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If I had only bought the enclosure and were adding my own drive, or if I wanted to swap out drives, then the manual is more helpful, as it has a section on how to install drives. When it’s flashing, data is being read or written. Perhaps the most helpful thing I read is that when the LED on the front is a solid blue, it means the drive has power and is talking to my computer. For most people, this manual is not necessary, simply because the drive is so simple to use. I copied the manual to my hard drive and read through it. OWC graciously sent me a 2 TB SSD drive, and Finder informed me that that 1.92 TB was now available. At this point, my drive is formatted and ready to go.

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One, it can install a user guide PDF file, which I did, and the data protection plan with Acronis, which I did not (more on that later).

There are a couple of options in the installer worth mentioning. ” I ran the setup app, which quickly formatted the new drive and allowed me to rename it to Mercury. If you have any questions, please contact our tech support. The readme said, “If you are using a Macintosh computer running OS X 10.11 “El Capitan” or later, launch the “OWC Drive Guide” application by double-clicking on its icon. Inside was a readme file and two programs for formatting the drive. Using Finder, I found and opened the drive. I plugged one end of the included cable into the USB-C slot on the back of the Mini and the other end into the back of my Mac mini. It gives the steps to do so and how to contact OWC technical support, should I need any help. There’s no user manual instead, there’s just a small piece of paper that informed me that the Mini must be formatted before it can be used. The Mini arrived in a small box and was well-protected with custom cardboard inserts. Overall, it’s a pleasant if sparse and utilitarian design. While not exactly big, this drive is bigger than I expected., which is probably due to the SATA interface. The bottom has long heatsink-looking grooves cut into it along with four little rubber feet to keep it from sliding around on my desk. There are no vents for cooling, nor are there any fans. There’s a single, blue LED on the front, next to OWC’s logo, and the USB-C cable protrudes from the back.

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The front and back are full of hard edges, probably because it’s an enclosure that can be opened up.

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The OWC Mercury Elite Pro Mini has a silver enclosure made entirely of aluminum. It also supports a slightly newer version of the USB-C spec. The newer version is thus less flexible, but it’s also easier to use, as it’s bus-powered instead of requiring a DC adaptor. The newer version has slimmed all that down to a single USB-C port. The older version has an external eSATA port, a USB-C port, an on/off switch, and a DC power port. External Interface Support: Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.2įirst things first: OWC actually makes two different but similar products that have exactly the same name.Ports: USB-C (on the Mini) to USB-C or USB-A (on the computer).OS: Window, macOS, iPadOS, Android, or Chrome.

Supported Drives: 5-inch SATA up to 12.5 mm in height.

USB-C to USB-C cable (with attached USB-A dongle).

OWC is an American company that believes “in making a better world where technology inspires imagination and everything is possible.” What makes this gadget unique is that it includes an enclosure that allows you to swap out one SATA drive for another. Drive options vary from 500 GB to 4 TB in size. It can be purchased with an SSD, an HDD, or no drive at all. The OWC Mercury Elite Pro Mini is a bus-powered external hard drive for storing files. I’ve been looking for another local drive to back up some of my data, and so I’ve been testing the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Mini to see how well it performs. These days, you can backup files both to the cloud and to local drives, and they each have their pros and cons. Part of protecting our data is backing up our files. Whatever they are, we don’t want to lose them. They can be photos of family, spreadsheets with our budgets, papers for school, or a thousand other things. REVIEW – In a digital world, one of the most important assets that we have are the files on our computers. If you buy something through the links on this page, we may earn a commission at no cost to you.