Holding the iMac together with Stickers...

[Fried Chicken]

...is unbelievably stupid.

I just installed a 2TB SSD, giving me 2TB for Mac + 1TB for Windows.

Jesus. Christ. You could go insane. Are all SATA connections seated correctly. Is there any possibility something gets loose?

When you seal it, you better be *very* confident everything is perfect, because opening it again means spending another $$$ on stickers, and at least a half hour of peeling.

Surely Magnets or something similar would also wokr.

Oh, and God help you if your display is not perfectly alined when you pit it back in.

Also, have fun staring at your marks where the black **** came off from you disconnecting the sticky peel.

Form follows function apple, not the other way around.

 

[redheeler]

Yes, it's not a great design from a serviceability standpoint. You're almost guaranteed to screw up the adhesive on your first try. And having to buy new adhesive is annoying, even when you're just opening up your out-of-warranty iMac to dust it out (mine is nearing three years, and I'm sure it's overdue for a proper dusting).

The 2004 iMac G5s were the easiest iMacs to service. Since then it has gotten worse, first requiring you to remove the display to access the internals, then add to that the fragile front glass held on by magnets, and now the adhesive instead of magnets (and if you happen to break the glass it's game over, you now need an expensive new display).

Jesus. Christ. You could go insane. Are all SATA connections seated correctly. Is there any possibility something gets loose?

Always verify the SSD is connected before putting the display back on. I used Target Disk Mode to make sure the drive was recognized and could be formatted using another Mac.

Oh, and God help you if your display is not perfectly alined when you pit it back in.

The iFixit guide recommends lining up the edges of the display, then applying a strip of painter's tape to the bottom to hold it in place before exposing the adhesive. I did this when upgrading a 2013 21.5" iMac and didn't have any issues with alignment.

 

[Fried Chicken]

I tested everything twice before sticking it all back together, but what if something gets loose... what if I forgot something banal.

The pain; the anxiety; the needlessness.....

 

[adamk77]

 

 

[Fried Chicken]

Always verify the SSD is connected before putting the display back on. I used Target Disk Mode to make sure the drive was recognized and could be formatted using another Mac.

Not just the SSD, verify *every* connection (SSD, Antennas, speakers, power button, iSight).. Also verify the logic board is seated properly, else one of your ports might not work. Find something's not connected right, have fun taking the display off and setting everything right again.

Think you can avoid all this? Not unless your iMac sits in a clean room its whole life.

COME ON APPLE; Steve would have recognized this first thing.

 

[nambuccaheadsau]

The iMac is not user upgradeable pure and simple.

Takew it round to mike o'halloran or one of those telling us how easy it is!!!!

And I woulkd ask you not take the Lord's name in vain.

 

[Fried Chicken]

The iMac is not user upgradeable pure and simple.

It’s also not immune to dust, pure and simple

And I woulkd ask you not take the Lord's name in vain.

what?!