Time to upgrade to SSD?

[Acid]

Its a late 2010, so the thick aluminium one. The glass is held on by magnets,  which from a few youtube videos suggests you can get them off with the suction cups from the body scrubber things in your shower.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Its a late 2010, so the thick aluminium one. The glass is held on by magnets,  which from a few youtube videos suggests you can get them off with the suction cups from the body scrubber things in your shower.

Yeah, that's a stroke of luck. They take some tugging, from what I read at the time. Better than the old white ones, though. I think they were all glued up and that. Maybe have a look at the proper suction cups. £2.50 on Amazon. Can't knock that.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Am-Tech-2-inch-Mini-Suction-Cup/dp/B0036W70BG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1418854269&sr=8-2&keywords=suction+cups

 

With a fresh install of OS X and an SSD, you should feel a huge bump in general use. What CPU did that one come with? The 3.06 core 2 duo? or was it an i5 by then?

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Piece of piss, that. 27 inch page (SSD+HD_

 

 

21.5 (switching it out)

 

[Acid]

Yea that's the video I watched. They don't replace the hard drive though, just install a second one. Would I just follow that, but dump the old one out and slide the new one in it's place? Same cables and everything I assume? They sell the hard drives, and the kits to install too.

 

I think it was the i5 one, but I'm not sure. Can't even turn it on to check either.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

I added a second one, which is swapping the HD for an SSD. Is yours the 27 or the 21?

 

I'd just buy a SSD (something like the Samsung 840 EVO) from Amazon and throw it in there using that guide. Then you'll need to reinstall the OS, either using a CD that came with it, or you can make a USB which is much easier and quicker. That said, if you've no mac you'll have to do the CD that came with it.

[Acid]

It's a 27. And I have a macbook too, which I've managed to download the OS from the app store and stuck it onto one of my externals to give it a test run, but running it through the usb connection sucks.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

It's a 27. And I have a macbook too, which I've managed to download the OS from the app store and stuck it onto one of my externals to give it a test run, but running it through the usb connection sucks.

Yeah, big time. If you download the os from the App Store onto your macbook, then make a USB stick with Unibeast following the step by step, you'll be able to install it via that. I checked and Mavericks (10.10) works on your iMac. Should be all sorted after that.

[Acid]

Nice one thanks. I'll be on my macbook til after Christmas when I'll be able to buy the SSD, so until then cheers.