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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1822729" data-attributes="member: 56379">2012 Mac-Mini's (as far as installed internal drives) came in two versions...a &quot;regular&quot; version...and a server version.&nbsp; The &quot;regular&quot; version came with a storage drive (hard drive) and an optical drive (DVD/CD drive).&nbsp; The 2012 server version came with two hard drives (no optical drive).&nbsp; If your 2012 Mac-Mini has an optical drive...and you no longer need the optical drive...then you could install two internal storage drives (I believe a special install kit may be needed for the 2nd storage drive).Member &quot;rachalmers&quot; mentioned having two internal drives installed...one HD &amp; one SSD.&nbsp; This is a nice setup...since the SSD can be setup to be your boot drive (where the macOS is installed)...which makes everything feel faster...then you can install a large HD as the 2nd drive.&nbsp; This way you get the benefit of the speed of an SSD...and the lower storage cost (gigs/$$$) of a larger SSD.But if a large 1TB SSD works for you...then just installing one drive is fine. The app I usually recommend is called &quot;Onyx&quot;.&nbsp; You download &amp; install Onyx...open it...click on the &quot;Execute&quot; button (or whatever it's called...it changes with the version of Onyx)...then let it do it's thing.&nbsp; This is the default thing to do.&nbsp; I wouldn't mess with anything else...unless you know what you're doing.&nbsp; This can take a while (maybe 10-15 minutes sometimes).- Nickp.s.&nbsp; Looks like rachalmers beat me to it...our answers very similar.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1822729, member: 56379"] 2012 Mac-Mini's (as far as installed internal drives) came in two versions...a "regular" version...and a server version. The "regular" version came with a storage drive (hard drive) and an optical drive (DVD/CD drive). The 2012 server version came with two hard drives (no optical drive). If your 2012 Mac-Mini has an optical drive...and you no longer need the optical drive...then you could install two internal storage drives (I believe a special install kit may be needed for the 2nd storage drive). Member "rachalmers" mentioned having two internal drives installed...one HD & one SSD. This is a nice setup...since the SSD can be setup to be your boot drive (where the macOS is installed)...which makes everything feel faster...then you can install a large HD as the 2nd drive. This way you get the benefit of the speed of an SSD...and the lower storage cost (gigs/$$$) of a larger SSD. But if a large 1TB SSD works for you...then just installing one drive is fine. The app I usually recommend is called "Onyx". You download & install Onyx...open it...click on the "Execute" button (or whatever it's called...it changes with the version of Onyx)...then let it do it's thing. This is the default thing to do. I wouldn't mess with anything else...unless you know what you're doing. This can take a while (maybe 10-15 minutes sometimes). - Nick p.s. Looks like rachalmers beat me to it...our answers very similar.:) [/QUOTE]

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