Apple ships the Mac mini with 8GB of RAM by default and then users can upgrade through Apple to either 16GB, 32GB or 64GB for 240, 720 or 1,680. 2012 and earlier or the newer 2018 model all have socketed memory and can be upgraded it is only the 2014 model that does not. The kit also comes with the tools that users need to upgrade the RAM like a small pair of tweezers, an opening tool, a spudger and a small driver with the bits that users will need for the project. Any DIY attempt would merely destroy either the logic board or chips or both. However newer logic boards, chips and manufacturing techniques mean that these days an ordinary soldering iron is totally useless for this purpose and you need tools equivalent to those used originally to build the logic boards, as such it is not possible unless you are a major manufacturer and they have no interest in doing this. ) I remember some enterprising people doing this to upgrade the original Macintosh 128KB to a 'Fat Mac' with 512KB, I even had this done to my own one back in 1985. In theory one could unsolder the existing chips and solder new bigger capacity ones, this indeed did use to be commonly done in the olden days. ![]() ![]() This leaves the only option as being to sell it and buy a better model. For the Mac mini 2014 the memory is as you state soldered to the logic board, as such it is generally regarded as impossible to upgrade the memory.
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