Fix Any Slow iMac 2012-2020 - Install SSD Externally

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Fix speed issues on any iMac which supports USB 3.0 (iMac 2012 onwards). Use a UASP enclosure for improved speeds and reliability.
This guide is updated for Catalina/Big Sur in this video here: • How To Fix Slow iMac 2...
► Parts:
Sabrent 2.5 Inch Sata to USB 3.0 UASP Enclosure: geni.us/sabrentusb
Kingston A400 240GB SSD: geni.us/ssd240gbkingston
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► Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:40 iMac comparison
02:39 Carbon Copy Cloner: bombich.com
03:24 Install enclosure and SSD
04:04 Clone internal drive to SSD
06:04 Auto-boot into external SSD
07:20 Boot test
08:10 Optional: Format internal drive
08:59 Conclusion
Amazon Affiliates Disclosure: Andrew Tsai is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

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@tiqo8549 2 года назад

I am running a late 2012 Imac. Never opened the machine to replace the harddrive. I did the same you did : got me a 50 dollar ssd, installed macos on it, and now i am using the internal 1tb drive as my data drive. Runs like this for years and still holds up in 2022!

@jesslewis5690 3 года назад

This video saved me about $1000 because I was fully prepared to purchase a new Mac. Feels like I have a brand new computer! Thanks for the help!!

@user-zg5vr8cv6i 3 года назад

I’m was about to do the same lol. Those new M1 chip is tempting, but gonna hold on to my 2014 iMac a bit longer now.

@user-zg5vr8cv6i 3 года назад

I bought a M1 Mac Mini LOL

@brendonbrownfield9164 3 года назад

Thank you! I followed this and it worked perfectly! My old 2012 imac is blazing fast now!🔥

@Sharkey170 3 года назад

I have opened up the iMac and replaced the HD to a 1tb SSD and upped the RAM from 2x4gb to 2x8gb. It’s probably faster than it’s ever been and boot up is now only 34 seconds. I bought the SSD from crucial for €115 and the RAM upgrade kit from OWC for $100. It’s a great kit that comes with various tools and new seals for the screen. I got a friend to help me which is advisable. Thanks for making these videos and also for replying to my questions.

@JD-photography 3 года назад

Andrew. I followed your instructions and rejuvenated a late 2012 iMac. Thank you!

@Andytizer 3 года назад

Glad I could help!

@beefyblackford 3 года назад

Thank you, this is an excellent video and has saved me a fortune. My iMac 2017 is now super fast again after being rendered virtually unusable by the internal HD

@aaronbazil 2 года назад

This is EXACTLY what I've been looking for! Everywhere I looked I just had people saying to clean up your cache, or using apps and all that nonsense, but this is solution I was looking for...especially since I have an old 256GB SSD in my old Macbook Pro that I'm not using atm! Thank you so much!

@PeterAlmenar 3 года назад

Thank you so much for this. Excellent step by step instructions. On my iMac (2013 Catalina) I didn’t need to drag over the fish icon; it automatically had CCC in the list and it was checked, ready to go. Nice.

@Andytizer 3 года назад

Glad I could help! This video has been up for nearly a whole year now and I’m glad it’s helped lots of people 😀

@avinashjain7637 3 года назад

Man really want to thank for such a great video , my machine is on steroids now . Really appreciate your work man. Good luck.

@johndonabie5150 2 года назад

Thank you, Andrew. I did my cloning yesterday following your great video. Look forward to seeing more of your videos.

@Andytizer 2 года назад

Glad I could help, I hope it runs much faster now!

@J1Z06 3 года назад

I need to do this to My '09 27" iMac. It has a 4tb platter drive and 32g of ram. It's quick....for an old horse....it could be quicker. 2.66ghz core i5 certainly could be updated. I'll keep You posted on when I do this. Thanks!!

@stejacjam660 2 года назад

I did exactly this and it made a huge difference to my Mac, thank you Andy.

@Andytizer 2 года назад

Glad it worked!

@sharondelagarza4802 2 года назад

thank you thank you thank you! feels like i have a brand new iMac! also recently upgraded the RAM which was SUPER easy and am feeling very accomplished today! thanks again!

