How much RAM is installed in that 2012, 21 inch screen iMac? īackup size 999.86 GB > (Disk size Zero KB X 3) Thunderbolt to FireWire AdapterĬom. (5.9.1) G-TECH G-DRIVE mini5 800mbit - 800mbit max Time Machine (disk2s2) /Volumes/Time Machine: 999.86 GB (433.8 GB free) ?Īnyway, I will include the EtreCheck here Is it done with a SymLink ? That would be scary…. I would have to learn how to get the MacOS to run on the external. The SSD sounds like the best bet, as you say, $100-200 ? I guess a ThunderBolt Drive external drive would be faster ? But that would cost me a bit. Is it fast enough ? or Faster than my internal 5400 for El Capt. Perhaps even partition it so I can put some digital audio samples on it too ? It would seem that I could use the G-Drive which is empty right now. Note It is currently connected to one of the 2 Thunderbolt ports using a usb->TB adaptor, so effectively, Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table) HOWEVER!!, actually, I have 2 external drives here already.Ī 1-TB USB Seagate Drive, which I have been using for a Time Machine backup drive. Yes, it’s only an 8GB Ram machine, (13,1) but I can get it up to 16GB, with an upgrade,so that’s another option actually. Note I will include the EtreCheck at the end of this. OWC (), THE place to purchase ANYTHING Apple/Mac related states in their link for installing additional RAM into the 2012/2013, 21 inch screen iMacs, that "PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATION IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!" It's either soldered to the logic board OR you have to nearly disassemble the entire iMac just to get at the RAM slot to install more RAM and if you crack open that iMac yourself to replace the RAM, you forfeit any future computer support from Apple and Apple Stores, directly. Get the biggest external SSD you can afford in a USB 3.0 enclosure.Īlso, I do not believe you can upgrade the RAM, at all, in the 2012 slimline iMacs. If the external drives you use are both FW8 RPM drives, those drives ARE faster than the internal hard drive.įor the external SSD, a USB 3.0 enclosed SSD will be waaay faster than FIreWire 800 and cheaper to purchase than a Thunderbolt enclosed external SSD.
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