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Mac mini (Late 2012)
A1347 · Unibody
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Identifiers
| Order number | A1347 |
| Machine IDs | Macmini6,1, Macmini6,2 |
Reference
| Original price | $599 |
| Announced | 2012-10-23 |
| Discontinued | 2014-10-16 |
| Max supported OS | macOS 10.15 Catalina |
| Design era | Unibody |
Configurations
| Colors | Anodized aluminum |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-3210M @ 2.5 GHz, Intel Core i7-3615QM @ 2.3 GHz (quad) |
| Memory | 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB (max) |
| Storage | 500 GB SATA HDD, 1 TB SATA HDD, 256 GB SSD, Fusion Drive |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 4000 (shared) |
| Operating system | OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, OS X 10.8.1, OS X 10.8.2, OS X 10.8.3, OS X 10.8.4, OS X 10.8.5, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, OS X 10.9.1, OS X 10.9.2, OS X 10.9.3, OS X 10.9.4, OS X 10.9.5, OS X 10.10 Yosemite, OS X 10.10.1, OS X 10.10.2, OS X 10.10.3, OS X 10.10.4, OS X 10.10.5, OS X 10.11 El Capitan, OS X 10.11.1, OS X 10.11.2, OS X 10.11.3, OS X 10.11.4, OS X 10.11.5, OS X 10.11.6, macOS 10.12 Sierra, macOS 10.12.1, macOS 10.12.2, macOS 10.12.3, macOS 10.12.4, macOS 10.12.5, macOS 10.12.6, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, macOS 10.13.1, macOS 10.13.2, macOS 10.13.3, macOS 10.13.4, macOS 10.13.5, macOS 10.13.6, macOS 10.14 Mojave, macOS 10.14.1, macOS 10.14.2, macOS 10.14.3, macOS 10.14.4, macOS 10.14.5, macOS 10.14.6, macOS 10.15 Catalina, macOS 10.15.1, macOS 10.15.2, macOS 10.15.3, macOS 10.15.4, macOS 10.15.5, macOS 10.15.6, macOS 10.15.7 |
Physical
| Ports & connectivity | 4× USB 3.0 · 1× FireWire 800 · Thunderbolt · Gigabit Ethernet · HDMI · SDXC card slot · 3.5mm audio in/out |
| Dimensions (W×H×D) | 197 × 36 × 197 mm |
| Weight | 1.22 kg |
Known quirks
- Quad-core i7 option (via Server config) is the fastest pre-2018 mini
- Ivy Bridge CPU — still capable for light tasks today
- User-upgradeable RAM and SSD — last truly serviceable mini until 2018
- Fusion Drive option pairs HDD and SSD — awkward recovery process