@gardeniabee Год назад

Thank you very much! I just placed my order for the items you so thoughtfully listed with links.

@pacerta0488 2 года назад

Thank you!! This saved me a bunch of money as I was getting ready to buy a new Mac. I can’t believe how much faster my 2012 Mac is…

@harrisidiens564 3 года назад

Nice thank-you, finished installing new 480gig SSD Way faster now

@SheardTV1 3 года назад

Thank you, gonna try this this week. My iMac 1TB hdd is full and very slow! This looks like great advice.

@rrdcreates 3 года назад

Mine is totally empty and soooo slow - regret buying it! Hope this works!

@Yebogurl 2 года назад

Thankyou worked just as displayed! Brilliant!

@romicaromica1122 Год назад

Thank you Andrew, Great and professional tutorial. Congratulation.

@gregbridges8261 Месяц назад

Wow! Unbelievable! My 2013 iMac is running as fast as my 2019 iMac! I spent hours trying to work out from Apple and their "assistants' only to go around in circles with complicated procedures to download OS and boot from the SSD. If I tried to install OS from the app store it would just say my computer is up to date. I was about to give up when I came across your video. OMG, what a breath of fresh air! So simple. Thank you so much. The only hitch I had was my lack of knowledge. When I went to clone a prompt poped up saying that the format on the SSD is ExFAT and do I still want to proceed'? The CCC also has a banner advising to do it, and explaining that the APFS would operate 2.5 times faster than ExFAT. I reformatted the SSD to APFS ( by choosing erase in the disc utility and selecting AFPS, the utility erases the ExFAT and automatically installs the Mac APFS.)

@dannyb1979 2 года назад

Really great video this, thank you. My wife's parents iMac is slowing right down now (2017 i5) and it takes ages to boot and open apps etc... So I'll order a 256GB SSD and get that sorted as a bootable drive and they can use the internal 1TB HDD as their storage etc. Thanks for the simple, straightforward instructions 👍🏼

@andresfelipeagudelogonzale3439 3 года назад

Perfect, it worked on my iMac 2013, the difference is huge x10, now I can use it again. Gracias!

@shrimboi8909 6 месяцев назад

This is by far the best way to speed up Imac and easiest. FYI: I tried install directly on SSD but IMAC couldn't see SSD after rebooting. Instead I did a fresh install on existing hard drive inside Imac. Cloned it to SSD then reboot. Imac sees the SSD and I successfully boot from it. Now the system is amazingly fast on Catalina. Thank you !!!!

@moZOart 4 месяца назад

My sad won’t show up on boot either

@SergioGarcia-jg3yy 3 года назад

And you can also use this to test new operating systems when they're released, or to have "multiple macs" for different tasks, just installing on external SSD's.

@Andytizer 3 года назад

Yes this is the real tip! You can use older software that requires the older OS too. Or even boot into Linux or something like Batocera.

@Sharkey170 3 года назад

I did this and my Mac is unbelievably fast now, I am going to open up the Mac and replace the hdd with the ssd and increase the RAM from 8gb to 16gb this weekend, looking forward to the finished mac 👌🏻

@Sharkey170 3 года назад

@jrosadoyam 3 года назад

Thank you !!!!! so much !!!! this tutorial help me with a problem of my boss computer problem.

@LordJasonKing 3 года назад

Thanks Chief. Did you upgrade the RAM? what processor is this? Have you a link to the SSD model no? If you keep the internal as a spare do you really need 1tb or is 500gb sufficient? Greetings from Wales.

@garyfalosparisis9039 2 года назад

Hello there! Excellent video very well explained! I have one question, is there a difference speed/performance wise between using an external portable SSD (which you show in this video and which I intend to do) and replacing the HDD with an internal SSD (i.e. opening the computer which I would like to avoid for a number of reasons)? I don't mind that the external SSD would be visible etc . I only worry about speed and overall performance. Thanks!

