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Ran Blackmagic speed check to measure speeds.

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Set the fan speed (Ssdfanctrl Fan control) to manual and set speed as 1500 (not sure if I needed to do this). Left the temperature sensor lead loose in case. (I may go back and attach with M3 screws if I can find any (i think I need 10mm M3 wich I saw in B&Q)) I was going to use double side tape, but that would force the SSD too far back in the computer and stress the sata cable.

Held the new drive in place using a couple of cable ties. Realised old HDD used M4 mounting screws and the Samsung SSD uses M3, so can’t mount to bracket! No alternative screws included with SSD. Drilled new hole, with 6mm drill, 76.5mm to left of right hand hole to align with mounting holes on SSD. Removed rubber grommet from left hand hole. Lifted out the old drive including the upper bracket. Removed the two T10 Torx screws securing the hard drive bracket to the outer case. Unplugged the existing hard drive from Sata leads and temperature sensor using a small flat bladed screw driver. Gently vacuumed the inside with a dyson v6 with brush attachment (optional!)

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(There are plenty of videos on youtube detailing how to do this.)

Removed the screen by unscrewing 8 x T10 torx screws, tilting forwards and unplugging 4 different connectors behind. Took glass panel off the front of the imac using a washing-up brush that happened to have a plunger on the end.

This worked first time and I wasn’t bothered how long it took, although wasn’t long.Ĭlosed down the imac and unplugged Samsung SSD from USB cable.

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Using “Startup Disk” in System Preferences, set Samsung SSD as the start-up disk.Ĭlosed and restarted PC from new SSD. Opened Super Duper and copied “Apple HD 500GB” to “Samsung SSD 250GB”.

#Best ssd for imac 2009 upgrade#

Using Disk Utility, formatted SSD as “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” and named new Partition as “Samsung SSD”. QIVYNSRY M.2 NVME SSD Adapter Card AHCI SSD Upgrade Converter Card Only for MacBook Air 11 A1465 13 A1466 (Mid 2013-2017), MacBook Pro 13 A1502 15 A1398 (Late 20), Mac Pro ME253 MD878. Shut and restarted computer to time how long it took to start up.Īttached SSD to imac using the cable bought off ebay. Ran speed check using blackmagic to record speeds. You wouldnt need to do this if the amount of GB used on your HDD is less than the capacity of your new SSD. This took my storage usage from 450Gb down to about 100GB on the internal HDD.

moved my itunes music and video library to an external hard drive,.

Over the course of the last month or so, I have:. Ssdfanctrl Fan control (from, google it) Memory 8GB (upgraded 2 years ago from 4 GB from Mr Memory) There are plenty of horror stories about incompatible SSDs and whirring fans. The WD warranty center is in California and, like Crucial, it’s painless – save your box.A few people have asked me to share the steps I took to upgrade my 500GB HDD to a 256 SSD in a 2009 iMAC. It has a lower endurance rating, not an issue for your use but the warranty is only 3 years and $228, spend the extra buck or two for the Crucial or WD. The last couple I received in return were the current MX500 so that’s good. You need to save your box or the claim will be denied. The warranty center is in Meridian, ID and it’s pretty painless. Thanks to the discontinued MX300 and its 3 year warranty, I’ve had a few opportunities to use Crucial warranty service.

Since the same $230 gets you the MX500, no reason at all to buy one. The Micron 1100 is the same as the less than reliable, obsolete Crucial MX300 but has no warranty at all-OEMs buy them for systems integration and the price is low enough to them so that, if one goes bad, they’re expected to eat it. WD Blue 3D $229 or Sandisk Ultra 3D $240 (same Fujitsu drive), Samsung 860 EVO $287, Crucial MX500 $230. It really doesn’t matter what brand as long as you get a current one with a 3D nand and a 5 year warranty. Speed is not an issue since your bus is SATA II - all SSDs are faster. $200 for 2TB? No but under $250 is not a problem.