Seagate makes such drives in an enclosure little larger than a smartphone. In addition to replacing your internal hard drive, you should pop for a USB-powered external drive. Been down the internet rabbit hole trying to figure this out. I can not get any help they just send me in circles or avoid answering questions since my computer is an older model.Īny and all help appreciated. I realize this is a lot of questions! Is it worth the trouble to just suck it up and pay to have a service provider do it? I've chatted with Apple support multiple times asking for help and all they want to do it just point me to where the nearest service providers are. Does anyone know if the mid-2010 is one of those? I've read that the stock apple drives have an internal thermal sensor and all 3rd party drives need a separate part or else the fan will continuously run (seen here): ģ- I've also heard there are certain iMac models that are trickier than others to do the install. Is buying a refurbished drive ok to do and what's a recommended model? I was looking here for one: DRIVES/SATA-II/1TB-7200RPM/Ģ- Do I need a thermal sensor in addition to the hdd? that I would do it myself.ġ- I just want another 1TB hard drive that is similar to what the stock one is. I decided instead of paying all the labor fees etc. Since it is out of warranty, I took it to my nearest Apple Authorized Service Provider where they charged me $50 to tell me that yes, indeed my hard drive was dead. My 1TB hard drive recently decided it's had its final day (for mid-2010 iMac 27" display).
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