best option to upgrade imac hard drive

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best option to upgrade imac hard drive

hi all i have a 2015 iMac i bought refurbished from a local store here were i live, i think it has had some upgrades before as its showing it has 500GB ssd , but i would like options whats the best way to go about upgrading this to a 1tb , go with a external which i have but can't for the likes of me figure out how to install programs to it on mac os big sur. or take it to a shop and have them upgrade it?. any help appreciated god bless.

iMac 27″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Feb 28, 2021 11:37 AM

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padams35

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Feb 28, 2021 12:08 PM in response to KI7PBG

Installing Applications onto a non-startup drive is an inconsistent pain. Sometimes you have to first run it at least once from within your Applications folder and then copy the program onto the external drive. If you have a 1TB external SSD you might try reinstalling MacOS onto that and using it as a bootdrive rather than trying to manage applications on different drives.

If you need the ultimate speed take it into a shop.

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tbirdvet

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Feb 28, 2021 12:21 PM in response to KI7PBG

Best is to clone using a program like Carbon Copy Cloner then you can start up from the external. That is the easiest and less costly. But you could take to shop and have the internal changed.

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Feb 28, 2021 3:09 PM in response to padams35

Thank you both for the information , think i will take it into a shop and have it done up :)

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