failures. Big waste of time for me. Returning everything and sticking with all Windows, as I have done my entire life. 
    What's a "TB c4" cable?
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  • Reply 43 of 46
    I did this today.  Installed a 2 TB drive supposedly M4 ready. Took 5 minutes. That was the easy part. Downloaded the latest.firmware. Connected via a TB c4 cable from my middle port to MacBook with M2 chip. DFU never popped out. Yes, I held the power button down before plugging in the power and I saw the blinking orange lights  Nothing. Gave up. Installed iTunes on mt Windows laptop.  Connected to the TB port. Device manager sees the mini.  iTunes sees it.  Pressed enter as I clicked upgrade.  Navigated to the firmware.  Failed.  Did the 10 times. All failures. Big waste of time for me. Returning everything and sticking with all Windows, as I have done my entire life. 
    What's a "TB c4" cable?

    Typo. TB4
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  • Reply 44 of 46
    Mike Wuerthelemike wuerthele Posts: 7,171administrator
    I did this today.  Installed a 2 TB drive supposedly M4 ready. Took 5 minutes. That was the easy part. Downloaded the latest.firmware. Connected via a TB c4 cable from my middle port to MacBook with M2 chip. DFU never popped out. Yes, I held the power button down before plugging in the power and I saw the blinking orange lights  Nothing. Gave up. Installed iTunes on mt Windows laptop.  Connected to the TB port. Device manager sees the mini.  iTunes sees it.  Pressed enter as I clicked upgrade.  Navigated to the firmware.  Failed.  Did the 10 times. All failures. Big waste of time for me. Returning everything and sticking with all Windows, as I have done my entire life. 
    What's a "TB c4" cable?

    Typo. TB4
    What error did it give?
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  • Reply 45 of 46
    whodiiniwhodiini Posts: 23member
    Tb4?  Thats the problem.  Use a standard USB cable USB3.1.  Doesnt work with TB cables.  Had the same issuie

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  • Reply 46 of 46
    whodiiniwhodiini Posts: 23member
    First, the reason why for M4 mac mini, 2TB is the max is because apple doesnt support more than 2TB on the base config.  I also upgraded my M1 Studio Max to 2TB. COuld have chosen 4TB or 8TB, but didnt want to risk the $, In retrospect. I would have best gotten the 4TB,  Straightforward install.  DFU reset is always the tricky part. Speed is about the same as my original module, and rock solid so far.  Been running it for 6 months.  Best part is that I have gotten rid of several of my SSD enclosures, so it is now a cleaner configuration.  
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