If I buy (2nd hand) a 2019 iMac with a "Fusion Drive", can I replace ...
Jun 22, 2022 · You can "defuse" the Fusion Drive and replace the internal HDD with a SATA SSD. You can use an external SSD and leave the Fusion Drive, use it as a bootable back up, …
fusion drive longevity - MacRumors Forums
Jan 8, 2025 · Just checking how many old fusion drives still work. I recently saw a tech support post about a failing 2013 fusion drive and my first thought was "Wow, it lasted until 2025?"
Baking a ssd + ssd Fusion drive in 2025 - MacRumors Forums
Apr 23, 2007 · If Fusion Drive external component a USB external SSD, would be interested in some read/write performance metrics. Thinking you might be better served switching a brittle …
2017 iMac with Fusion Drive - upgrade to external SSD?
Feb 28, 2024 · I have a 2017 iMac with the fusion drive. It has 16GB RAM. Will I notice a big improvement moving to an external SSD over the internal HDD/28GB SSD configuration? I get …
Custom Disk Utility configuration for Fusion Drive and APFS
Jun 14, 2010 · All, If any of you have tried installing Catalina on an older iMac with Fusion Drive you will understand that the system becomes so slow (APFS is designed for SSD and doesn't …
2019 iMac - should I update to Sequoia? - MacRumors Forums
May 18, 2011 · Fusion Drive (HDD + tiny SSD) - get an external 1TB SSD and run macOS from that. Is that truly the only way? It's just crazy to think I used my mid-2011 iMac from 2012 until …
How does the 2TB fusion drive work? - MacRumors Forums
May 20, 2010 · With fusion drives, I highly recommend having a backup, because you have two potential points of failure, where reconstruction of the data is a nightmare, if it's even possible, …
Split Fusion Drive after Apple Repair - MacRumors Forums
Oct 26, 2006 · In May my hard drive died on my 2019 27" iMac, I was running Mojave at the time. After trying to create a bootable SSD to no avail, I finally took it in to Apple store and they …
Diagnose failure, Fusion Drive or motherboard issue
Oct 16, 2007 · Fusion Drives are tricky. You ought to be able to run a drive check on each individual drive/device when booted from an external drive. In general, my advice as far as …
How to recover data from Fusion Drive HHD with SSD together
May 16, 2023 · Guys do you guys know How to recover data from Apple Fusion Drive? I was able to retrieve some data from the internal HDD with Disk drill however some of the file are …