jjcitykids Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Hey So, my hackintosh died, but, my step dad gave me one of these as a stopgap, which is great. But, I have a couple questions. Its the Core i5, with the 500Gb 5400rpm HDD So, first up replacing the drive. I have a 1Tb ssd, which is running the catalina OS for it, just fine, but, its in a wavlink usb HDD enclosure/dock thing. Is it worth paying someone to replace the internal one with this, or, should I attempt it myself? Im not useless, but, it makes me nervous haha The other thing is, when using the dock, I can have 2 x HDD in it. I have the SSD with the OS, but, if I add a 2nd HDD, the mac wont boot, at all. And of course I cant add it when its on. Is this a known thing? I actually have another dock coming, just a single, as, I will need one for another purpose anyway, but, i am thinking, if the OS SSD is on the single one, it should be ok with the others attached? I mean, I will find out when i get home but wanted to ask the question If all goes well with the above, last thing is, is it worth looking at the opencore patching thing, to get monterey or the like on it? Or, will it be buggy and super slow? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/355926-mac-mini-late-2012-questions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
STLVNUB Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 (edited) There's a reason that Apple want you to upgrade when a new macOS comes out Its all to do with running more things , the OS gets bigger and really bogs down the older machines, Hence the need to upgrade, I've Upgraded my mid 2013 MacBook Air To Ventura As It Only Went To Monterey Needless To Say, It Runs Quite Well, That's because its one generation away Legacy OpenCore Works Beautifully Just Try It And See Edited May 25, 2023 by STLVNUB Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/355926-mac-mini-late-2012-questions/#findComment-2804814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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