I want to fit a SSD to my 21.5 3.06ghz mid 2010 IMAC; Is it possible to install the current 500gb sata drive into my older 20inch A1224 IMac?

My A1224 20 inch Imac has a damaged HD, so I am wondering if the 500 gb sata drive installed in my mid 2010 imac can be installed as I am looking to upgrade to SSD and would like to make use of the 'spare' HD.
If t.his is not possible can someone recommend the best drive to by for the older mac?
Thanks

My recommendation for the older drive would be to use it to create a bootable backup, that way you would have 2 backups. Your basic Time Machine backup and a redundant (very good idea for backups!!!) bootable drive. All you need is an expensive enclosure which you can find for less than $30.

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I have a iMac 21,5" Intel mid 2011 and I need to know if is possible I change the original 500Gb HD for a 512Gb SSD? If yes, where I find a tutorial about this? Thanks a lot and best regards all.

Hi people,
I'm typing from Brasil, sorry my English.
I have a iMac 21,5" Intel mid 2011 and I need to know if is possible I change the original 500Gb HD for a 512Gb SSD?
I intend to keep the original DVD driver and install the SSD in the same HD place.
If yes, where I find a tutorial about this?
And I will like to know if the 512GB Solid-State Drive Kit for Mac Pro is compatible with iMac.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC731ZM/A/512gb-solid-state-drive-kit-for-mac- pro?fnode=5f
What brand and model of SSD do you recommend?
Thanks a lot for now and best regards all.
Carlos Sgrillo
Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil

Tukaine
Sep 23, 2012 10:59 PM
Since the late 2009 iMacs came out, replacing the hard drive has caused the internal Hard Drive Fan to start running at around 6000RPM.
This is due to Apple replacing the external Hard Drive temperature sensor with a proprietary firmware and using the drives internal sensor.
Replacement drives do not contain the firmware to deliver temperature data on the temperature sensor cable.
When the iMac does not receive a good signal from the hard drive it puts the fan at full speed to protect the drive.
If you replace your drive, your iMac will initially seem fine, but soon the fan will begin to speed up to full speed. Resetting the SMC (System Management Controller) will have a temporary effect, but again the fan will speed up.
Fixes people have used in the past included:
Using smcFanControl and the terminal to set a MAX speed for the fan and writing scripts to start this after every sleep/restart.
Shorting the temperature sensor cable (Not a possibility on 2011 iMacs) this tricks the iMac into thinking the drives temperature is very low, hence slow fan speed.
Both these fixes are less then perfect and leave the drive in a dangerous situation with no protection from overheating.
Another option people try is other Fan Control software. These programs will not work for this particular issue as they often only control the base speed, and if they do control the fans actual speed they rely on the temperature reported by the sensor which is now incorrect.
HDD Fan Control
HDD Fan Control works to fix this issue by reading the drives internal temperature using the S.M.A.R.T protocol and set the fans actual speed to a value good to protect the drive.
It runs at startup and continually to always control the fan correctly, prevent the loud fan noise and protect the drive from overheating
Instead of HDDFan Control, get the free SSDFan Control
http://exirion.net/ssdfanctrl/

When I am re-installing the Mac OSX snow leopard onto an older Mac I run into the window that says select the disk where you want to install Mac OSX but nothing is there to select

I am trying to re-install the Mac OSX snow leopard onto an older I mac with a new hard drive. I run into the "select the disk "where you want to install Mac OSX but there is nothing in the window to select. Any advice?

After you install a new hard drive, you need to boot to another drive to initialize it to MAC OS Extended (journaled) format and create the partition(s) on the drive. You do this using Disk Utility. Otherwise, the mac operating install process doesn't see a formatted disk to install to.

Hello i have a imac and i want to install cs6 photoshop and i keep getting installation failed indicating i have a conflicting version must be removed before installing the current media. I have deleted everything related to above and previous photo shop

hello i have a imac and i want to install cs6 photoshop and i keep getting installation failed indicating i have a conflicting version must be removed before installing the current media. I have deleted everything related to above and previous photo shop files i could think of, could you please help out with this. thanks

teddyscroggins wrote:
…have deleted everything related to above and previous photo shop files i could think of, could you please help out with this. thanks
That is precisely the WRONG thing to do. You should never delete, but uninstall.
Now you need to look for, download and run the Adobe CS Cleaner tool.

I installed an SSD in my optical bay, is it possible to install Windows 8 in that drive?

