Timeline for What is the best way to improve Aperture 3 peformance on an iMac?
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| Oct 18, 2012 at 17:04 | comment | added | eflorico | If you have one of the newer Macs with Thunderbolt, that's a great idea. | |
| Oct 18, 2012 at 15:27 | comment | added | ckoerner | Instead of disassembling the iMac to install a SSD, you could also use an external Thunderbolt SSD drive to store the Aperture library. The bandwidth is much greater than firewire. It is a bit more expensive however. Separating the drive running the OS and software from where the Aperture library resides will help with performance. | |
| Mar 3, 2011 at 14:18 | comment | added | eflorico | @cam8001 Okay, this probably depends on your experience in this area and what you feel comfortable with doing to your Mac ;-) If you don't want to do it yourself, I have to agree, it is not economic. But maybe you can ask a relative or friend for help? | |
| Mar 3, 2011 at 12:34 | comment | added | cam8001 | Because to install it you need to completely dissassemble your mac. I just had a look at OWC's site, and it appears to be a lot cheaper to have this done than it used to be: eshop.macsales.com/shop/turnkey/iMac_2010_27/SSD , but I live in the UK so I'm not sure its an option for me. | |
| Mar 3, 2011 at 12:31 | comment | added | eflorico | @cam8001 Why is it not economic on an iMac? In case you're referring to TRIM: It's coming with Lion. | |
| Mar 2, 2011 at 16:05 | comment | added | cam8001 | Also, I'm on an iMac so it's just not economic to install an SSD. I'm very aware of the hard drive being the bottleneck on modern PCs. | |
| Mar 2, 2011 at 14:58 | comment | added | mattdm | Be aware that with current technology, a cheap SSD may in fact make things worse. Especially as it ages. | |
| Mar 2, 2011 at 14:06 | history | answered | eflorico | CC BY-SA 2.5 |