Hi,
I have a 21.5”, Mid 2011 iMac running High Sierra. I would like to lengthen the life of the machine, so I was thinking of hooking up an external SSD to its thunderbolt 1 port. Ideally this external SSD would also be bus-powered.
The plan is to put the OS and all my apps onto this SSD (if not more), and boot from it.
Before I commit to any purchases I would like to make sure that this is feasible. Will there be any issues with APFS on a bus powered booting external SSD with High Sierra on a machine this age?
Is it possible to buy an external Thunderbolt 1 bus powered enclosure? All ads seem to say just Thunderbolt.
Will using a Thunderbolt 2 cable/enclosure make any difference? I have a Time Machine drive. Is migrating difficult?
I’m reluctant to go the DIY internal SSD route, but I suppose I might if the external option is too complicated / significantly slower / expensive. If I was to go internal I would replace entire HDD and get a 1 or 2gb (correction: 1 or 2tb!) SSD.
Any advice appreciated.
I have a 21.5”, Mid 2011 iMac running High Sierra. I would like to lengthen the life of the machine, so I was thinking of hooking up an external SSD to its thunderbolt 1 port. Ideally this external SSD would also be bus-powered.
The plan is to put the OS and all my apps onto this SSD (if not more), and boot from it.
Before I commit to any purchases I would like to make sure that this is feasible. Will there be any issues with APFS on a bus powered booting external SSD with High Sierra on a machine this age?
Is it possible to buy an external Thunderbolt 1 bus powered enclosure? All ads seem to say just Thunderbolt.
Will using a Thunderbolt 2 cable/enclosure make any difference? I have a Time Machine drive. Is migrating difficult?
I’m reluctant to go the DIY internal SSD route, but I suppose I might if the external option is too complicated / significantly slower / expensive. If I was to go internal I would replace entire HDD and get a 1 or 2gb (correction: 1 or 2tb!) SSD.
Any advice appreciated.
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