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[Technology] Mac help
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StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
Portable 1tb HDD for 40 quid + 256gb ssd for another 40.
It's what I'd probably go for.
Can I have your Mac mini?
RandyWanger
Je suis rôti de boeuf
It'll work like a new machine so would be comparable to building a new computer with linux.
https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Mac_Mini_Unibody
Walk through guides including what tools you need. Also an EU store to buy everything (but possibly not the cheapest place)
Shropshire Seagull
Well-known member
Okay, what I know [or care about for] Apple computers you could write on the back of a postage stamp ...
But I have been working in IT for 25 years mostly on Microsoft platforms. The way windows works with its Registry means every install will slow down over years of continuous use, a fresh O/S install will resolve this - I have no idea if Apple use a similar approach like registry.
As others have said, replacing a spinning HDD with SSD will yield instant performance gain, especially at start-up.
But I have been working in IT for 25 years mostly on Microsoft platforms. The way windows works with its Registry means every install will slow down over years of continuous use, a fresh O/S install will resolve this - I have no idea if Apple use a similar approach like registry.
As others have said, replacing a spinning HDD with SSD will yield instant performance gain, especially at start-up.
RandyWanger
Je suis rôti de boeuf
Not as such no, but they keep preference lists 'plist' which cause a similar slowing down over time.