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Mercury Electra SSDs deliver the latest in flash NAND and controller technology, utilizing 3D NAND + SLC caching for long-lasting, power-efficient performance. Standby power benefits to extend battery life for laptop road warriorsįor High-Speed Performance and Reliability.Static data refresh technology for freespace management.Latest flash NAND and controller technology.The perfect solution for everyday computing.If you want to post the EtreCheck output, someone will evaluate it for performance hogs. OWC should also provide videos, and you will find lots of videos on YouTube on opening your iMac.Īnother possible cause of performance issues is the stuff you have installed on your Mac. OWC can sell you all the tools you need to open your iMac and replace the disk yourself. The 2nd time I did the work with a generic and SSD Fan Control. The first time Apple replaced the drive with the same make/model. When I did my replacment, it was the 2nd time I needed to replace the drive. I then run SSD Fan Control to keep the fans from going crazy.Īlso I would not be surprised if your disk was failing, as the disks Apple used in the 2009 iMac line were notorious for failing. So I put a 2TB SSD in the regular drive slot and the SSD in the DVD drive bay. I know this because, I went down the SSD path because my internal disk failed, and I needed to replace it. Putting the SSD in the DVD drive slot does not have that issue. So if you choose to replace the hard disk, you may need to get and run a program such as SSD Fan Control. NOTE: the 2009 generation iMac had custom firmware in the hard disk for temperature sensing, that a generic replacement disk does not have. I put an OWC 480GB 3gigabit/sec SSD in the DVD drive slot on my 2009 iMac. Note 8: I use CCC as a backup clone from the SSD to HDD inside: this is a real backup, and you can start from it when there is an issue with the main startup disk. Note 7: the SSDs and HDs should be the Sata 2.5' versions.

Note 6: I have done this a lot of times in MacbookPros, and used the CDreader slot to put the existing harddisk in, but that harddisk is old (for a HD) and thus I put in a new HD, 1or 2 TB, in lately) The same goes for the Ram: only a good brand (Crucial, OWC). Of course, as Glenn says, buy a good brand SSD: Crucial, OWC, Samsung 850 (not 840), Sandisk. The speed will be 3Gbps, because that is the speed your bus-connector can handle. Note 5: the best is just switch the disks. Note 4: if your 2009 iMac is in good condition, I certainly think its worth it.

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Note 3: in the use of the SSD let there be more free space than is necessary for normal HDDs, I advice 25+ GB (that is to speedy up the 'Garbage Collection' on the SSD).

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Note 2: Do not install the Trim command (a lot of people will tell you that it is necesary for SSD lifetime and speed, it is not), because in contrary with an Apple branded SSD the Trim command may cause issues for the (inside) SSD controller (the Apple branded have a specially adapted Controller) Note 1: on iFixit and OWC there are instructions for opening and removing the disk

then shutdown the mac, start it while holding the Alt/option key, select the connected SSD to start from, and start, when every works OK, shutdown.

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Then download CarbonCop圜loner, the trial version will do, and make a clone to the new disk including the RecoveryPartition (CCC will ask you for it). You buy the SSD a well known brand to be sure, put it in a housing with USB connector, connect it, Partition/Format it (1 partition) with GUID PartitionTable OS X Extended (journaled). The SSD will absolutely be a stunning improvement, the connection is Sata 3Gpbs, all new Sata SSDs are 6Gbps but downwards compatible It is relatively easy to install. And cheap, see the OWC and Crucial sites, only the exact specs, important !.

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DBoyer, the max Ram is indeed 8GB (also in Mactracker) for your iMac 2009 20'.Įasy to upgrade (contrary to the latest iMac models).