![]() The options I presented means you don't have to pay anyone to install or do any of what I recommended and described here, saving you additional installation labor costs than you might incur having hardware replaced or put inside of your iMac by an Apple authorised service center.ĭepending on the port configuration in the iMac you own there may beĪ useful path for extra storage via external hard drive perhaps via the This is another fairly easy option to implement.Īgain, NO major tear down and reassembly of your iMac! ![]() Very happy with the speed up in performance that I am getting! I run my 2009 iMac exclusively from the external FW800 SSD. I have left my old system on the internal drive, but I have been using my internal drive simply as storage now. I am averaging between 94-96 Mbps which for FireWire800 is a very nice uptick and data speed. In additon, the data throughput through the FW800 connection is faster than the max rated 80-84 Mbps. The SSD because it has NO moving parts is very quick! The reponsiveness of my iMac running on this external SSD is very good and very noticeble performance boost.īoot up is quicker, launching apps is quicker, run apps is snappier. Then, use a data cloning app, like Bombich Software CarbonCop圜lone or Shirt Pocket Super Duper to make an exact, bootable copy/clone of your current internal Mac OS system onto this external SSD and run your 2009 iMac exclusively from the external SSD drive!Įven with FireWire 800 which is slower than what the SSD's speed is capable of, by itself or installed into your iMac, this external SSD is fast! If you can afford it, go for the 1 TB SSD or at the very least, purchase the 480 GBs SSD model. If you are interested in speeding up your year and model iMac, as I did, and doing it more easily without taking your iMac apart to make it faster, you could do what I did and add an external SSD i(Solid State flash memory Drive) n a FireWire800 enclosure like one of these by the same company. ![]() You want the faster FW800 version drives. You can simply and easily add an external FireWire connected larger capacity standard mechanical hard drive. Your iMac has a FireWire 800 connection, so you have some options. If you have never upgraded or repaired a computer in your life, then doing a DIY inside of your iMac IS NOT a good idea. ![]() Adding more internal hard drive storage or replacing an internal hard drive isn't. ![]()
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