







OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini USB-C Bus-Powered Storage Enclosure for 2.5" SATA Drives
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Product Information
Overview
OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini: Portable, Professional-Grade Storage for Creative Workflows
The OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini delivers powerful performance and versatility in a compact, travel-ready design. Whether you're a creative professional, student, or home user, it offers a reliable and fast way to store, back up and access your data—no matter where you work or play.
Designed for the Way You Work
With real-world speeds of up to 542MB/s, the Mercury Elite Pro mini is ideal for everything from managing personal media libraries to handling professional content like video, photography, and design files. It’s also fully compatible with Apple Time Machine and Windows File History, making backups effortless and automatic.
Ready for Any Device
Featuring a USB-C 10Gb/s interface and an included cable with a tethered USB-A adapter, this drive connects seamlessly to virtually any Mac, PC, iPad, Chromebook, or Android tablet—past, present, or future. Its universal compatibility means you’re never stuck without access to your data.
Take It Anywhere
Lightweight, bus-powered and encased in rugged, aircraft-grade aluminium, the Mercury Elite Pro mini travels easily from your desk to the field. Its fanless design keeps things quiet while maintaining safe operating temperatures, so you can work distraction-free in any environment.
Power and Performance, No Power Cable Required
The enclosure is bus-powered via USB, eliminating the need for external power adapters. This makes it easier than ever to work on the move without sacrificing performance or reliability. It’s also bootable, allowing you to launch apps and systems in seconds.
Adaptable for Work and Play
Whether you’re editing high-resolution video, consolidating files from multiple drives, migrating data to a new computer or expanding your console's game library, the Mercury Elite Pro mini fits seamlessly into your digital life. It even integrates easily with smart TVs for enjoying media at home.
Storage That Fits Your Life
With every 1TB of storage capacity, you can store up to 250,000 photos, 200 HD films, or over 4 million documents. It’s built to handle everyday storage needs with room to grow.
Tested for Reliability
Before it reaches you, every Mercury Elite Pro mini goes through a multi-step performance certification process to ensure long-term dependability. Designed by OWC, a name trusted by professionals around the world, this drive delivers consistent performance you can count on.
- 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
How to Install a 2.5-inch Drive in the OWC Mercury Elite Mini USB-C (2021 Rev.)
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
- 1 bay supporting: 2.5-inch SATA drives
- Supports drives up to 12.5mm in height
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port up to 10Gb/s (1250MB/s) - USB 2.0 / 3.0 backwards compatible
- UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol) is supported
- ASM235CM
- Yes
- USB (USB-C or USB-A) or Thunderbolt (USB-C) port
- 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
- macOS 13.x Ventura
- macOS 14.x Sonoma
- macOS 15.x Sequoia
- Windows 7 32-bit Edition
- Windows 7 64-bit Edition
- Windows Home Server 2011
- Windows 8 32-bit Edition
- Windows 8 64-bit Edition
- Windows 8.1 32-bit Edition
- Windows 8.1 64-bit Edition
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows 10 32-bit Edition
- Windows 10 64-bit Edition
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows 11
- iOS 17
- iOS 18
- iPadOS 13
- iPadOS 14
- iPadOS 15
- iPadOS 16
- iPadOS 17
- iPadOS 18
- Android 10.x
- Android 11.x
- Android 12.x
- Android 13.x
- Android 14.x
- Android 15.x
- Yes
- Chrome OS
- No
- Bus-powered
- H: 24 x L: 124 x W: 78 mm
- 130 g
What's in the box
- 1 x OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini
- 1 x 0.3 m USB-C Cable
- 1 x Getting Started QR Insert Card
Manufacturer Information
Part Number
OWCMEPMTCKITWarranty
- 1 Year Limited Warranty
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