27" iMac SSD Install in 3 Minutes!

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My Mac is SO much faster now. This was an extremely daunting install for me, but I survived!

So admittedly it's a bit off topic from what we normally do, but I figured since this machine is the means to bring you guys videos 365 days a year, then why not show off this amazing upgrade? It makes making videos so much faster! If you have any questions, let me know what you think in the comments below.

Thanks to Brian Tobey for his amazing written tutorial: http://www.btobey.com/learn/imac-ssd-install.php

Items Featured in this Video
27" iMac: http://goo.gl/iFlsT
16GB RAM (Crucial): http://goo.gl/eAE07
Corsair Force SSD: http://goo.gl/6Pdey
Single Head Suction Cup: http://goo.gl/MH84z
Precision Torx Screwdriver Set: http://goo.gl/fFWVC
SATA Cable: http://goo.gl/Ylr2q
3M Double Sided Mounting Squares: http://goo.gl/OsVsJ
Air Duster: http://goo.gl/mwMqA

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[djantish]

what's the soundtrack?

[myjailbreakmovies]

@djantish It's a track that comes with Garageband I believe. Can't remember the name off the top of my head.

[RazerFnatic]

how many screws are they there?

[myjailbreakmovies]

@RazerFnatic It's not as many as it seems, but it's quite a few.

[peppyhax]

i took apart my canon EFS17-85mm lens a few weekends ago to perform a cable repair inside. was also a similarly daunting procedure! but nice when you see the end result :).

[myjailbreakmovies]

@peppyhax Wow, sounds quite challenging...

[monetized]

This Kid Doesn't Know What He's Doing. He Didn't Need To Do All That You Can Easily Just Nudge The Hard Drive Out!

[XONation]

Impressive, I recently bought a iMac, 27inch, i7 Quad 3.4GHz, 4GB Ram and AMD Radeon 6970 series 1024mb , I want to upgrade ram but really want a SSD, it sucks that Apple will not touch it, but need somebody to do this for me, know a few places, wouldn't wanna touch something I spent like 2G on and then end up breaking or damaging it, bloody Apple :(

[rcarrillo7]

Is this the model with the Thunderbolt ports in the back? I bought mine in September 2011, but I'm not sure if this is the exact same one. I'm a DIY guy, and I would totally take this on.

[rtownz251251]

@ToyRail I have the same question :P

[rtownz251251]

@BlubBlob I daubt that goes for all-in-one's as well :P. the other macs don't take that long either...

[BlubBlob]

In a PC it's done in 3 real time minutes :)

[ToyRail]

What are you connecting the SSD to? And which model of iMac is this?

[mobabur94]

...PCs

[beinstine]

What model/year iMac? and did you replace the regular HDD with a adapter for SDD?

[djantish]

@ceccia97 thank you! :)