@Andytizer 2 года назад

I would say it's more a time investment to do the internal SSD replacement, it takes longer to take off the screen and re-attach. You'll technically get faster speeds but most casual users will not notice this. Take a look at this tutorial: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vzhjGV-ULMk.html

@Sam-ch9mn 3 года назад

Very helpful video, clearly explained. Thanks! I have a new iMac with a 512GB SSD. I want a larger external SSD, not to boot from but to store hundreds of GB of data, photos, etc so they load even quicker than from my external HDD.

@Andytizer 3 года назад

SSD as an external drive would run faster and more reliable than a traditional hard drive, however at a relativey high cost. That being said, SSDs are much cheaper these days than they used to be.

@mrstrangernate 3 года назад

same here man! Thanks andrew! 2014 Imac running on Big Sur! brought back from the dead. beast mode activated.

@Andytizer 3 года назад

Glad I could help, these SSDs breathe life into even 7 year old desktops!

@KankukanAiki 3 года назад

Thank you Mate for this video. I am a little afraid to upgrade to a SSD but your video has helped me a lot. As a RU-vidr myself I subscribed to your channel because I know how important it is to subscribe to the other's channel. Thank you for the video again!

@Andytizer 3 года назад

Glad I could help!

@KankukanAiki 3 года назад

@@Andytizer you are awesome. Happy to be' here!

@1Nauo 2 года назад

Thank you, did this on my 2012 imac

@briangreenberg153 Год назад

I noticed at about 5:05 in the video, you mention that you already formatted the new SSD before beginning the cloning operation. How do you do that? And what settings did you use when formatting? Thanks!

@danielcherote 2 года назад

Great Video Thank You!!! liked & subbed

@dainteestv8097 3 года назад

Absolutely Brilliant x

@G7LWT 2 месяца назад

Amazing videos (this and the original), thanks so much for the update! If I have 400 GB capacity used on a late 2015 model 21" iMac with a 1 TB HD, can I still Carbon Copy over to a 500 GB SSD or does the target drive need to have the same/more capacity than the original? Thanks again!

@oldgold1100 2 месяца назад

Wish this was a simple task, then I would go for it.☹ Great informative video, thank you for showing us.👍

@Mangold108 Год назад

a sppedtest of the SSD external after the last boot would have been nice to see...

@KatayoonAhmadi 3 года назад

Thank you so much! You're a life saver! My iMac is on steroids now! lol

@De1tuh 3 года назад

LOL

@andrewmacfarlane1784 3 года назад

Thanks for the great video. I am considering this as my existing hard drive is failing. It has nearly 500gb of data on it and the existing hard drive, like yours is 1TB. Do you advise purchasing a 1TB sdd drive for the new external drive? Thanks

@Andytizer 3 года назад

Yes SSDs need at least 10% free space to work efficiently so if you have 500GB of data a 500GB SSD isn’t enough, 1TB is the way to go.

@smoothstones46 Год назад

I've followed and used your video successfully. My question is how to upgrade the operating system from Catalina?

@alecpercy91 2 года назад

THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤️

@golg892 Год назад

Thank you. it works amazing

@nicksmith4786 3 года назад

Hi Andrew, this is very useful, thanks so much. Will I need to manually reinstall all programmes etc. or does that copy across too?

@Andytizer 3 года назад

If you follow my Carbon Copy Cloner guide then everything will copy over.

@nicksmith3458 3 года назад

@@Andytizer thanks

@lighthackerslimited 3 года назад

Watching this after my iMac has the same issues.. Only problem is I have already spent £2k on the new iMac Mini M1 + external memory bundle. Oh well still at least this GREAT tutorial will save the old iMac from the dump, and find a new life elsewhere at home.

@Andytizer 3 года назад

The Mac mini M1 2020 is a fantastic machine, you won't necessarily regret it as it'll still be much faster than any iMac on the market right now. I recommend selling the iMac as a broken device on eBay - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ob-Zi9MKEa4.html

@ajdssoares Год назад

Thanks Andrew! I just followed your links and placed the order for the enclosure and SSD (I went one size SSD bigger though just incase I needed more storage). Your video seems super simple - but I'm literally IT "challenged", ok if I ask questions here if I can't quite get it to work at first (or 9th) attempt? Thanks again!

