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Hi, what’s the latest on this? I have a MacBook Air in which I am planning to install a larger flash storage. Currently 240Gb, upgrading to the 480Gb (OWC Aura Pro X 480GB probably). Can I use the 240Gb that comes out to speed up the slow Mac Mini that only has 4Gb RAM soldered on? I understand it is not that easy, but possible with the right cable. Does it exist by now (December 2018) and what should I be looking for? Would love to keep the current 500Gb HD as a second disk. The 240Gb flash then mostly for speeding up the MacMini.
Your system supports two drives! A SATA HDD/SSD & a PCIe blade SSD So depending on your exact model and blade SSD you might be able to install the blade SSD. Here’s whats needed: Mac mini Late 2014 PCIe SSD Cable Replacement
Hello ReindeR. Unfortunately what you wish is not possible, even with the use of adapters. The flash storage you plan to remove from your MacBook cannot be used as RAM for your Mac mini. While technically both “memory” the flash devices used for Storage or RAM will have different controllers and different connectors. The performance requirements for RAM are also much higher, which is why a 32MB RAM will cost far more than 128GB of flash storage.
