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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1814588" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>A couple of things. I would not recommend a fusion drive at all. Second, do NOT use the internal built-in drive for Time Machine backups. You ideally want to backup to a external drive. Your iMac is from 2011 and indeed can't run Mojave, just like my 2009 iMac can't. However, I've upgraded my iMac with a 1TB SSD and have High Sierra installed on it and it is quite performant. You will find upgrading from the spinning drive to a SSD will make a big difference.</p><p></p><p>Managing your photos in High Sierra and/or Mojave won't make any meaningful difference to the photos themselves.</p><p></p><p>My recommendation is to upgrade the spinning disk to a 1TB drive. On my 2009 iMac this was a very easy thing, took about 30 mins to complete. The drive was around $300 if I remember correctly. Anyway, once you have the SSD, I would recommend a fresh installation of High Sierra on there as opposed to using a backup or anything, that will give you the best performing machine.</p><p></p><p>Ensure that you also upgrade your memory to the maximum the machine supports (which is 32GB) and you will be set for a few years. Applications will continue to support High Sierra for at least another 3-5 years before they deem it too old, requiring an upgrade.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1814588, member: 110816"] A couple of things. I would not recommend a fusion drive at all. Second, do NOT use the internal built-in drive for Time Machine backups. You ideally want to backup to a external drive. Your iMac is from 2011 and indeed can't run Mojave, just like my 2009 iMac can't. However, I've upgraded my iMac with a 1TB SSD and have High Sierra installed on it and it is quite performant. You will find upgrading from the spinning drive to a SSD will make a big difference. Managing your photos in High Sierra and/or Mojave won't make any meaningful difference to the photos themselves. My recommendation is to upgrade the spinning disk to a 1TB drive. On my 2009 iMac this was a very easy thing, took about 30 mins to complete. The drive was around $300 if I remember correctly. Anyway, once you have the SSD, I would recommend a fresh installation of High Sierra on there as opposed to using a backup or anything, that will give you the best performing machine. Ensure that you also upgrade your memory to the maximum the machine supports (which is 32GB) and you will be set for a few years. Applications will continue to support High Sierra for at least another 3-5 years before they deem it too old, requiring an upgrade. [/QUOTE]
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