@Andytizer Год назад

Sure it's fairly simple hopefully my video helps! I also remade this video again here in-case any of the steps aren't clear: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IB0SUcCAMig.html

@smoothstones46 3 года назад

Terrific explanation! Will a 2TB Samsung ssd work....I have the same model Imac

@Andytizer 3 года назад

Yes any SATA SSD will work, any size.

@SergioGarcia-jg3yy 3 года назад

You can even use this with USB 2.0. I've always used this trick with my old iMac to avoid opening it, and now, with my 2014 mac mini. You get faster boot times (it goes without saying it's better with 3.0 (or thunderbolt if you can afford it)) and faster apps launching. I use Super Dupper to clone the external SSD to the internal HD once a week to have a backup of the system, but you can also use the internal HD for any other thing. A 2014 mac mini is useless due to the super slow HD, but once you boot from an external SSD it's pretty fast. By the way, not every enclosure is the same in terms of speed, sometimes a few bucks make a big difference.

@VA5CH3 2 года назад

which enclosures do you recommend?

@kingneutron1 3 года назад

CCC is well worth paying for a license, it's saved my ass multiple times - and you can always backup the ssd to the internal drive

@terenceduggan6494 6 месяцев назад

Hi Great instructions, will this work on a 2008 iMac. Thanks for any help.

@monicatmcg Год назад

Thanks for the great video, Andrew. I have a late 2012 iMac and found other videos to add an external SSD (replacement to internal) drive. I wonder if you think the (left-inside HD) could be used as an extra TimeMachine backup drive?

@Andytizer Год назад

Yes you could! I recommend wiping the internal drive and then setting it up as a Time Machine backup.

@bailiff11 Год назад

Great Video, Andrew - Thanks for the info. If you have Imac and Macbook, would you be able to use the same SSD to boot from? (ie. If I was working from home, I could use the imac with the SSD. If working out of the house, I could use the SSD with the Macbook)

@Andytizer Год назад

Yes as long as they are Intel Macs and they both support the same macOS version.

@bailiff11 Год назад

Thanks, Andrew!

@caramelcookie1765 3 года назад

I love your voice and accent. Informative video.

@Andytizer 3 года назад

Thanks I'm glad the video was useful!

@JuanVillegasC 3 года назад

Muchas gracias !!! / Thank you very much!!!

@HamRadioLiveShow 3 года назад

I really like the video, however, all the monetization commercials just drive me crazy man. Sorry to have to give you a negative comment there but I did give you a thumbs up for your work. I get it. Extra money. I don’t monetize my own channel because it helps people to watch the whole show without one commercial. Sure, I might lose out on some money but it’s much easier to watch. Good tech help here though.

@Andytizer 3 года назад

Thanks I’ve taken the feedback and removed some of the intrusive ad breaks, glad you found the video useful :).

@edgaroliveira5946 Год назад

Hello Andrew. Great video! I’ve tried this on my MacBook Pro 2017 and after copying all the files and booting from my external drive, the screen goes black after the loading bar finishes. Any fix? Thank you

@normanparke1587 2 года назад

Just got back from Apple store where they told me that the HD was playing up , and that it was very expensive because of labour costs ??, Saw you video and intend to do it myself, I'm getting on in years so if there's anything I should avoid could you tell me please , ie what sizeSSD ? Cheers

@lgluma 3 года назад

Jan 22,21 update. Big Sur version not allowed to clon all volumes from the original hard drive in the iMac. Even if you use a carbon copy cloner . The SSD clon can boot the iMac but l don’t know if the big warning notice talking about of several issues will be a big problem. I am regular person not too much knowledge about it. For this reason l did not erase my original hard drive .

@MrLengranger Год назад

Will all passwords, apple ID's and settings be transferred as well? It looks fantastic if so

@stuartibbotson7179 2 года назад

Thanks for the video question i thought 3.1 USB needed to be used for boot up on Imac 2017 versions

@aizat3643 3 года назад

Hello! Thank you for this great video. Instead of buying SATA SSD and UASP Enclosure, if I use ready to use portable SSD will it perform the same?

@Andytizer 3 года назад

Sure yes as long as it’s USB 3, it will probably be fine.

