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Apple Soldered Storage Limits Mac mini M6 Upgrades

By Drooid · Sep 22, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC · How we work

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Apple’s U.S. Mac mini line now has soldered storage in the M6 and M5 Pro models.
Expand Mac mini reports the NAND is soldered to the logic board, similar to M1 and M2 Macs.
Expand Mac mini says storage-upgrade support for the M6 and M5 Pro looks unlikely.
Apple charges $500 to upgrade the M6 Mac mini from 256 GB to 1 TB, while its 2 TB upgrade costs $1,000.

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Story summary

Apple’s U.S. Mac mini line now has soldered storage in the M6 and M5 Pro models.
Expand Mac mini reports the NAND is soldered to the logic board, similar to M1 and M2 Macs.
Expand Mac mini says storage-upgrade support for the M6 and M5 Pro looks unlikely.
Apple charges $500 to upgrade the M6 Mac mini from 256 GB to 1 TB, while its 2 TB upgrade costs $1,000.