Craig Neidel
This video shows you how to upgrade a 2011 iMac to run on an external ssd hard drive using a Lacie Thunderbolt 1 external enclosure. This is 2018 but you can purchase a 2011 iMac and upgrade to run like a new iMac. This process can increase your hard disk speed from 70 MB/s to over 380 MB/s making your entire Operating System and iMac computer seem like brand new.
Watch this video with step by step instructions. In this video we purchased a 2011 iMac for $280 and are using a Lacie Thunderbolt 1 external hard drive enclosure with a Samsung Evo 860 EVO SSD hard drive to boot the OS. The entire process takes about 30 minutes and we will take you though the entire process of replacing the HD in the Lacie enclosure all the way to installing the new Operating System (Mac High Sierra) on the External SSD. You don’t need to be technical and in about 30 minutes you will have an iMac that seems to run up to 500% faster than the stock hard drive. If you want to make a bootable mac external hard drive watch this video. Watch the video to find out the entire process step by step. Backup your system before starting. Thank you. .