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Issue with my 1tb Fusion Drive
Guys, I think I really messed up. A while ago I installed windows 10 onto my 27 inch, 1tb iMac (2017) and everything was working as expected. Then I decided to update to the beta version of macOS Mojave and everything was working as expected. But today when I wanted to boot into windows 10... -
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SSD or better specs?
I'm looking to buy an iMac 27" 5k 2017 and I'm torn between two options: 1. i5 3.4 GHz 4GB video memory, 512GB SSD - 3000$ 2. i5 3.8GHz 8GB video memory, 2TB fusion (128GB SSD) - 2600$ (it is currently on sale) I hear everyone saying that going full SSD is much better than a fusion drive, but... -
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Help an illustrator buy first iMac!
Hello! I am an illustrator working mainly in Photoshop, but I also use Illustrator and InDesign for some of my work. I do a lot of traditional work too, so I'm always scanning at very high resolution. When I'm working I have Photoshop running working with pretty large files (I do most of my... -
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Upgrading SSD - Only SSD vs Fusion drive
Hi. I have this iMac: mac OS Sierra version 10.126 iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) Processor 3,2 GHz Intel Core i5 Memory 20GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Startup Disk Mac OS X Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1024 MB 1TB HDD I use it for video editing. It is getting too slow. I would like to upgrade it with... -
Splitting Fusion Drive for Production Machine
Hi, all: My new iMac 5K is coming in the mails over the next week, and I've had a thought on the Fusion Drive. I will use this machine for theatrical projection design, which needs very high file read speeds to look good. I got the 2TB fusion drive, so there should be a 128GB SSD that would...- Richard Becker
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- fusion drive imac 5k
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Problem with Fusion Drive's SSD?
Hi, I'm new here. I'm currently worried about my Late 2015 iMac's Fusion Drive's SSD, as you can probably see in my status. The problem is that just a bit after 2 years I downloaded DriveDx and the Wear Leveling Count is at 52 % already! It came down from 53 % yesterday. And I can see more than... -
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deleted macintosh hd and corestorage, how i have 2 disks called "untitled"
hello. at once i apologize for my english. i didn't find any help at forums on my language, so i came here. well, i'm not sure how to describe my problem, but it's connected with corestorage and fusion drive. it all started when i deleted windows from my mac. i had missed 1tb with it and wanted...- felisett
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- corestorage fusion drive
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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imac - partition lost / can't use
I've have a 3tb fusion drive on imac that I had partitioned as a 2.45tb drive and a ~500gb other partition, when I was formatting the larger one the computer froze and I had to force shut down. That 2.45 drive is now not showing up at all. I've tried fresh installs, ran recovery mode and tried...- Cluberrlang
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- fusion drive hardware imac lost partition
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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I'm very happy with my choice of the Fusion Drive
I just wanted to stop by and mention how my new iMac is doing. The main thing I want to report on is the 3TB Fusion Drive. Most of my daily tasks are done with Adobe products like Dreamweaver CS5 and Photoshop CS5. Both are working fine on my new iMac. I've also been doing a lot of moving...- Sal Collaziano
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- fusion fusion drive
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- Forum: iMac
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1TB/2TB fusion drive with external bootup or 512GB SSD?
I'm looking to buy an iMac 27 inch 5K, (obviously upgrading the RAM myself) but I'm having the same trouble a lot of people seem to have, I can't decide on what storage capacity to buy, my options at the moment are - - 1TB/ 2TB Fusion Drive with a 2TB or 3TB external drive as a bootup - 256GB... -
Fusion or SSD for upgradability?
Hi Everyone, first post so please go easy. I have looked around but can’t find a detailed answer to the following (not simply just go ssd) imac 5k2017 buying question? Would it be best to get the 512gb SSD (i assume Apple install this via the PCie connection?) and add an internal SSD... -
2012 Mac Mini - Swap 5400 rpm HDD in Fusion Drive for 7200 rpm?
So I have a Late 2012 Mac Mini that came with a Fusion Drive. I have a spare 7200 RPM drive that I'm considering putting in my Mac by removing the 5400 RPM drive that is already in there and making a hopefully faster Fusion Drive. Has anyone done this before? I'm not expecting a major speed... -
Fusion Drive HDD Data Recovery
Anyone had any luck recovering data from a HDD where the SSD had failed? Terminal doesn't even show the Logical Volume of the HDD so that it can be forced to mount. Only the EFI partition mounts. I'd certainly never buy a Mac with Fusion Drive and keep them as one disk. Quite the headache if one...- asdavis10
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- data recovery fusion drive hdd mac
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Drive reading as wrong size and can't partition
Wonder if anyone could help, as I not sure what questions I need to ask. When installing High Sierra I decided to go for a complete reinstall so backedup, deleted my bootcamp partition and created bootable usb of High Sierra. Install went fine. I then tried to recreate bootcamp for a windows 7...- whooshbong
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- bootcamp disk utility fusion drive high sierra windows
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Help me switch from my Windows PC setup
Hey, guys! Mac noob here. I'm strongly considering changing allegiances, mainly because I'm a designer and want to use Sketch. The questions I have are as follows: I have two Dell U2713HM 27" monitors with 2560x1440 WQHD resolution. If I buy the new iMac with 27" 5k screen, I would also want...- CaptainProton
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- 27" anker compatibility fusion drive monitor screen sketch ssd uhd vertical mouse
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- Forum: iMac
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APFS and Fusion Drives
I have been a bleeding edge tester for a long time until I switched to Mac. I settled down a little, but when I am told "fusion drives don't support apfs" I take that as a challenge. Well.. They were right. It doesn't. My iMac 27" 2015 had a kernel panic during the conversion process, and I was...- labyrinth153
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- apfs fusion drive high sierra
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- Forum: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
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Split Fusion Drive to SSD and HDD, then clean install High Sierra
Hello, I am on an MacOS Sierra - iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) Since I read that APFS is not initially supported for fusion drives, I thought of splitting my fusion drive to SSD and HDD, then clean install High sierra on the SSD with a bootable USB, so I get the APFS on it. Has anybody...- MDarwish
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- fusion drive macos high sierra split fusion
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- Forum: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
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Fusion drives
What is adviced if you have a fusion drive? To install now, and upgrade the file system when they supports it. Or to wait untill the new file system supports it?- Heliotropen
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- fusion drive high sierra
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- Forum: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
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Storage upgrade options
I have a 27inch 5K iMac that I bought in February. At the time I couldn't wait for a BTO machine as my work machine had died so i needed one off the shelf. I took the one with a 2TB fusion drive. I'm noticing a slow down in the machine now as it is getting fuller and want to do something to...- jswebsteve
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- fusion drive imac storage device
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- Forum: iMac
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Screwed up 1TB Fusion drive 2017 iMac
I was cleaning up the iMac (2017 27" 1 TB Fusion drive running Sierra) and somehow barfed the Fusion drive. I erased the partition (Macintosh HD). I tried to repartition the drive as 2 partitions and got never-ending beachball and had to shut down machine to get out. Now the Fusion drive shows...
