If your ports are inaccessible at the current time, instead use this technique:
This image from Apple’s website Identify the ports on your Mac, should help you identify which FireWire you have: UpdatesĪs mentioned by others, I grabbed the technical information from Apple’s website “iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010) - Technical Specifications” Refer to the Apple Support website for instructions. Only need to remove the RAM slot cover = 1 screw.
#SSD DRIVE FOR MAC MINI MID 2010 UPGRADE#
This is an easy upgrade as the RAM modules can be switched out without dismantling any part of the machine. There are a few good websites that help you pick the correct RAM for your iMac and replacement modules should be reasonably priced. I'd strongly recommend you consider upgrading this to 8GB RAM.
If you're interested in pursuing this option, there is an excellent guide on iFixit that provides detailed step-by-step instructions.Īlso as mentioned by and as quoted from Apple's support website, your machine has: it is not difficult to do the work to swap the drives yourself.as per comments by the performance will be much better.In fact the machine still works perfectly despite no longer been supported by OS upgrades. Boot time dropped from about two and a half minutes to less than one minute. prior to the upgrade MS Excel was taking over two minutes to load and following the upgrade, it took literally a few seconds. The performance improvements were remarkable. Many years ago I upgraded to 6GB RAM and installed a 2TB Seagate SSHD Solid State Hybrid Drive (a physical HDD with an SSD flash module) which mimics Apple's “Fusion“ drive. I have an early 2008 iMac, the entry level 24" iMac 2.8GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, SuperDrive, ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB of VRAM and a 320 GB HD. This doesn't directly answer your question, but may be some help.
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