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Apple is once again soldering the Mac mini’s SSD preventing aftermarket upgrades.

While the Mac mini M4’s SSD was easily removable and upgradeable, the NAND module on the new Mac mini M6 and M5 Pro is soldered to the logic board, according to a blog post by Expand Mac mini. That’s the same approach Apple took with the Mac mini M1, M2, and M3.

A partially opened Mac mini M4 computer.
Replacing the SSD in the Mac mini M4 was relatively simple after some disassembly.
Image: iFixit
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