Overview
OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini
The universally USB compatible bus-powered enclosure for saving, accessing, and backing up.
Small Footprint. Big Possibilities
The Mercury Elite Pro mini was introduced over a decade ago to emulate its award-winning desktop-sized Mercury Elite Pro “sibling.” It has earned a stellar reputation for offering superior portable, bus-powered storage performance. This pint-sized powerhouse’s latest evolution gives creative pros, small office/home office users, students, and families the speed and universal connectivity of a USB-C 10Gb/s interface. Go ahead, connect the Mercury Elite Pro mini to a USB port on any past, present, or future Mac or PC, or iPadOS, Android, or Chrome OS device. The included USB-C cable with tethered USB-A adapter lets you plug into nearly anything, anywhere.
Cuts the Cord
Complementing the convenience of not having to worry about connection ports, the Mercury Elite Pro mini is bus-powered so you can free yourself from power adapter limitations. Cut the cord and take high-performance storage where you need it... from the desktop to a mountaintop.
Ready for Everything
Available in hard drive or lightning-fast SSD configurations, the Mercury Elite Pro mini is ready for your demanding A/V, digital photography, professional music, graphics, and general data backup needs. Its rugged, aircraft-grade fan-less aluminium enclosure offers near silent operation. Use it for a variety of business and personal needs…
- Pro-level video editing projects
- Time Machine and File History backups of important business data and irreplaceable personal photos
- Consolidating files from multiple smaller drives to a single location for faster, more convenient access
- Migrating data from an existing machine to a new computer
- Expanding game storage of console gaming systems
- Freeing up space on a computer's internal drive to improve performance
Store from Minutes to Millions
All the features and “technospeak” of an external drive don’t mean a thing if you don’t know how much of a particular file type it can hold. For every 1TB of your OWC drive capacity, you can store up to any of the following…
- 250,000 photos
- 250,000 standard quality songs
- 38,000 high quality songs
- 200 high-definition movies
- 41.6 hours of GoPro 4K footage
- 4.3 million MS Office documents
- 24+ PS4/Xbox games
Certified for Demanding Use
OWC understand having confidence in gear reliability is paramount to creative professionals. That’s why the Mercury Elite Pro mini goes through a multi-step performance certification prior to shipping. This ensures it arrives operating properly and immediately ready for demanding use.
OWC, Trusted by Pros & Enthusiasts the World Over
OWC build their hardware to the highest standards of reliability and performance. Because 100% reliability is always the goal, they rigorously quality test and back our hardware with an outstanding warranty and award-winning customer support.
- Universally compatible: plug and play with past, present, and future Macs, PCs, iPads, Chromebooks, and Android tablets
- Life ready: save, access, backup, and edit work and personal files with up to 542MB/s real-world performance
- Easy backups: Apple Time Machine and Windows File History ready
- Game on: ideal for game storage with PlayStation and Xbox consoles
- Entertainment centre: watch videos, listen to music, and view pictures on your Smart TV
- Portable: bus-powered and rugged to go from desktop to mountain top
- Bootable: startup and launch apps in just seconds
- Quiet: heat-dissipating, aircraft-grade aluminium housing and fan-less venting provide cool, nearly silent operation
- Deployment ready: pre-configured solutions undergo a rigorous multi-step performance certification
- Connected: connect universally to any USB or Thunderbolt computer or device with the included USB-C cable with tethered USB-A adapter
Video
In this video we show you how to install a 2.5-inch drive in the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Mini USB-C (2021 rev.) enclosure.
Specifications
- Chipset
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- ASM235CM
- Plug and Play
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- Yes
- Mac OS Compatibility
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- Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
- Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
- Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
- OS X 10.9 Mavericks
- OS X 10.10 Yosemite
- OS X 10.11 El Capitan
- macOS 10.12 Sierra
- macOS 10.13 High Sierra
- macOS 10.14 Mojave
- macOS 10.15 Catalina
- macOS 11.x Big Sur
- macOS 11.1 Big Sur
- macOS 12.x Monterey
- Linux OS Compatibility
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- Yes
- Mobile OS Compatibility
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- iPadOS 13
- iPadOS 14
- Android 10.x
- Android 11.x
- Android 12.x
- Other OS Compatibility
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- Chrome OS
- Driver Required
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- No
- Power Supply
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- Bus-powered
- Drive Bays
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- 1 bay supporting: 2.5-inch SATA drives
- Device Ports
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- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 type-C port up to 10Gb/s (1250MB/s) - USB 2.0 / 3.0 backwards compatible
- Dimensions
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- H: 24 x L: 124 x W: 78 mm
- Weight
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- 130 g
What's in the box?
- 1 x OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini
- 1 x USB Type-C to Type-C cable with Tethered Type-C to Type-A Adapter
- 1 x Quick Start Guide
Warranty
- 1 Year Limited Warranty
Part Number
- OWCMEPMTCKIT