True, but if it is a 7 mm you need the spacer -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 08:48 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 2011 Mac Mini hard drives?
Thickness doesn’t matter as a 2.5 inch bay should do the trick. The tool he used to determine the type of drive takes this in to consideration. > On Oct 23, 2015, at 11:43 AM, george b <[email protected]> wrote: > > The issue was asked what thickness is needed they already stated they > know the 2.5 square just needed the thickness > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 08:40 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 2011 Mac Mini hard drives? > > My understanding is that it's not so hard finding a drive which fits. > The bigger difficulty is getting the things opened and disassembled to put > the new drive in. > > CB > > On 10/23/15 10:34 AM, george b wrote: >> Here is link on how to replace and sizes >> >> https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac+Mini+Mid+2011+Hard+Drive+Replacement >> / >> 6422 >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Hall >> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 07:23 >> To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: 2011 Mac Mini hard drives? >> >> Hi all, >> My 64GB Air is simply too small for Xcode. It's time to resurrect my 2011 >> Mac Mini, dead these last couple years due to a bad hard drive. I wanted to >> find out what drives work with this model, but there's surprisingly little >> online about it. I know I'll need a 2.5-inch drive, but beyond that I'm not >> sure. SATA version is my main concern, but I also don't know if there are >> size requirements I need to consider. If the drive is 2.5 inches and the >> interface works, that doesn't help if it's too fat to fit in the bay. Does >> anyone know what I should look for? Again, this Mini is from 2011. Thanks >> everyone. >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> [email protected] >> > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
