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Rating 4.4 out of 5 stars with 24 reviews

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83%would recommend to a friend
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  • Cons mentioned:
    Compatibility, Speed

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Pretty. Fast enough for many. NOT for NVMe SSDs.

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Housekeeping: IMPORTANT NOTE - Not the fault of the dock, but as of the time of this review, none of the SSD drives sold by Best Buy are compatible with this Dock. The dock only accepts 2280 SATA SSDs, and is NOT COMPATIBLE WITH NVMe SSDs. I stress this because Best Buy support stated that it was compatible, and we went through the annoyance of purchase and set-up only to find that the set-up was non-functioning. Now on to the Review... - Dock is aesthetically near-perfect for M1 or M2 aluminum finished Mac Mini. Fit, finish, and build quality is truly spot-on. Love it. - Horizontal form factor is quite pleasing as long as you have the desk space. If not, look to other manufacturer's vertical dock options. - Please note: front USB ports are not for charging devices per the manufacturer and are (obviously, given that the unit's whole connection is 5 Gbps) not thunderbolt or for video output. - Performance is slower than many other options (5 Gbps), but that's fine if you are OK with that and are prioritizing the form factor. Unfortunately, no true thunderbolt docks are available at this time, so you are really comparing to other dock options offering 10 Gbps. Personally, given that the above reduced the dock to a very pretty SD Card port for our purposes, we decided to go with a slightly faster (10Gbps) NVMe-compatible vertical dock with similar ports AND a separate high-speed enclosure with a higher-capacity NVMe SSD for lightning-fast storage (both from another vendor). Our main rational behind ordering this initially was to put the whole set-up under our TotalCare+ tech support, but--unfortunately--that proved to be a waste of time given the bad advice from Best Buy on compatibility.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Attaches perfectly, Extra ports

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Satechi Hub for Mac mini

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works well and is very useful with the additional ports for the Mac mini. Attaches perfectly.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    M2 drive

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Nice Features

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    Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The dock even without the ability to use as an external hard drive gave me extra usb ports and my card reader slot back that the new Mac Mini has removed. The hard drive for this was not the easiest to find, it will work only with an M2 2280 drive, it will not work with NVMe drives.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Design
    Cons mentioned:
    Sata drive support

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    SSD storage is dated, SATA not NVMe

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Dated, only supports SATA drives not NVMe drives which are most of the market. Too bad because the design and fit & finish were very good.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Outstanding

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Honestly this hub is magnificent because without it the m2 mini is lacking in power and functionality. I can’t wait to see what the hub and and Mac Studio can accomplish to gather. 10/10

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Design

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Small enough to fit on desk

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Looks great, doesn't take up much space, fits my mac laptop M2

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Extra ports

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fantastic Fock with lots of extra ports

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    Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great rock for Mac mini, bought the 1tb of extra storage that fits in dock for lots of extra storage and backup space, but most of all lots of extra ports for accessories

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Extra ports

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Mac mini must have

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    A must have for the Mac mini owner! Love all the ports

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    A must have for the MacMini

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    Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is a great little hub for the Mac Mini when it comes to ports and looks.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Extra ports
    Best Buy Employee

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Useful!

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    Best Buy Employee
    Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It’s an amazing accessory to have as I have a lot of things plugged into my Mac mini!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Extra ports

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works really good

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    Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is awesome if you like extra ports on your Mac mini!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Extra ports, Perfect

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    the perfect Mac mini/studio accessory

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    got this for my M2 mini and it's just perfect! Downsized from a 2020 iMac and lost some ports. This hub gave me all those ports plus more. The SSD enclosure is a welcomed bonus as well.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    The right fit.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Needed some extra connections. Perfect for the job and doesnt take up any space

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    no brainer.. this is a must for Mac mini owners

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    Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    great expansion options for my Mac mini .. and color and footprint is seamless. my mini now looks like a studio Mac

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Sleep/wake

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    USB Hub Stand

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works good so far. The only thing that irks be a bit is when Mac goes to sleep and comes back on. Gives me Notification regarding external ssd installed in it was disconnected before it being unmounted.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    M2 drive

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good but not great.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It works, but not exactly as I would like. It takes a non-nvme M2 drive, but my best buy only carried NVME M.2 so I had to purchase a USB NVME Dongle to use it with my Mac Mini.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Extra ports

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Perfect fit.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Does what it’s supposed to. Ads more ports to the Mac mini. Fits perfectly.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Very satisfied.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Fits perfectly under my MAC mini M1.The memory expansion option allows me to increase the memory and replace,swap it if needed.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Essential addition

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great hub

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    An essential addition especially design for the mini

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Design
    Cons mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    SLOW!!!! SLOWEST!!! copying times

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Looks wise it matches the MacMini M1 perfectly... Functionality wise, it's garbage!! all the connections, internal SSD and every USB port is slow. Completely useless, I don't even want to use it. Copying 1GB to the internal drive started out at 7mins and keeps going up, 18mins at this point. Ridiculous! now I see that it's sold out/discontinued. Another useless crap from china

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend