No! Don't Crack Open Your Mac Mini! Do THIS instead...

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I show you how to expand your Mac mini’s storage without cracking it open, maybe voiding your warranty and possibly risking damaging your mini. It's an alternative to moving your whole home folder and works with any Mac to expand its internal storage. TERMINAL COPY user folders COMMAND Copy past into the terminal window rsync -aH --progress ~/Movies ~/Music ~/Pictures (leave a space after pictures ) NOTE I REMOVED DOWNLOADS DUE TO ISSUES WITH AIRDROP see my pinned comment. (you can remove any folders you don't want to copy like ~/Downloads ) Simlink command ln -s (leave a space after the s ZikeDrive 20% off code: MSZ666 https://shrsl.com/4sdeo TEAMGROUP MP44L 2TB SLC Cache NVMe 1.4 (Great for thunderbolt 4) https://amzn.to/40yyAag Western Digital SN850X (great for thunderbolt 5) https://amzn.to/42xTyqs ACASIS 80gbps Thunderbolt 5 Enclosures: https://go.sjv.io/xLNxjx ACASIS 40Gbps Thunderbolt 4/3 M.2 NVMe 2 Bay RAID SSD Enclosure https://go.sjv.io/kO0QXv Discount details: - TB501 and DS9007 purchases: Use "TB20" for 20% off - Other product purchases: Use "Lance15" for 15% off My Amazon store: Stuff I bought an use... I am an affiliate thanks for your support! https://www.amazon.com/shop/macsoundsolutionsinc./list/1ZPI9APR822C2?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d Used and openbox mac and get $25 OFF coupon code: MSS25 www.ipowerresale.com 0:00 Intro (it's a long intro 😅 and video) 2:27 Make a backup of your data first 2:38 Recommended drives 2:56 Format your drive in APFS or APFS encrypted 3:43 User folders that will be moved to the external drive 4:00 Create two new folders on SSD username folder and SYMLINKS 4:32 Open Terminal app (in applications utilities) 5:00 copy paste the Terminal command 5:29 drag in the destination user named folder from the ssd to the terminal window 5:55 Hit enter to start the copying in terminal 6:29 Create Symbolic links "symlinks" of all the copied folders 8:36 Add a backup administrative user account 9:39 Restart and log into the backup user account 10:23 Delete the original internal user folders, Downloads, Movies, Music, Pictures 10:47 Copy the Symlinks to the main internal user account 11:18 Log out of the backup user account and log into the Main user account 11:47 Demo on how the Symlinks work 12:33 Expanded Storage! 13:08 Photos App / library setup 14:14 Setup external Applications folder 15:12 Setup Launch app launchpad links 17:02 Some apps can't be moved to the external apps folder like Pro Tools 17:23 My video on how to move your audio plugins off the internal drive 17:35 System app aliases 18:04 What happens when you unplug the external SSD? 19:13 Summary (don't try this with your Documents folder!) #macmini #externalstorage #symboliclinks Check out all my links and storefronts! https://beacons.ai/macsoundsolutions Disclaimer: Some links may be affiliate links. I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you — thanks for supporting the channel!