

And I don’t know what the result will be if I were to now connect the OWC Envoy Pro FX through the Thunderbolt 4 Dock. I’m not saying the OWC Thunderbolt 4 Dock was the reason for the problem I had, and I’m not saying it wasn’t. The external drive had a Carbon Copy Cloner created Data volume already on it and I installed macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 from the installer downloaded from the App Store and located in my Applications Folder.

I reconfigured, connecting the OWC Envoy Pro FX directly to the M1 Mac Mini Thunderbolt port. I never achieved a full installation of macOS 11.2.3 as the computer never booted from the external SSD to complete the installation.

It touts the same compatibility as if connected directly to the M1 Mac Mini. My first several efforts at booting my M1 Mac Mini from a Thunderbolt connected SSD were made with the OWC Envoy Pro FX SSD connected to an OWC Thunderbolt 4 Dock.
