I have a new 2017 iMac 27" 5K iMac with 1TB Fusion drive. With macOS Is it possible to create a Swap File on an external SSD? Just wondering if it's worth trying.
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Ok, I wasn't sure. It helped my father's PC so I was wondering if would with a mac just out of curiosity. I've already got 64GB of RAM, no room for anymore. I just wish I had gotten an SSD installed rather than this Fusion drive. And I can't get it upgraded as I paid for AppleCare+ (3years warranty). I'm not overly experienced with this type of stuff, but, I read somewhere recently that you can use external ssd's to increase performance. So, I'll look i to that.It would be easier, cheaper, and more beneficial to performance if you just upgrade the RAM instead. There’s literally no benefit to an external SSD being used as a swap file.
Ok, I wasn't sure. It helped my father's PC so I was wondering if would with a mac just out of curiosity. I've already got 64GB of RAM, no room for anymore. I just wish I had gotten an SSD installed rather than this Fusion drive. And I can't get it upgraded as I paid for AppleCare+ (3years warranty). I'm not overly experienced with this type of stuff, but, I read somewhere recently that you can use external ssd's to increase performance. So, I'll look i to that.
Ohh right I see. If you’re struggling with performance, the hard drive is the bottleneck.
Sorry I misunderstood as I thought you meant swap file like RAM — if you’re looking for an external SSD as the boot drive then that would increase performance.
oh, sorry, yeah. Im not "with it" today. performance is the issue. I was misunderstanding what a swap file actually does. Silly me. lol. Thanks!
Thanks.Don’t worry buddy! Nice and easy to install MacOS to an external drive and set that as default. Let me know if you have any issues.
Don’t worry buddy! Nice and easy to install MacOS to an external drive and set that as default. Let me know if you have any issues.