Apple’s accessory game is usually pretty strong, but sometimes you find a third-party device that’s custom made for an Apple computer that works so seamlessly that it makes you wonder how Apple didn’t design it themselves. In the case of the UGREEN Mac Mini M4 Dock and Stand, be glad for that — instead of paying Apple prices, you get this amazing extension device for a Prime Day price of just $60.
Plug your M4 Mac Mini into the UGREEN dock and stand, and it looks like it came straight from the factory with your Mini. They stack together perfectly, and the UGREEN has the same sleek, curved design as the latest M4 Mac Mini. What it adds to your already formidable compact desktop computer, however, is where the fun really starts — a huge array of high-speed extension ports, and an ingenious enclosure for a SSD that transforms the UGREEN dock into a massive external storage device.
Perfect Fit
The UGREEN dock connects to the M4 Mac Mini with a neat, unobtrusive built-in 4cm USB-C cable that can’t be seen from the front of the computer. The dock has a silicone anti-slip pad on its top so the Mac Mini is securely placed and won’t slide off the dock. When stacked, the M4 Mac Mini and UGREEN dock and stand look like one unit.
The M4 Mac Mini comes with three built-in Thunderbolt 4 ports, an HDMI port, and a Gig Ethernet port, which is all well and good. But the UGREEN dock and stand turns a modestly connectible compact desktop computer into a true superhub of productivity. There are 11 ports in total — three USB-A 3.2 ports, two USB-A 3.0, three USB-C 3.2, and a SD and MicroSD card reader that reads and writes at 170MB/s, all in the same compact package that looks like it’s already part of the Mac Mini.
Massive Expansion
All of the UGREEN’s ports are easily found — 4 in the front and 6 in the back — but the secret weapon is at the bottom of the dock and stand. There’s an enclosure for an M.2 NVMe SSD drive, which you can add up to 8TB of external storage to your Mac Mini. The NVMe SSD is not included, but the stand supports PCI Express, NVM Express, and NVM3 M.2 drives. Installation is a simple plug-and-play, and the drive sits securely within the UGREEN port. Once installed, the UGREEN port moves data back and forth with the Mac Mini at a blistering 10Gbps.
The M4 Mac Mini is an impressive desktop computer all on its own, but the UGREEN Dock & Stand elevates it to an entirely new level of storage and connectivity with one simple connection. It’s a Prime Day bargain at just $60 right now at Amazon.
