Advice on upgrading late 2015 imac to SSD

In addition to the new SSD, you will also need an adapter to change from the existing 3.5” drive to a new 2.5” SSD. You will also need an inline thermal sensor and adhesive kit to reseal the iMac. Check out https://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos for great tutorials and required components. I did a similar update on my 2013 iMac. The install took about 45 minutes, and the cloning of the old drive to the new SSD an additional 45 minutes. It was a great improvement.

jrlogan1 wrote:

My late 2015 iMac has gotten quite slow. ... I'm thinking changing it out for a 1TB SSD would give it a huge boost and give me a couple more years on this machine. I have a time machine backup on an external HDD.

First, is my diagnosis and plan sound? Can I just pick up any SSD off of Amazon, throw it in, and run a time machine backup? Any compatibility issues? What would be the best/easiest choice?... I also don't want this to end up being a big headache. It seems like it should be an easy fix?

Thank you.

Your iMac is probably has a slow, 5400 rpm rotational drive that is the likely bottleneck for data movement.

Unfortunately, swapping an SSD into the machine is a chore and the risk of doing irreparable damage in the process is high if you've not worked on these machines before.

I agree with stedman1's suggestion above regarding a visit to macsales.com for info and drive options.

I would also suggest, rather than replace the internal drive, simply use an external SSD connected via USB/Thunderbolt port as your startup drive. The performance improvement will def be noticed and it's so much easier to do than to R&R the internal drive. And if avoiding "a big headache" is a goal, then that's the way to go.