G+_Peter Hanse Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 It can be scary the first time. Suction cup is required for some iMac takes off external glass only screen mounted with screws. I would go to ifixit and review and watch you tube. External may speed up but need a fast bus and fastest on your system will be internal SATA. Have you searched your area for mac repair shops and ask what they would charge to do install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 Peter Hanse In the case of my wife's Imac it appears to have, slow-running, issues along with the never ending spinning color wheel. Not all the time but it happens. If this did not occur this project would not be on my Honey-do-list. So trying to make an educated decision as to face "scary" or pay the man. One thought did come to mind if add external drive and this fixes the slow and color wheel issues is there a way to place the internal drive on standby or turn it off altogether? Reason being not sure what will happen if after I install the external drive the internal drive fails. Will this cause the machine to stop functioning? Probably over thinking this but pretty much what I do. Thank you for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Peter Hanse Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Also macsales.com - Apple Mac Upgrades - RAM, SSD Flash, External Drives and More has gray resources for install videos and recommendations. You can search your model and will let you know what can work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 Peter Hanse Thank you on my way to URL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Peter Hanse Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 You can use external drive as boot drive to try it. Don't have to disable internal. http://osxdaily.com/2013/06/22/boot-mac-external-drive/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 Peter Hanse Looks like I hit the knowledge mother load today. Thanks for the links and your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Sean Coston Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Just junk both the mac os and Windows and install Linux!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Peter Hanse Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I would go lynix if I did not feel like everything was work around. I just go with virtual machines to give best of both. Leo has done for a few months wish he would do review of how it is working for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted November 24, 2016 Author Share Posted November 24, 2016 Love the feed back and considered going with a flavor of Unix but for my wife unless it mimics OS X or should say the Apple EZ use icon based OS then afraid she just won't use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Peter Hanse Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Rud Dog I would try external boot. Latest know how showed Kingston drive comes with external enclosure kingston.com - SSDNow UV400 SATA 3 SSD – 120GB–960GB | Kingston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted November 25, 2016 Author Share Posted November 25, 2016 Peter Hanse Just received external drive and woke up to read your suggestion, missed by that much. Thank you for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 Update: Ordered new SSD and got hold of newest version of OS X along with external case. Once all was installed my wife turned to me this morning and thanked me in her words " Thank you my machine is much better". Not to mention don't have to listen to the constant racket the older drive was making, Yay! Scratch one off the list. Also the internal drive is still accessible from within the newer OS X or if need be a reboot to the internal drive allows access to its contents. Appreciate everyone's input ....onward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Peter Hanse Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Have you speed test new SSD external vs old internal. I use black magic to get idea of speed increase. itunes.apple.com - Blackmagic Disk Speed Test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 Peter Hanse No sure didn't but once my wife is done catching up on her photo creation will give that a try looks like a neat program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Peter Hanse Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Internal SATA SSD should score around 400-600 Mb/sec wondering what your external will do. Did you go USB 2 or FireWire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 External Firewire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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