@aizat3643 3 года назад

@@Andytizer Great! Thank you.

@seansteede 2 года назад

So awesome! Parts on order. Can't wait to see how this helps improve my Wife's iMac performance. Will update comment once parts received and process completed!

@Andytizer 2 года назад

Great lemme know!

@seansteede 2 года назад

@@Andytizer ok. Ordered parts recommended yesterday. They arrived 2 hours ago, and went to work with your video running on my phone. I'm no tech guy at all but followed step by step. Couple of minor changes noticed with the latest version of the cloning software but got through that with ease. Machine is super responsive! So happy to not have to upgrade. Works exactly as you show in the video. Thanks so much!

@mattylamb658 3 года назад

Hi Andrew, I would like to create this setup too. One question though - what if you want to backup your system with Time Machine? Would you start using the old internal HD as a Time Machine drive, or could I continue using an external HDD like I do at the moment (to backup the external SSD). Cheers Matty

@Andytizer 3 года назад

Yes you can choose to use internal drive as Time Machine drive, or external drive as Time Machine drive, or both at the same time!

@mattylamb658 3 года назад

@@Andytizer Great, thank you!

@mattylamb658 3 года назад

Hi again Andrew. I've succesfully copied these steps and all gone well. I did do one thing different however - I called my target SSD drive 'Samsung SSD' (I was being over-cautious as I didn't want to select the wrong disc during cloning) and have named this to 'Macintosh HD' after the clone process was completed. Althought he SSD now shows as 'Macintosh HD' in disk utility and on the desktop, when I boot holding option key, the disk still shows as 'Samsung SSD'. I'm running my first Time Machine backup now from the new SSD, seems to have accepted the name OK (it's doing a full backup). I've also removed carbon copy from the old HD and the SSD, as it kept giving scary messages about wanting to re-clone.

@pebbleschun 3 года назад

Hi. Thank you for the video. So I bought the items with the links provided and everything was working great. Then I had a power outage and now the SSD drive is really slow. I made sure to check the mac was running on the SSD drive and it is but it is much slower. Not as slow as the HDD but much slower than before the power outage. Any ideas?

@Fer-mu3yq 3 года назад

Have you tried the Write speed test of this disk? I have tried it many times and I get under of 50MB/S. Just work fine on Windows or Mac's internal way and activating TRIM.

@DenianArcoleo Год назад

Can you then reformat the internal hard drive to use as simple storage?

@frankfinch4159 Год назад

Any advice on using Time Machine with an external HD? I assume I should disconnect that once I have a current backup?

@SeanBeatsss Год назад

If i use this method. Can i still use my internal storage as a data drive? Or drive that i put some of my files?

@davet9900 3 года назад

Hi, Is it 500gb ssd drive enough? or would it be better to get a 1tb instead? what do you think the minimum is to make a good difference? i currently use mojave os, thanks I have: MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012), 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3. Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB

@Sara-gc9gu 2 года назад

Thank you so much for this video, I’ve had my SSD for a year. Unfortunately the past month it’s been going so slow and I’ve tried everything to make it return to the speed it had when I first installed, any tips?

@Andytizer 2 года назад

Wipe and reinstall the OS fully on the external SSD.

@anagelicagonzalez1258 2 года назад

Hello! Thanks so much for this video, it's helped a lot! I had one question however, for some reason the new SSD doesn't show up when I reboot my computer. Do you know why this may possibly be?

@094122 2 года назад

I have the same

@stefaniemunoz2122 3 года назад

Maybe a dumb question - but if you can clone an SSD like this, can you also clone a gamer pc to use the iMac as a monitor essentially? To boot from the tower?

@foodfashiongods4953 3 года назад

Thank you for this upload. I have completed all instructions except deleting the APPLE HDD. Will this delete the internal memory? What will it do exactly? Thanks I’m advance.

@Andytizer 3 года назад

It stops you accidentally logging into the old OS.

@lukeheasley5404 3 года назад

Hi was wondering will this speed up garage band on my iMac ?

