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posted 2025-Jun-11, 11:54 am
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posted 2025-Jun-11, 11:54 am

Meme smile writes...

Yesterday, I came across this Beelink Mate mini 80Gbps Thunderbolt 5 Dock. It’s still on pre-order, but it looks really promising.

Do you have this yet otherwise let's know how you find it. Having read many reviews on docks compatible with the Mac Mini, I'm almost giving up on the idea of getting a dock and may just settle for a reliable, thunderbolt, SSD enclosure.

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posted 2025-Jul-15, 9:42 am
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Cirdan writes...

Having read many reviews on docks compatible with the Mac Mini, I'm almost giving up on the idea of getting a dock and may just settle for a reliable, thunderbolt, SSD enclosure.

Bought an AKKYAJAURE Vertical Docking Station but began to have connection problems with the USB A sockets not connecting so it's on the way back today. Should have stuck with my recent plan. Now just using a small Wavlink dock that I've had for a while and works well and ordered a UGREEN 40Gbps M.2 NVMe Enclosure with Cooling Fan for my Crucial P310 2280 PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive, 2TB.

Anyone had success with docking stations for the Mac mini? Most of them are USB C sockets. So many brands with names I've never heard of.

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posted 2025-Jul-15, 11:17 am
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2126 Dr Who writes...

Connect mac to monitor via USB-C, and the monitor has USB-A connection.

Yes thanks, I forgot about these ports.
I have a Dell UltraSharp 27 Monitor – U2724D
Has three USB A and two USB C ports.