I’d like to give this a whole hearted +1.:) You’ll gain huge performance (said this the most donald trump like Huge possible haha).
Seriously it’s a great upgrade. As for which disk to use again Tim is dead on the mark anything should work. I have personally had great luck with the Crucial drives which I believe Mikron produces. They are a good price point and rock solid reliable. One thing on the command R, if the OS isn’t on the drive at all you may need to boot off a USB media to install, it’s easy to create if need be. Also, Do a proper backup of all your data via time machine of course before attempting this. A shop is a good way to go if you don’t feel you have the confidence to install it your self (it’s very simple though FYI) and you can ask them to also reinstall your OS for you and save you the headache. Depends on whether you want to pay for the service or do it yourself. If you’ve successfully clean installed though like it seems you have on list here you have the skills to do what you need to do. Either way everything the original poster proposed sounds very sound to me and I think he should run and not walk and update that drive to SSD. You’ll be very blown away by the improvement in performance. > On Sep 23, 2016, at 4:21 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > > That should work. Before you do the installation though, you'll need to open > Disk Utility and format the SSD as MacOS Extended (Journaled). Once it has > been formatted properly, you can install Sierra. If you have access to a > wired Internet connection instead of wireless, that may make the process more > seamless for you. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Sep 23, 2016, at 13:08, Ramy Moustafa <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Just i will put it on my mac, command option r, and that is it? > > Ramy moustafa saber > licturer at: > faculty of musical education > music arranger and sound engineer > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 23, 2016, at 8:49 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Pretty well any SSD should work. I've yet to get a drive that I couldn't >> format to work on a Mac. Many of them will say in their specs if they work >> for both Mac and Windows. They'll often come formatted for Windows, but >> that's easy to remedy. I've installed Crucial, Kingston and others that I >> can't recall at the moment, but, again, haven't had an issue ever. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Sep 23, 2016, at 12:43, Ramy Moustafa <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Aha Tim, but can I use any SSD? or I must buy something specially for >> apple machines? >> >> >> On 9/23/16, Tim Kilburn <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Putting an SSD into your Mini would realize huge improvements in access >>> speed for you. An SSD itself is often 60 to 80 times faster than a spinning >>> HD, so you will see big improvements to app loading times and some >>> processing times. For example, when I changed my MacBook Pro from a >>> spinning HD to an SSD, the Login screen appeared in less than 10 seconds as >>> opposed to the 40 seconds or so that it took prior to the SSD installation. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On Sep 23, 2016, at 09:21, Ramy Moustafa <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello all: >>> >>> I have my mac mini late 2012 running mountain lion til now. >>> and I have my MacBook pro 2015, but what I observed, that my mac book >>> pro is a little faster, it has the SSD Hard disk, but my mac mini has >>> the original Sata Hd. >>> I have another extra SSD Hard disk from another laptop, your advice >>> for me is to go to a shop and ask them to change the Mac mini Hd to >>> the new SSd? or stay wth the original Hd that was shipped with my mac >>> mini? >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ramy MoustafaSaber >>> Music instructor @: >>> Faculty ofmusical education >>> Music arranger and Sound engineer @: >>> Harmony Recording Studio >>> https://www.facebook.com/HarmonyRecordingStudio.eg >>> <https://www.facebook.com/HarmonyRecordingStudio.eg> >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >>> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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