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You may not know that the Mac boot drive is already partitioned.

How you use it depends on how quickly or not that space fills up and whether you need to add more space - either internally (such as upgrading to an SSD) or by connecting to one or more external hard drives. Whether you have an iMac, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, or another Mac device, Mac computers all have a finite amount of space. But to help you do it all by yourself, we’ve gathered our best ideas and solutions below.įeatures described in this article refer to the MacPaw site version of CleanMyMac X. (or if I just don't use it will that even be an issue?)Ĥ) Will any variation of an external Thunderbolt SSD indeed be faster than replacing the internal SATA drive with an SSD.So here’s a tip for you: Download CleanMyMac to quickly solve some of the issues mentioned in this article. Am I going to run into this issue?ģ) Can I disable the original internal SATA spinning dive if I make the external TB2 drive the boot drive so it doesn't spin up, cause fans to go etc. If I did #3, here are my questions:ġ) What's the best way to do this (which products and adapters) to get the best speed out of the Thunderbolt product.Ģ) I've seen references to people not being able to use a drive like this in the TB2 port as a boot drive. I'm leaning towards 3 because of the ease but I don't want it to be super slow. (with an adapter.)Ģ) Use an upgrade kit and do the less complex disassembly to replace the SATA spinning hard drive with the SSD (with 2.5" to 3.5" adapter.)ģ) Use an external drive of some kind with the existing Thunderbolt 2 port. From what I'm gathering my options are:ġ) Use an upgrade kit and do the more complex disassembly to replace the stick SSD drive with the size I want. I'd like to update from the internal hard drive to a 4TB SSD.

I have a Late 2015 iMac 27" (i7, 17,1) with a 2TB Fusion Drive.

Hello, I know this issue has been covered in a lot of different ways in other posts.I've read through a lot of them but haven't found anything definitive for what I'm looking for.so sorry if I missed it.