[15" late 2011 MBP with preinstalled 8GB of RAM and 128GB of SSD]
To the goddesses of this community:
Here's the deal. Although I love OS X, but let's be realistic, there are some softwares out there only run on Windows
Therefore, I am planning to buy an OCZ Vector 256GB SSD, transfer the OS X and all other files from the preinstalled 125GB SSD to the new OCZ Vector SSD.
Then, install the new OCZ SSD in the hard drive bay.
After that, wipe my old 128GB SSD, swap out my optical drive and install my old 128GB SSD in its place.
Here's the critical part: I plan to install Windows 8 on my 128GB SSD which is currently empty and sitting in the optical bay.
I have read some past posts saying it is not possible since 1. Boot Camp only allows Windows to be installed in the same SSD OS X is installed in. 2. You can not install Windows using Boot Camp Assistant without an internal optical drive.
I wish to know it the above infomation is still true. If not, how to install Windows 8 in my new SSD?
Thank you very much!

A couple of things to note - first, you can't use Boot Camp to install Win8 on any drive except yoru start-up drive. Second, you'd want the SSD to be in the main HD bay, not the optical bay, if you plan to use it as a bootable OS X device.
Clinton

Should I put the new SSD drive in main HDD bay or the Superdrive/Optical bay for a Mid-2010 Macbook Pro?

Hello All,
I'm considering getting a new SSD drive to add on to my Mid-2010 Macbook Pro (13 inches, unibody), and wondering which one of the following two options I should really adapt:
(1) Replace the original OEM hard drive in the main bay with the new SSD drive, and then remove the Superdrive (or the optical CD drive) and to be fitted into an external enclosure for using it externally in the future, and then relocate the original OEM hard drive into the Superdrive position, so both the new SSD (preferably for running the OS and system files) and the old OEM hard drive (for storing media and documents for example) could be used; and
(2) Keep the original OEM hard drive in place in the main drive, and buy a superdrive/optical drive caddy to goes with the new SSD drive, and together place the new SSD drive fitted inside the caddy into the position of the Superdrive/Optical CD drive, and configure the boot preference to be booting from the Superdrive/Optical Drive (which is now the SSD drive with OS and system files);
I've done some researches and some suggested that option (2) is better approach for at least two reason: (a) the MBP main drive come with some sort of shock proof sensor, so placing the original optical hard drive in the main is better than placing it in the super/optical drive where there is NO shock sensing feature provided, and placing SSD in the super/optical drive, one doesn't really have to worry so much about shocks; and (b) as during the process of shutting down the MBP, for optical hard drive, some power will sometimes needed to finally spin down the drive, but if such optical hard drive is place in the superdrive, the power maybe cut off right away when MBP shut down, which may cause issue to the optical hard drive in a long run as it never properly spin it down.
Then the main concern is that, if I adapt option (2) above, placing SSD in the super/optical drive bay and install and running the OS from there, will it decrease the performance (i.e. speed, latency, and etc.) as if i was to put the new SSD in the main drive?
Also, any suggestions with respect to Samsung 840 EVO vs. Samsung 850 EVO (250GB)? any well-rated HD caddy aside from OWC for moving the main HDD to optical CD bay? and perhaps an external enclosure for the Superdrive? Thanks in advance for any comment and/or suggestion.
- Jack

Could you provide some rationale(s) behind it? As far as I know, the mid 2010 Macbook Pro, the HDD is running via the SATA interface at running at 3.0 Gb/s, which is SATA II, and the Super-drive and/or the Optical drive, which is also running via SATA II interface, so I would assume the performance (i.e. primarily in speed) would be similar if not the same by placing the SSD drive in either one of the two places.
Also, wouldn't it be better by placing the SSD in the optical so the OEM HDD could be kept in the original main bay since it has the shock-sensing feature there?

Is it possible to install an SSD on dv9000 / DV9831CA Notebook?

I would like to know if there is an SSD drive avaialble on the market that will suport the dv9000 or the DV9831CA? My HDD is broken and I would like to install a new SSD on it. If it is possible, with one would you recommend?

Hi,
I have a HP DV9700t with a SSD as the primary hard drive.
I have tried two different SSDs and they both work without issues.
OCZ Vertex III 120 GB
Crucial C300 128 GB ---- probably out of production
Some of the newer SATA III SSDs may not be backward compatible so a SATA II SSD should be OK. Be sure to install the lastest Intel SATA drivers. The prices are really dropping so you might want to consider a 256 GB SSD. That size should allow you to use the HP Recovery Disks to load the SSD.
The SATA controller in a laptop is not going to perform as well compared to a SATA controller in a desktop PC. However, you will notice a considerable performance improvement.
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How to install PC companion on other drive?? (My SSD on C: only have 5gb)
PC companion v2.1 dont ask to install the soft on a drive! lol!
Its standard any application setup, in the world, offer you a path or drive to choose to install. Why Sony not add this in the setup?

