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  1. coco carter

    Change Fusion Drive to SSD or upgrade RAM for photo editing?

    To speed up my photo editing on Lightroom, I was advised to change my fusion drive to SSD as opposed to upgrading my RAM. Is this the best option? And if so, can somebody recommend a suitable SSD? I've got an iMac 27 inch (late 2013) 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7 Memory 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Storage -...
    • coco carter
    • Thread
    • fusion photo editing ram speed speed up mac ssd
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: iMac
  2. M

    Resolved ccs error

    This has since been resolved.
    • mar627
    • Thread
    • afps disk utility error fusion mojave osx
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
  3. davidgnomo

    Replacing Fusion disk with SSD (late 2012 iMac)

    I'm about to buy an OWC kit to make the upgrade by myself and there's plenty of videos about how to replace the hardware on the OWC site and on YouTube ... what I cannot find anywhere is a tutorial on how to take everything (Mac OS included) from my old Fusion disk and put it on the new SSD ...
    • davidgnomo
    • Thread
    • diy fusion owc kit ssd tutorial upgrade
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
  4. Skeptical.me

    2017 iMac External SSD Boot Drive & Time Machine

    Hi, I have a new 2017 iMac 27" 5K 3.5Ghz 1TB Fusion drive. I added a 500GB M.2 SSD in a USB-C to USB-C External Housing as the the boot drive. It's certainly made a difference in performance. However, the Fusion Drive has a Windows 10 partition (Boot Camp) and 750GB of free space. I am just...
    • Skeptical.me
    • Thread
    • external boot drive fusion imac 2017 internal drive m.2 ssd time machine backup
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
  5. Harvdog

    DIY Fusion drive

    Two years ago I created a DIY Fusion drive in order to increase my iMac's speed while using Photoshop and Lightroom. It has worked quite well thru Sierra and High Sierra. Now I am concerned whether Mojave will continue to treat me so nicely. Has anyone out there had a similar experience or has...
  6. liorp

    Once and for all: Does MacOS Mojave work with Fusion Drives?

    What's up, ya'll? :cool: I have a 2017 iMac with a fusion drive. I'm currently still running Sierra on it, because apparently, High Sierra's APFS doesn't support fusion drives. I read that Mojave (10.14) introduces APFS support for fusion drives. Thing is, all I've read about this has been...
  7. M

    Mojave Beta Cannot Install with Boot Camp?

    I've been holding off on installing the beta since I have a fusion drive, and I knew that support for those was new and experimental. However, with Mojave releasing in the next few weeks, I figured I'd bite the bullet and install the latest beta today. However, upon launching the installer I...
  8. S

    Upgrade iMac Fusion Drive: Processes for Late 2015 27" and Late 2013 27"

    Hello Folks, First time poster here and relative newb. Please be gentle I'm looking to upgrade the fusion drives in two (2) imacs...a Late 2015 27" and a Late 2013 27" Please take a look at the processes I come up with: Upgrade iMac Fusion Drive: Process Late 2015 27” 1. Change Permissions...
    • swanky1
    • Thread
    • 27 inch fusion imac late 2013 late 2015 pcie speed ssd upgrade
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iMac
  9. Z

    SSD's in the fusion drives

    What capacity are the SSD drives that are contained in the 1 and 2TB fusion drives that are shipped with the iMacs?
    • zoran
    • Thread
    • fusion imac ssd
    • Replies: 55
    • Forum: iMac
  10. M

    IMAC late 2015 1TB Fusion Drive Problem

    Imac late 2015 Background: A couple of months ago Imac became sluggish and showed the white prohibit symbol on start up. Restored Imac at that time from a back up on external hard drive. Imac remained sluggish and would only then boot from the external hard drive. Recent: Reformatted Imac in...
    • marknnca
    • Thread
    • 1tb fusion imac late 2015 problem
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: iMac
  11. PinkyMacGodess

    'Helper' apps changing by themselves. GRRRR!!!

    This is driving me CRAZY!!! Occasionally, a 'helper' application has changed. Like today: I clicked on a link in an email yesterday and macOS Firefox would open. Perfect. No, this morning, I click on a link in Mail, and it wasn't to fire up Fusion, and run that VM's version of Firefox. WHAT...
  12. JedNZ

    Resolved FusionDrive for User data locked Read-only

    Was updating Windows10Pro on my system (see my sig), and when I booted back into macOS 10.12.6 Sierra I had problems with my primary User account which is located on a Fusion Drive (NVMe + spinner) - was locked Read-only somehow. Can't open apps, can't save files/folders = completely "observe...
    • JedNZ
    • Thread
    • fusion fusiondrive nvme timemachine
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  13. S

    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...
  14. ThatGuyInLa

    So...AFS for the rest of us??

    My brand new 27” iMac with 2TB Fusion Drive still awaits its new file system. Has this gone to vaperware? Apple failing to test its functionality fully on their own touted tech Fusion Drives before release makes me think they should offer free SSD swaps if it won’t be able to work.
  15. Junkstarpunk

    HELP WITH IMAC FUSION DRIVE

    MISSING SPACE ON MY DRIVE I SHURNK THE DRIVE SO I COULD CLONE IT TO A SMALLER DRIVE THEN WHEN I WAS MAKING IT WHOLE AGAIN MY POWER WHEN OUT WHEN COME BACK UP IT SHOWS THE DRIVE IS ONLY 248 GIGS WHEN IN DISK UTIL IT SHOWS 872 GIGS OF JUST BLANK GREYED OUT SPACE CANT FORMAT IT USE IT ECT WONT LET...
  16. T

    VMware Fusion and Windows 10 on an old MBP 13"???

    Hi. I was given a 2013 Macbook Pro Retina 13", 2.4GHz, 8GB, w/ SSD running on Mavericks (my first mac). It currently has VMware Fusion 4 with Windows XP (not sure why XP over W7). I would like to upgrade it to newer versions of those software. The computer would be used for basic productivity...
  17. M

    Should I upgrade my late 2015 5k to 2017 model?

    Hello, I have an iMac 5k MK472 (R9 M390 graphic card, 1TB Fusion drive, 3.2 GHz processor, 8gb Ram). I have a chance to get a new iMac (looking for a model with a 580 graphic card, 3.8GHz i5 and 2TB Fusion, 8gb Ram). I am photographer and also more and more I do some work with FCPX. Does anyone...
    • Martynas
    • Thread
    • 580 fcpx fusion imac lightroom m390
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: iMac
  18. JedNZ

    cMP PCIe SSD + NVMe FD - upgrade to HS

    I know my setup is a bit unusual/unique because I'm using a PCIe SSD for my boot/apps drive, and an NVMe + HD spinner Fusion Drive for all of my main User data. I just want to be certain of what methods for upgrading to HS are best for my setup. I don't want the hassle of having to install HS...
    • JedNZ
    • Thread
    • fusion nvme
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  19. Fravin

    Just wondering about APFS...

    So, I have a Mid-2015 27"iMac that came with a 1Tb Fusion drive. I've replaced the HDD for a 960Gb Sandisk SSD. As Apple SSD is super fast, I kept it. As you know, this iMac has a 24Gb SSD. It's too small to almost anything, so I decided to "fusion" it with the new SSD, by following the DIY...
  20. X

    Windows VPN on Mac - please help!

    Hi all, I bought a new iMac 27" 2017 top spec, I love it! Migrating over from Windows. What a revelation, took me a couple of weeks to get used to it. My issue is that I need to log in to my Windows server at Work. VMWare Fusion 8.5.8, Trialled this for free for a month with Windows 10 64...
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