@joeking433 2 года назад

I got a Sabrent Rocket Thunderbolt drive for my 2019 iMac that had a fusion drive and it's silly fast now compared to before! Now I"m trying to find the same kind of solution for my old 2011 iMac but it's a lot harder to figure out how to do that. Any ideas? I know I can do it via USB but that is a lot slower than Thunderbolt (like 5% as fast).

@vanessasanchez7309 3 года назад

How does the of speed of this particular drive compare to a samsung T5?

@Andytizer 3 года назад

I don’t have the benchmarks for this but you are really limited by the USB3 UASP interface rather than the SSD speed itself, so I’d expect them to perform the same.

@pixiedust1273 2 дня назад

Im going to try this. I have a 2017 iMac that is really slow

@argonk 5 месяцев назад

Hi there. Is there any hope to use the Thunderbolt 2 port instead of USB?

@javierr3515 3 года назад

Hi! thank you for the video. Could you use thunderbolt? will it be faster than usb?

@Andytizer 3 года назад

Yes Thunderbolt would technically be faster, but USB 3 UASP is a good cheap middle ground.

@ialexen 3 года назад

Hello, if your iMac has Thunderbolt 3, it worth it, i mean you ‘ll have 40Gbps speed. It’s an investment. Check your model availability ports. There’s three kind of that ports: Thunderbolt 1, 10 Gbps. Thunderbolt 2 20Gbps and Thunderbolt 3 40Gbps.

@ialexen 3 года назад

You ‘ll have speed up if you use NvMe M.2 disks!!!!

@javierr3515 3 года назад

@@ialexen thanks!!! I have an 2017 iMac!!

@MJTooComp4U_ 3 года назад

Please answer, Can I use a samsung ssd t5 external hard drive on my imac 2020? And if not, have any suggestions. Running out of storage!

@gilbertominero7717 3 года назад

I noticed you’re using the Sabrent enclosure which I own and wondering if you need to keep the unit on at all times as that enclosure does come with a power on/off button....is the iMac still able to go into sleep mode?

@Andytizer 3 года назад

Yes the Mac will still sleep just fine, you don’t need to remove it or manually turn it off. Do you have the UASP version of the enclosure

@gilbertominero7717 3 года назад

@@Andytizer yes, model EC-UASP version, this great news...will set this up today...that was my only concern...if by keeping enclosure on at all times would it damage or have a negative effect on the drive

@ntopercer 2 года назад

I ordered the items you recommended on here but now I am wondering about size. I have a late 2015 imac that is terribly slow. Is the 240 enough for the operating system and apps? Or do the apps go on the internal hard drive? Sorry I just don't know much about this. Just wanted to see if I should go up to the 480 before I open the package? Thanks!

@Andytizer 2 года назад

Size depends on personal usage. You can see on your About This Mac how much you are currently using, and you should double that number for your new drive.

@TheMrSidey 3 года назад

It’s miraculous how fast everything gets with this set up. I did this for my iMac of late 2015. Do I need to worry about longevity of the external SSD as a boot drive?

@Andytizer 3 года назад

More likely for something else in the iMac 2015 to fail first before the SSD! I have eventually upgraded the internal SSD so that I can sell this particular iMac.

@raybaron2006 3 года назад

You can Velcro it to the back and get a performance bincrease without opening the case?!!

@Andytizer 3 года назад

@@raybaron2006 Yes exactly!

@scrow9 3 года назад

late to the convo here but since the new external drive is now your ONLY hard drive I would take an extra step to purchase another SSD or even spinning disk hard drive to use to back the external SSD up - if it should die for any reason, probably won't, you'll have a backup for safety as long as you remember to regularly backup your computer!!!!

@094122 2 года назад

I have the same issue with samsung T7 , is there another video how to solve step 2 rebooting?

@DineshJ 2 года назад

What file format should I choose for SSD drive? TIA!

@alcylon 3 года назад

Maybee it is me. How are you getting the new speed when the mac is that old? It is not with usb 3.0 or higher. Got the case(Sabrent 2.5 Inch) and planing to get Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" SSD - 1TB to my Mac late 2013. Wil this work? Better speed? better boot performence?

