Is there Such Thing

Rooky007 · 16 Jan 2016 at 19:26

I am wondering if I could have a External SSD to a Firewire 800 so i can plug it into my 2010 iMac and run OSX off that would it make it any quicker than it is now?

Alpherah · 16 Jan 2016 at 20:01

It would be possible. As for speed, I have no direct comparison to an iMac and the default hard drive inside but I remember doing this with an older Mac Pro and the external ssd over FireWire was minimally quicker then the internal 10,000rpm drive in the Mac Pro.
So assuming your drive is a 5400 rpm, it's going to be a bit quicker but I can't see it's going to feel like a proper internal ssd in terms of speeds. (would love to be proved wrong however)

Feek · 16 Jan 2016 at 22:00

Yes and it'll be much quicker than an internal mechanical HDD. I ran my 2011 iMac like that for a while when I was sorting out a replacement internal HDD.

Rooky007 · 17 Jan 2016 at 01:14

Feek said:
Yes and it'll be much quicker than an internal mechanical HDD. I ran my 2011 iMac like that for a while when I was sorting out a replacement internal HDD.

Thanks. Now I am trying to find one but no success

Feek · 17 Jan 2016 at 13:17

I used a Firewire caddy and just put my SSD in it.