Check if the SSD needs a bracket for your iMac. 1 READY Connect the SSD to a spare USB port using a USB to SATA cloning cable (sold separately). On their replacement program page, Apple reminds users:īefore you go in for service, Apple strongly recommends backing up your data. The process is largely automatic and the cloning takes 2-5 hours depending on the size of your drive. Go to step 1 What you need Fix Kits These kits contain all the parts and tools needed to complete this guide.
Before taking any computer in for service, make sure you have a good and up to date backup of all that computer’s data, whether it’s a Mac or a PC. Introduction Use this guide to replace or upgrade your hard drive. To check whether you have an affected iMac from 2012 or 2013, you can check your Mac’s serial number on this website: iMac (27 inch) 3TB Hard Drive Replacement Program. We have a feeling we know what’s going on here, especially if those drives were 3TB Seagates, and it sounds like they were! Backup Before You Replace Your Apple Hard Drive The OP can do the same thing, but there wouldn't be the performance gains of the Late 2015 iMac.Yesterday, Apple announced that they were going to be replacing 3TB hard drives that were found in some of the 20 27 inch iMacs. Since the 2015 iMac's PCIe uses 4 lanes vs 2 lanes of the 2014, there is a big speed bump, and making a Fusion Drive out of the PCIe SSD and SATA SSD would give you options for a very large and fast boot drive, but one that is cheaper per GB. For the OP, the performance difference between the PCIe SSD and SATA SSD on the 2014 iMac is not as dramatic when compared to your Late 2015. I know you are looking to keep the drives separate, but making a Fusion Drive out of a PCIe SSD and SATA SSD is an option too. The options with what you can do with the multiple drives are pretty endless. It was nerfed around the El Capitain time.
I have a drive with multiple old OS versions for trouble shooting and to use old software.įor example, the older version of Apple's Disk Utility app is so much better than the newer versions. You can get a large SATA SSD, partition it a few times and use it for multiple bootable backups. Imac 2011 Logic BoardRotate the bottom cover counter-clockwise until the white dot painted on the bottom cover is aligned with the ring inscribed on the outer case. You could make the PCIe the boot drive and use SW like CCC to make a bootable backup with the SATA SSD.
Or make neither a boot drive, and run the OS off of an external drive or SD card.
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