Swap SSD Enclosure

[SMUMacfan]

I just bought a MacMini to replace an older iMac. I also bought a Satechi hub/SSD enclosure and a 2 TB SSD. The Satechi hub is DOA-hub works but SSD slot doesn’t. I know the SSD works fine as I have another enclosure & the drive works.

My question is stupid. I am waiting on a replacement Satechi hub/SSD enclosure. If I format the SSD I have in my other enclosure and then move the drive to my new Satechi hub/SSD enclosure when it arrives, will the SSD drive be plug & play or will I need to do anything for the data on the drive to be recognizable?

Basically, I want to get started moving things to the Mac mini & SSD but I don’t want to repeat the work when the new drive enclosure arrives.

 

[untfan]

I just bought a MacMini to replace an older iMac. I also bought a Satechi hub/SSD enclosure and a 2 TB SSD. The Satechi hub is DOA-hub works but SSD slot doesn’t. I know the SSD works fine as I have another enclosure & the drive works.

My question is stupid. I am waiting on a replacement Satechi hub/SSD enclosure. If I format the SSD I have in my other enclosure and then move the drive to my new Satechi hub/SSD enclosure when it arrives, will the SSD drive be plug & play or will I need to do anything for the data on the drive to be recognizable?

Basically, I want to get started moving things to the Mac mini & SSD but I don’t want to repeat the work when the new drive enclosure arrives.

Is your SSD a m2 SATA drive or is it NVMe? The Saitechi only supports m2 SATA. The Trebleet hub supports NVMe but is 3x the cost.

 

[SMUMacfan]

I am using a WD 2tb SN570 NVMe M.2

I think I have a bad unit

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[iMacDragon]

If the hub is indeed sata m.2 only, that drive will not work in it.

 

[untfan]

I am using a WD 2tb SN570 NVMe M.2

I think I have a bad unit

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The Saitechi supports m.2 SATA drives, your using an m.2 NVMe drive, which is different. See below for more details:

SATA vs M.2 SATA vs M.2 NVMe: Which SSD is better?

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[SMUMacfan]

Thanks, guys. I bought what I thought Amazon said under “Frequently Bought Together”. My mistake.