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External SSD for mid-2011 iMac 21.5"
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<blockquote data-quote="AMACL" data-source="post: 1729365" data-attributes="member: 298303"><p>Hi all,</p><p>OK, I get the message that replacing an internal HDD with an SSD will rejuvenate my machine. I also see, I think, that I could <em>add</em> an external SSD, though I'm not certain how (via the Thunderbolt connection?). But I also saw some posts (elsewhere) about that posing problems for fan control inside the machine. </p><p>I also watched the OWC video of how to replace the internal drive, and it scares me just to imagine tearing out all those connections and somehow getting them all back together, although from the looks of it, lots of people have done this. I live in France so I couldn't send my machine to OWC for this, but probably there are similar solutions in France.</p><p></p><p>So this is a very basic query and sorry for my ignorance <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />.</p><p></p><p>And just to be sure: would an SSD of either description help eliminate those beachballs, or does that have nothing to do with them? I upgraded to El Capitan recently (from SL) and doubled the RAM to 8 GB, but am still getting beachballs and, what is worse, system crashes (I've consulted the other forums on that).</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance</p><p></p><p>Ann</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AMACL, post: 1729365, member: 298303"] Hi all, OK, I get the message that replacing an internal HDD with an SSD will rejuvenate my machine. I also see, I think, that I could [I]add[/I] an external SSD, though I'm not certain how (via the Thunderbolt connection?). But I also saw some posts (elsewhere) about that posing problems for fan control inside the machine. I also watched the OWC video of how to replace the internal drive, and it scares me just to imagine tearing out all those connections and somehow getting them all back together, although from the looks of it, lots of people have done this. I live in France so I couldn't send my machine to OWC for this, but probably there are similar solutions in France. So this is a very basic query and sorry for my ignorance :D. And just to be sure: would an SSD of either description help eliminate those beachballs, or does that have nothing to do with them? I upgraded to El Capitan recently (from SL) and doubled the RAM to 8 GB, but am still getting beachballs and, what is worse, system crashes (I've consulted the other forums on that). Thanks in advance Ann [/QUOTE]
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