Mac mini (Late 2014)

Quick look

Price: £399²launch price
Chip: Core i51.4GHz dual-core Intel
CPU: 2-coreCPU
GPU: Not available³GPU
Memory: 4GBmemory, base
Storage: 500GBstorage, base
Released: 16 October 2014⁴Available online; Apple gave no in-store day
Security updates: 16 September 2024⁵Security updates ended

Each figure is from the source marked¹ unless it carries its own number.

Drawn to scale from the published dimensions below: the front face. Outline only — the corner radius is our drawing convention, not a measurement.

Specifications

Body

Dimensions: 36 x 197 x 197 mm
Weight: 1.19 kg
Ports: Two Thunderbolt 2 ports, four USB 3 ports, HDMI port, SDXC card slot, Gigabit Ethernet port, audio in port, 3.5 mm headphone jack, IR receiver
Thunderbolt ports: 2
Thunderbolt version: Thunderbolt 2
USB-A ports: 4
HDMI: HDMI port
SD card slot: Yes
Headphone jack: Yes

Chip and memory

Chip: 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
Apple silicon: Intel processor, not Apple silicon.⁶
CPU cores: 2
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 5000
Chip options: 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, 2.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, 2.8GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, or 3.0GHz dual-core Intel Core i7
Memory (base): 4GB
Memory (maximum): 16GB
Memory options: 4GB, 8GB or 16GB
Memory upgradeable by user: No, as Apple documents⁷
Storage (base): 500GB
Storage (maximum): 2TB
Storage options: 500GB or 1TB hard drive, 1TB or 2TB Fusion Drive, or 256GB, 512GB or 1TB flash storage (SSD)

Battery and power

Maximum continuous power: 85 W

Connectivity

Wi-Fi: 802.11ac Wi-Fi
Bluetooth: 4.0
Ethernet: 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45)
External displays (base): 2

Camera and audio

Speakers: Built-in speaker⁸

Platform

Shipped with: OS X Yosemite⁹
Newest macOS: macOS Monterey¹⁰
Model identifier: Macmini7,1¹⁰
Part numbers: MGEM2xx/A, MGEN2xx/A, MGEQ2xx/A¹¹
Model year: 2014

A desktop Mac has no built-in display, battery or camera, so those rows do not apply.

Software support

Feature updates until: Not available¹²
endoflife.date lists security support for Monterey as ended: 16 September 2024⁵
Basis: endoflife.date’s listed end of security support for Monterey¹³

Previous and next model

Next model

Mac mini (2018), November 2018

What changed

Weight: 1.19 kg Mac mini (Late 2014)1.3 kg Mac mini (2018)
Ports: Two Thunderbolt 2 ports, four USB 3 ports, HDMI port, SDXC card slot, Gigabit Ethernet port, audio in port, 3.5 mm headphone jack, IR receiver Mac mini (Late 2014)Four Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports, two USB-A ports (up to 5Gb/s), HDMI 2.0 port, Gigabit Ethernet port (configurable to 10Gb Ethernet), 3.5 mm headphone jack Mac mini (2018)
Thunderbolt ports: 2 Mac mini (Late 2014)4 Mac mini (2018)
Chip: 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 Mac mini (Late 2014)3.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i3 Mac mini (2018)
CPU cores: 2 Mac mini (Late 2014)4 Mac mini (2018)
Memory (base): 4GB Mac mini (Late 2014)8GB Mac mini (2018)
Storage (base): 500GB Mac mini (Late 2014)128GB Mac mini (2018)

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Sources

Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (Late 2014) - Technical Specifications · Default for Mac mini (Late 2014) · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026
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Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates Mac mini · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026
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Not published by Apple. Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (Late 2014) - Technical Specifications; Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates Mac mini. Read 9 Oct 2026
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Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates Mac mini · Apple’s figure · read 2 Oct 2026
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endoflife.date — Apple macOS · third-party figure · read 2 Oct 2026
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Intel processor, not Apple silicon. Checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (Late 2014) - Technical Specifications. Read 15 Sep 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Upgrade or install memory in your Mac mini · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (Late 2014) - Technical Specifications · Apple’s figure · read 9 Oct 2026
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Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates Mac mini · Apple’s figure · read 9 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026
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Feature updates: end date not published by Apple. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 2 Oct 2026
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This is endoflife.date’s cycle end for Monterey, not necessarily the day of Apple’s last patch. The newest macOS Apple lists this Mac for is macOS Monterey. endoflife.date records security updates for Monterey as ended on 16 September 2024. Source: endoflife.date. Read 2 Oct 2026
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Not published by Apple

Mac mini (Late 2014). Apple doesn’t publish for this Mac: colours, GPU cores, storage upgradeable by user, microphones. Geekbench 7: the Mac chart has rows for the 2.6GHz and 3.0GHz Mac mini (Late 2014) configurations but not this 1.4GHz base chip, so no figures are shown (chart read 11 Oct 2026). Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (Late 2014) - Technical Specifications; Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates Mac mini, read 9 Oct 2026.