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Update Hard Drive to SSD

What is the cost to replace my iMac's current hard drive to an SSD?


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iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 17, 2021 7:44 AM

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Posted on Aug 17, 2021 2:07 PM

I would use your existing SSD as your boot drive, paticularly if your Mac uses a HD to start up or a Fusion drive. This can be easily done by using a cloning apps such as SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner and clone your internal drive to the external SSD. Then all you need to do is go into System Preferences - Startup Drive and assign the SSD as your startup drive and enjoy a much faster SSD.


For a backup I would get a OWC Mercury Elite Pro and use that as either your Time Machine backup drive or you can also use one of the cloning apps mentioned above to do a clone daily. Personally I am paranoid about backups, why becuase backups can fail too. I use both Time Machine on one EHD and on a totally seperate EHD I use SuperDuper! to clone my internal drive nightly while i am sleeping.

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Aug 17, 2021 2:07 PM in response to Taylor Brown

I would use your existing SSD as your boot drive, paticularly if your Mac uses a HD to start up or a Fusion drive. This can be easily done by using a cloning apps such as SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner and clone your internal drive to the external SSD. Then all you need to do is go into System Preferences - Startup Drive and assign the SSD as your startup drive and enjoy a much faster SSD.


For a backup I would get a OWC Mercury Elite Pro and use that as either your Time Machine backup drive or you can also use one of the cloning apps mentioned above to do a clone daily. Personally I am paranoid about backups, why becuase backups can fail too. I use both Time Machine on one EHD and on a totally seperate EHD I use SuperDuper! to clone my internal drive nightly while i am sleeping.

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