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an iMac has 1TB SATA Disk - is this an SSD or HDD

an iMac has 1TB SATA Disk - is this same as SSD or HDD

Posted on Apr 4, 2022 8:55 AM

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Apr 4, 2022 9:09 AM in response to medi-tech

OEM is HDD.

The 2012-2019 21.5"/4K 1TB drives are 5400rpm.

2011 and older iMacs and 2012-2019 27"/5K iMacs have 7200rpm HDDs

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Apr 4, 2022 11:00 AM in response to medi-tech

If an SSD, Disk Utility will show it as so:

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