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Will the DVD drive work after upgrading to an SSD?

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I have an iMac mid 2011, 21.5, 2.5Ghz, Core i5, EMC 2428 and it runs out of security coverage on November 30 2020.

I was going to attempt to add an SSD along with my current HD, but that seems a bit difficult.

So I think it would be easier to replace the HD with an SSD. My Hard Drive is currently 500G and I think 1TB SSD should do the trick, as I am planning on using the desktop as a home server. I will also update the RAM to 16GB.

In any case after the upgrade to the SSD, will the DVD drive still function?

Thanks,

Melonie

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"It runs out of security coverage on November 30 2020" Somebody is giving you a bit of a scare here! As no one knows for sure what Apple will do. Besides many of the Apple apps have their own updates like Safari and iTunes.

Apple is still supporting the older OS's with security updates even through the system is on the Vintage and obsolete products list. So far Apple has supported the last OS a given system could support: macOS High Sierra (10.13) for quite a few more years given the change they are about to do. So I wouldn't worry about this yet.

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Thanks for the response. I got the information from https://computing.cs.cmu.edu/news/2019/e....

Maybe things have changed since then.

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Carnegie Mellon Univerisity is not Apple!

All they are doing is basing it on conjecture. Yes, Apple has followed a pattern in the past, thats not to say this time will be the same.

Do what you think makes sense for you to take care of your needs for the next two years. Don't worry about OS updates.

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oh okay, well you're right about them not being Apple, I thought it was a sure thing, but I will still proceed on my current path, better to be prepared than not, plus I couldn't get a new iMac anyway, there is no place to put the old one. Also it's more efficient than my laptop, which is why I want to keep it in the family, so to speak. lol. I believe this path makes sense.

Sorry to go of tangent, but maybe you could offer an opinion on something else. The top of my screen has some kind of odd dark shadow. It's not on the outside because the screen is clean, but it almost looks like when something was burned and there is soot, but just really light impression of soot. That's the best description I can give. My only assumption is that it's from the inside and it has not progressed down the screen. It's just on the top. it makes a white screen look a tiny been like a pencil led has smudged the screen. I'm not sure what it is, but a guess would be nice.

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You have two options adding an SSD:

Via the spare SATA port following the Installing iMac Intel 21.5" EMC 2428 Dual Drive Kit with these parts iMac Intel 21.5" (Mid 2011) Dual Hard Drive Kit and your own SSD.

Or, via swapping out your current drive iMac Intel 21.5" EMC 2428 Hard Drive Replacement you will need a few added parts to do this. You many just want to get this kit iMac Intel 21.5" and 27" (Mid 2011) SSD Upgrade Kit

As far as your DVD drive either method won’t effect its use. As an example I have a 27” 2011 iMac which has both the original 1 TB HDD and I added a 512 GB SSD which I use as the boot drive and I can still can use my DVD drive!

I still think both are quite useful systems for a few more years. Maybe when Apple rolls out a killer ARM silicon desktop I’ll jump. for now for what I use it for writing and managing my business its more that fine and I’m not worried about Apple ending security updates for it.

Todays OS’s are much more bulletproof than the much older OS’s line Lion and Mountain Lion! And people are still using these! If something comes up I might just jump to DosDude running a newer OS release thats still covered.

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I am confident enough to replace the RAM. But Dual Hard Drive, that's a bit much to conceive. I'm not saying it can't be done and I'm not saying that I'm not up for a challenge, but if all I have to do is follow the instructions and be extremely careful not to damage anything, then I could try it.

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