Not true - If a program needs to download files to perform certain tasks then it will only install to the C: drive so as in this case when you perform system updates or system repairs the firmware files are downloaded to the root ie: C: drive
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1 more time: I installed Samsung 840EVO SSD and tried to clone the OEM drive to it. Disk Utility shows all files landed in the new SSD thru the USB to SATA converter cable yet my Mac won't boot. Why's that?

The question is why won't my Mac boot with the new 840EVO SSD that I thought I'd successfully cloned all contents from the OEM hard drive by using a USB to SATA converter cable. Disk Utility seemed to indicate the SSD had captured everything from the OEM drive. Note the OEM had 2 partitions to run Parallels Windows XP

XP is not supported externally or if you install Mavericks, and Microsoft is trying their hardest t o get people off that old tin can, rightly so.
Usually Carbon Copy Cloner will. Usally. DU is not really meant to and you had 4 partitions before.
This forum is not for MacBook Pro btw.
Cloning with DU or CCC may do a perfect job but not be bootable if t he interface or case is not.
The EVO is capable of 500MB/sec so even your mid-2010 MBP is not going to get the top performance but should be better once you swap it out than what you were using.

Fitting an SSD to the T420, and moving Windows to it WITHOUT a reinstall

Hi there,
I'd seen some threads around about the T420's suitability for an SSD in the WWAN slot. Well I've just received my T420, and had ordered one of the Intel 80GB mSATA SSDs. I spent this evening moving the Windows install from the 500GB hard drive to the SSD, and didn't need to reinstall. I don't know why Lenovo don't offer the SSD as an option!
So I bought the 80GB Intel mSATA SSD from Ingram Micro; you can just fit it into the wireless WAN (i.e. 3G slot) in the T420 - took about 5 minutes, and you just have to tuck the aerial leads out of the way when you put the bottom back on. The BIOS detects the SSD without a problem.
M'colleague Pete suggested the trick to avoid a reinstall of Windows 7. In brief, we shrank the HDD's Windows partition down to 50GB, created a mirror of it on the SSD, then rebooted off the SSD and removed the mirror.
In some detail:
1) make a recovery disc before you start (I didn't but I know this stuff!);
2) defragment your C drive (right click under My Computer, go to Properties->Tools and choose defragment). Took about 45 minutes to finish on mine;
3) go to Computer Management -> Storage -> Disc Management;
4) right-click both the SSD, and the internal hard drive, and convert both of them to Dynamic Disks
5) right-click the larger of the two windows partitions on your hard disc, and shrink them to the size of your SSD (i.e. 74GB if you want to use the whole SSD for Windows) - wait for that to complete;
6) create a mirror of the first two partitions on the hard drive, mirroring them to the SSD (i.e. right-click each partition, click Add Mirror, and choose Disk 1 as the destination);
7) wait for the mirrors to complete (i.e. the Rebuilding... message will go away).
8) start an administrator-mode command prompt (go to Start, type "command" and click the "Command Prompt" option while holding ctlr+shift);
9) type "bcdedit /enum" and note the long number associated with the SECOND boot option. Then type "bcdedit /default {xxx}" where xxx is the number. For good measure type "bcdedit /timeout 2" to make sure you see the menu and can fix a mistake manually;
10) reboot the system - before it comes back you'll see the windows boot loader menu - choose the second option (should be the default), which is to boot off your SSD
11) when windows comes back up, you can go back to the Disk Manager and choose "Remove mirror" for disk 0, and you can reclaim the space. Hooray!
That is about the minimum that you need to do to move the partition and get it to boot.
I wasn't sure how to tell windows to install a bootloader on the SSD, and completely disengage the hard drive from the boot process, but I'm sure someone will fill me in.
NB I've not tested the above sequence PRECISELY, as I had some further fiddling to get my Linux installation to work, which isn't relevant to the above trick. I'd be interested to know if it works for someone else - as I said, please make sure you have your recovery DVDs and backups handy just in case.

You could have used Intel's Clone tools. My experience is that you are better off following the prescribed method of using the rescue disks to do a reinstall. The system seems to boot faster that way.
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Should I fit a SSD or a HD in Macbook Pro 15" 2.4 core duo

I want to fit a new drive in my Macbook Pro 15" 2.4 GHz core duo, Is it worth the extra money to put in a SSD 520GB or would a 1TB or 750GB HD work just as well. Also I notice that there is a SSD/HD Hybrid available from Crucial will this work.

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The Seagate Hard Drive / SSD Hybrid 750GB Sata 600 2.5" 32MG hybrid 8GB SSD is the one I have looked at but I am not sure what this spec means, does it use the benefits of SSD linked to the HD capacity?
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I have a hdd from late 2009 that I upgraded from leopard to snow leopard to lion to mountain lion. I want to upgrade the hdd to ssd. Do I need to buy a new copy of mountain lion to install on the ssd? If not, then what is the procedure to transfer?

