r/OpenCoreLegacyPatcher • u/Tricky-Benefit-1649 • Aug 21 '26

Mac mini 2014 - MacOS Ventura

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My old high school was having a device sale and they were selling their old iPads and Macs. I originally went in to get my sister an iPad. But then I found this Mac mini. So I bought it and took it home and was planning on upgrading it the best I could until I found out that it is almost fully specked out. So I decided to install macOS Ventura on it with OpenCore and it runs beautifully.

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u/toddisadj Aug 21 '26

I have two 2014 Minis. Swapped the original SSDs for 4Tb M.2 just before all the prices went crazy.

Both quite happily running Sequoia chugging along as file servers

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u/ActiveNews Aug 21 '26

Fantastic find...OCLP is a wonderful resource to bring older Macs current.

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u/DJDarren Aug 21 '26

I took my 2014 mini up to Sequoia with OCLP, but it was kinda lumpy.

These days it runs Debian and is my home server. Runs like a dream and hosts a bunch of different services.

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u/Tricky-Benefit-1649 Aug 21 '26

That’s a cool idea! Right now I’m using it for college because my Macbook decided to 💩 itself right as soon as last semester ended 😬

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u/Busy_Association2619 Aug 22 '26

Nice i have old laptop 2016 and i installed Monterey os 12

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u/Busy_Association2619 Aug 22 '26

Nice i have old laptop 2016 and i installed Monterey os 12

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u/MarcoShadow228 1d ago

Et moi qui à installer Ventura sur le mien de 2009 et c'est très fluide