So under, I’ll show you some nice SSD choices that you can set up your self, ask a tech-savvy pal/repair shop to maintain for you, or choose as exterior solutions. Similarly excited readers have identified that older MacBooks and sure other Macs are also easy to upgrade… but no less than one Mac (wonder: the Mac mini) is not. Last week, buoyed by means of (in the end!) cheap SSD prices and a want to try a DIY mission, I walked through the steps to replace a prior-generation iMac’s hard drive with an SSD. Now I’m seeing 5 times the hard drive speeds, apps are loading immediately, and my iMac feels as responsive as the MacBooks and iPads that beat it to the SSD sport. Even with 400GB of available area, OS X Yosemite’s constant hard drive getting access to had introduced my quad-core, 3.4GHz Core i7 system to its knees. After installing a solid state drive (SSD) with no moving parts, the drone of my iMac’s hard drive and enthusiasts has given method to such a lack of sound that I solely hear the high-pitched squeal of my place of job lights. Thanks for any advice (besides not trying to do this at home or letting a certified Mac tech do the job next time -)).My Mac is now silent. Also don't recall disconnecting it as part of the instructions. Does that sound right, or might the whole mechanism not be fitted properly from the reassembly? I didn't need to remove the optical drive to do the HD replacement, and don't recall that any screws I removed/replaced were holding the optical drive. I think the center spindle, head or whatever it is called may be locked as if there were a disc inserted. The optical drive was empty when I started the disassembly.
The center area had an obstruction, although the sides seemed clear. But I was physically unable to insert the disc into the slot. Next try was to reboot with the OS install DVD in the optical drive.
Am I right about that, or did I need to start with an OS install DVD in the optical drive? I don't believe there was any step in the upgrade process where I was messing with the display connector. The new HD needed to be formatted and the OS installed, but I expected to see some sort of prompt. When I rebooted, optical drive and hard drive seemed to be making all the rights sounds, but nothing came up on the screen. Felt pretty confident about having followed instructions to the letter (no guessing about replacing screws, no forcing to close it back up, etc.). I followed the iFixit guide to upgrade the hard drive in my 12" 800 mHz G4 iBook ( iFixit: Do-it-yourself Mac & iPod Repair.
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