I have a hdd from a late 2009 mbp. I upgraded from leopard to snow leopard to lion to mountain lion. Now I want to upgrade to a ssd. Do I need to purchase a new copy of mountain lion to go on my new ssd? If I don't, then what is the procedure to transfer mountain lion with my 4 user accounts onto the new ssd from the hdd?
I'm confused on if I can use the recovery hd on a thumb drive to install mountain lion on my ssd. Will it be pheasible with so many OS X upgrades? And then how do I get my user accounts onto the ssd from the hdd. Do I use migration assistant? Do I need to make a time machine backup first? Should I use something called Carbon Clone or something like that?
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If you have a cable that connects and external HDD to the MBP, it will do. If it is something like this, an enclosure will not be needed for the swap:
An enclosure allows you to use your old HDD for storage or backup purposes. The cable will not.
Here are instructions as to how the swap can be performed using DISK UTITY. Substitute You cable for the enclosure in same:
INSTALLING A NEW HDD IN A MBP
1. Make certain that you have backed up all of your important data.
2. You will need a HDD enclosure. One with a USB connection will do. A 9 pin Firewire is better.
3. Install your new drive in the enclosure and connect it to your MBP.
4. Open DISK UTILITY>ERASE. From the left hand column drag the new drive into the 'Name' field. Make sure that the format is 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)'. Click on the 'Erase' button.
5. Click on the 'Restore' button (on top). Drag the old drive into the 'Source' field and the new drive into the 'Destination' field. Click on the 'Restore' button on the bottom right hand corner.
Depending upon the amount of data you are transferring, this may take a couple hours or more. A Firewire will speed up the transfer. This will result in both drives having identical information on them.
6. After the data transfer has completed, you may swap the drives. Start the MBP and you have finished the installation. The initial boot may take a bit longer than you are accustomed to, but that is normal.
7. When you are satisfied that the new hard drive if functioning properly, you can erase the old drive and use it for any needs that you may have.
If there is any confusion on your part, post back.
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I want to upgrade my hard drive from Standard 500 HHD to a SSD on my macbook pro non-retina mid 2012

I have two choices I'm going to install the hard drive internally and I want someone who has an idea about this now money isn't a problem and they are both close to each other. I want to buy one of these two can someone please tell me which is best.
1- http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Micron/C400512G25/
2- http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.aspx?IMODULE=CT480M500SSD1 and http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Crucial/CT480M500SSD/
By the time I do this of me I am also going to have a 16 GB RAM instead of the 4 Gb
Now remember my MacBook Pro 15" non-retina mid 2012 i7 2.3 Hz

First, see my one and only user tip -> Upgrading your MacBook Pro with a Solid State Drive. It has some tips that may be of help.
Secondly, either of the drives that you've chosen should work well in your MacBook Pro. "Micron" is also the manufacturer of the Crucial SSD. I'm just a bit skeptical about the first because of the unknown nature of the beast... and I doubt that it has the most recent technology built into the Crucial M500 480GB.
You can buy from Crucial or through OWC - I would just pick the one with the cheaper price but I would definitely get the M500 series over the somewhat 'older' (based upon m4 technology, I'm betting) Micron drive.
Good luck... call back should you have any questions.
Clinton

I want to transfer files from a functioning hard drive in a nonfunctioning MacBook Pro to an external drive. I have an IDE/SATA drive adapter. The files won't fit on the drive for a working computer I have. Can I use it to transfer files to the external?

I want to transfer files from a functioning hard drive in a nonfunctioning MacBook Pro to an external drive. I have an IDE/SATA drive adapter. The files won't fit on the drive for a working computer I have. Can I use it to transfer files to the external drive?

Good luck and you are welcome.
Like I said, I bought one of their inexpensive enclosures and now can use the hard drive just as a source for the files that are on it...my external drives are much larger and faster so I just plug that drive in when I need something from it.
This one is on sale for $16 http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/ES2.5BPU2S/

I am buying a new macbook pro but i want to fit my own ram memory and solid state hard drive , will apple permit this without voiding the waranty.

i am buying a new macbook pro but i want to fit my own ram memory and solid state hard drive , will apple permit this without voiding the waranty.

yes you can do it and not void the warranty. Those are the only hardware changes that Apple permits. Instructions on how to upgrade the ram and remove and replace the hard drive are even included in the owners manuals for MacBook Pros.

I want to fit a SSD to my 21.5 3.06ghz mid 2010 IMAC; Is it possible to install the current 500gb sata drive into my older 20inch A1224 IMac?

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