Hacked. I need to replace the hard drive in Mac mini personally
2014 mac mini has been infected by a keylogger. I need to replace the hard drive. NO other solution help with afterwards?
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Mac mini, macOS 12.6
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jelijah4ferts wrote:
2014 mac mini has been infected by a keylogger. I need to replace the hard drive. NO other solution help with afterwards?
Usual here would be an erase and install: Erase and reinstall macOS - Apple Support
Keyloggers—if one exists here—are usually either USB hardware, or software, or something external to the computer such as a camera. Not compromised hard disk hardware.
Swapping a hard disk would typically be either unnecessary, or insufficient. If—and this would be very unusual — the malware is persistent over re-installs (without restores), then complete replacement of the entire computer and its components would be the usual remediation. Not solely replacement of the storage.
There are self-repair websites (easily searchable) that discuss the teardown and replacement of various component hardware.