After eleven years with an iMac, I was deciding whether to send it to computer heaven and buy a new one, or to solve it much cheaper. The 11-year-old was already short of breath and his performance was slowly declining.
The iMac had 3GB of RAM and the original Seagate 7200rpm, 250GB hard drive. MAC OS X Yosemite installed. So I got faster RAM and a new hard drive. Specifically, the WD Blue SATA SSD 3D NAND 500 GB. What happens after replacing the computeroneWhat happened literally took my breath away. The computer, which was basically a write-off, was reconditioned to such an extent that it became a completely usable device again, with no problems with any operation.
Just the restart itself, which used to take minutes, suddenly took a few seconds. Applications are working as they should again. Previously, even trivial applications, such as Safari or Mail took a long time to start. In short, I could make a coffee and drink it right away before everything I needed to live started. That is now a thing of the past. Drink coffee nestI'm going. The machine is fast, with an immediate response, and it's unbelievable that a computer from 2007 can be revived in such a way.
I recommend replacing the SSD with the original disk to everyone who has a machine in a similar condition as mine and has not yet decided to take this step. You will definitely be very pleasantly surprised and save tens of thousands on the purchase of a new machine.
I had macmins from 11, I bought frames and ssd and pedaled like a teenager... I confirm. ssd will do wonders.
It's a shame that there was no video before/after using and installing the SSD :( otherwise, thumbs up
Unfortunately, such "renovation" is/will be impossible with new "mortgage" :-(
I would like to put an SSD in my 2013 iMac, but I'm afraid to do it :( Can we get a mounting kit and a temperature sensor?
Hello, I myself recently changed a 1 TB HDD for a 1 TB SSD. I ordered the disassembly kit + tapes for re-gluing the display from ALIEXPR... and the replacement took about an hour (no previous experience, just watched a few videos regarding the replacement). The most time consuming is to peel off the display and remove the old adhesive strip. Regarding the fear of the temperature sensor, no problems occurred (I removed the old HDD, installed a new SSD, tested the functionality, glued the display). The iMac (late 2013) has been running like a saw since then (maybe I'll upgrade from 8GB to 16GB RAM in time, but I don't need it yet).
I would also need to replace the disk with an ssd in the imac, but I have no idea what that entails. How complicated is it?
With a normal laptop or computer, it's immediate :D
Just take a look at YouTube - there are a billion such tutorials
It's the same instruction on YouTube, but not everyone has the prerequisites to fix it yourself. It's better not tochat in the service center to avoid damaging the board or the display.
I'm using an external thunderbolt SSD on my 2013 iMac, it works great. I only have an internal drive for data.
Well, I have an iMac from 2011. 2,5GHz intel core i5 250gb SSD, 12gb ram AMD Radeon HD6750M 512mb and I'm satisfied, great speed for the next X years :) What's disappointing is that it hasn't been updated
I also have an imac from 2011 27" 16GB RAM and a fusion disk (ssd 256MB + hdd 1TB). It still sleeps without a problem and will sleep for some time to come, unfortunately not with the current version of mac os.
A computer with a classic disk is no longer allowed in my barracks. It's hell. Everything we have at home is with SSD. MBP 2009, 2011.
reading here about how someone can't replace a disk in a mac... well, that's pretty powerful.
Replacing the drive with an SSD will help all computers, but don't forget to back up at least via timemachine and preferably on some older date disk. The point is that if your disk with older data crashes (it often crashes on the pcb), you can replace the defective part piece by piece and save your data. The new drives are locked to the firmware and can no longer be done and you have to take it to the pros. So it will no longer cost you 200 CZK but more than 10 thousand CZK. And above all, if your SSD crashes, you won't save anything at all ;-)
As for ram, today I would consider 8 GB to be optimal for running new applications, 4 GB is on the edge and 6 GB is a stupid number :-)