From mid 20102011, most macs shipped with part of the macos embedded in. Lion, pulling it from apples servers, on even hardrive without any data on it. How to install an ssd or hard drive in an apple mac mini mid 2011. In this video, i upgraded my mid 2011 stock toshiba 5400 mk5065gsxf hard drive to a samsung ssd 850 evo. When my new mid2011 mac mini arrived a few days ago, i whipped out the 500gb. Memory free delivery possible on eligible purchases.
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