@mannopson 3 года назад

If you switching from HDD to SSD? And then yes, SSD read/write speed is much faster than traditional spinning drives.

@alcylon 3 года назад

@@mannopson thanks. 😄

@Alonsomanzana 3 года назад

Excuseme I have a question about the live of your Ssd. In this 2021 how is the live of your Ssd, still have the same speed, had you ever changed for another Ssd?. It's because I want do put an external Ssd in my iMac 2013 late and I want to have a longer live with my Ssd.

@guado001 3 года назад

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@rubinbesureis9943 3 года назад

Hi there, thank you for the video. Just one question. Can I then restore my apps from the backup onto the new OS on the SSD also? Please let me know. Cheers

@Andytizer 3 года назад

Yes, you can, with the clone everything is 100% copied including applications.

@rubinbesureis9943 3 года назад

@@Andytizer, thank you. so do I just go ahead and make the ssd as a boot disk and then just restore from a backup?

@katykopstad2110 Год назад

Hello, my friend! Thanks for the video - I bought all the things and did everything according to your steps. I even decrypted the SSD... but the new SSD is still not showing up in my options to switch to on the Startup Disk or when I boot into the computer holding the option key, only the original Mac HD. Do you have any ideas or suggestions?? Thanks!!!

@Luka5581 8 месяцев назад

Same problem here...

@LordJasonKing 3 года назад

Is thunder bolt more sperior over usb? if so what connection?

@MangoTheShibaw 3 года назад

thank you , worked like a dream, but now keyboard not working at login when I have the SSD plugged in , if I restart without SSD plugged in , keyboard works and I can log in , but only on the slower internal drive!? totally baffled ..any support would be great

@delain72 2 года назад

Hi Andrew, just followed the process and everything looks fine except internet speed is terrible. On the original HD it's 30MB and using the new SSD it's only 5MB and using Webber pages is extremely slow. Any ideas.

@Sharkey170 3 года назад

Have a late 2013 21" iMac that is at walking pace at times!!! Got quoted $437 yesterday to upgrade to a 1tb SSD. THis looks like a good option that I think I could master.........was wondering about time machine? Any other advice is greatly appreciated before I try this!!

@Andytizer 3 года назад

What about Time Machine- even if you boot from external SSD you can still make use of another USB Time Machine drive too. Hope that helps! Also consider installing the SSD internally, it's not that hard, I have several videos on my channel showing how to do this too! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vzhjGV-ULMk.html

@Sharkey170 3 года назад

@@Andytizer I am tempted to open it up and change the hard drive....thanks for the reply

@javierr3515 3 года назад

Are you using the iMac exclusively with the external?

@Andytizer 3 года назад

Yes that's right, it's an alternative to installing the SSD internally which makes it harder to maintain, and ths peeds are not too bad.

@johndavid8122 Год назад

Hey I was just wondering what do you mean by formatting?

@teabag56 3 года назад

Hi I have cloned the drive as in your video with carbon copy cloner but when I try to reboot using option key nothing happens just loads onto internal hd drive any help with this would be grateful

@jpavao1 3 года назад

Do you have the new speed test?

@dikless222 Год назад

Hello from New Zealand! I am a music producer, using Logic X as my DAW. v.10.5. Will this upgrade affect my ability to use Logic X and all my third party plugins? Or will it simply speed things up for me? I have a late 2013 iMac running Mojave with 32 gb of RAM.

@Andytizer Год назад

Should affect anything it just means you have one less USB port, get a USB dock.

@0501593 3 года назад

Thank you, very helpful but follow your tips I still can fix the iMac to always boot from the external SSD, I have also tried to do it in startup disc, but the ext SSD is not showing there so can't change it. Now I have no choice but to press option each time when I turn on my iMac. Are you able to advise?

@lgluma 3 года назад

Jan 22,2021 I followed the entire process , Big Sur version not allowed to clon some volumes from the original hard drive , even if you use carbon copy cloner same thing . Showed a warning long notice describing several issues. SSD clon hard drive boot my iMac fast but l don not exactly what is the meaning of that big warning , as a regular person not technician l got confused. For this reason I did not erase the original hard drive . Any suggestion?