Is iMac drive fusion or ssd
i have a 2019 iMac with Ventura. It has a 2tb drive. How do I know if it’s an SSD or Fusion? I got this from disk utility.
i have a 2019 iMac with Ventura. It has a 2tb drive. How do I know if it’s an SSD or Fusion? I got this from disk utility.
It came from Apple with a Fusion Drive as the 2019 27" iMacs did not come with a 2 TB HD option. What has happened to it in the past 4 years is anyone's guess. Why do you ask?
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019) - Technical Specifications
It came from Apple with a Fusion Drive as the 2019 27" iMacs did not come with a 2 TB HD option. What has happened to it in the past 4 years is anyone's guess. Why do you ask?
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019) - Technical Specifications
rkaufmann87 wrote:
It came from Apple with a Fusion Drive as the 2019 27" iMacs did not come with a 2 TB HD option. What has happened to it in the past 4 years is anyone's guess. Why do you ask?
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019) - Technical Specifications
The OP asked "How do I know if it’s an SSD or Fusion?"
According to the Technical Specifications, a 2 TB Fusion Drive was standard on the 3.7 GHz model, and a built-to-order option on the 3.0 and 3.1 GHz models. A 2 TB SSD was a build-to-order option on the 3.7 GHz model.
If the OP brings up a System Report it should become obvious whether the Mac has.a Fusion Drive or a SSD. The Storage, SATA, and NVMExpress sections, together, should be pretty enlightening. In Ventura, you can get to the System Report
Hi stlgasman1,
It looks like the iMac currently doesn't have a Fusion Drive, but it might have shipped with one earlier as mentioned by rkaufman87.
Whether that single drive is an SSD or a spinning hard drive, I'm not sure.
dialabrain wrote:
FWIW, "/dev/disk1 (synthesized):" indicates you have a Fusion Drive.
FYI, this does not indicate a Fusion Drive. The synthesized part is in reference to the APFS Container on the physical drive "disk0" which is actually mentioned for "disk1" (line 0) which says "APFS Container Scheme - Physical Store disk0s2".
A Fusion Drive also has a somewhat similar line...I forget exactly how it is listed, but usually there will be a virtualized remnant unless the hard drive has failed and the SSD has been erased.
Edit: If the 2TB drive is an SSD, then this iMac never had a Fusion Drive (assuming all drives are from the factory). If the 2TB drive is a hard drive, then there is a slim possibility this could have been a Fusion Drive, but it is much less likely for an SSD to disappear completely, although it is possible.
HWTech wrote:
dialabrain wrote:
FWIW, "/dev/disk1 (synthesized):" indicates you have a Fusion Drive.
FYI, this does not indicate a Fusion Drive. The synthesized part is in reference to the APFS Container on the physical drive "disk0" which is actually mentioned for "disk1" (line 0) which says "APFS Container Scheme - Physical Store disk0s2".
Glad you think so. Of course none of my APFS formatted SSDs on any of my Macs have a "synthesized volume" listed. Only my Macs with a Fusion Drive.
3 of mine have it...
1st is the internal Fusion Drive...
/dev/disk4 (synthesized):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: APFS Container Scheme - +1.0 TB disk4
Physical Stores disk3s2, disk0s2
1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 11.2 GB disk4s1
2: APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data 673.0 GB disk4s2
3: APFS Volume Preboot 84.4 MB disk4s3
4: APFS Volume Recovery 529.0 MB disk4s4
5: APFS Volume VM 2.1 GB disk4s5
2nd is an external TB3 SSD...
/dev/disk5 (synthesized):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: APFS Container Scheme - +1.9 TB disk5
Physical Store disk2s2
1: APFS Volume Ventura - Data 1.3 TB disk5s1
2: APFS Volume Preboot 1.9 GB disk5s2
3: APFS Volume Recovery 1.1 GB disk5s3
4: APFS Volume 9.2 GB disk5s4
5: APFS Volume Update 1.3 MB disk5s5
6: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk5s6
3rd is an external USB3 SSD...
/dev/disk9 (synthesized):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: APFS Container Scheme - +2.0 TB disk9
Physical Store disk8s2
1: APFS Volume SSD5slow - Data 1.2 TB disk9s1
2: APFS Volume 15.4 GB disk9s2
3: APFS Volume Preboot 358.0 MB disk9s3
4: APFS Volume Recovery 1.1 GB disk9s4
5: APFS Volume VM 1.1 MB disk9s5
6: APFS Volume Update 917.5 KB disk9s6
FWIW, "/dev/disk1 (synthesized):" indicates you have a Fusion Drive.
Just to add if you are running Monterey or earlier, About This Mac > Storage will show if you have a Fusion Drive…
Here is a screenshot from my MacBook Pro 14" M2 laptop running Ventura:
Run the following command to get the information about the physical drive:
diskutil info disk0
Note: The last character is a zero.
In Ventura, check System Settings > General > Storage. It should indicate a Fusion Drive or not.
I'm jealous. 😎
Is iMac drive fusion or ssd