You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!
When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.
When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.
I've had this iMac since 2017... it still runs fine, just slow and aged. Takes forever to install updates, load up programs, browsers, etc. Can you upgrade hard drives on these or any other tips to help bc I am not able to purchase a new one.
iMac (2017 – 2020)
Your Mac has an internal bay for a 2.5" SATA hard drive or solid state disk. If it had originally had a Fusion Drive or a SSD, it also has a place where you could install a faster "circuit board stick" SSD.
Other World Computing – OWC Solid State Drives For iMac 21.5-Inch (Late 2013 - 2019)
However, disassembling the Mac in order to replace the drive involves extensive, risky surgery. Since that Mac has both USB-A (USB 3.0) ports and USB-C (USB 3.1 Gen 2, Thunderbolt 3) ports, a better course of action might be to get an external SSD, clone your internal startup drive onto it, then start up the Mac from the external SSD. That wouldn't involve risky surgery or an expensive trip to a repair shop.
These days, you can often get 1 TB external SSDs that attach via some form of USB for under $100 USD.
In addition to the above: Use an external SSD as your startup disk … - Apple Community
I have a iMac (retina 4K 21.5 inch 2017). Can I upgrade the hard drive to make it run faster?
