Letting Apple control most facets of your computing experience is just a fact of life for the Mac faithful, but if you want to swap out the hard drive for a bigger or faster one with the most recent iMac refresh, well, you have somewhat limited options. As before, rather than a standard 4-pin SATA connector Apple uses a 7-pin configuration that keeps you from hooking up just any old hard drive, lest a temperature sensor go batty and your system refuse to cooperate. There are ways around it, but your warranty may not apply afterward...
Update: It looks like OWC and we got an important part of this wrong: this isn't an issue that was introduced with this generation of the iMac, and we've revised the body of the text above to reflect this. Want to know how to install a custom HDD? Check out our complete walkthrough from last year.
Update: It looks like OWC and we got an important part of this wrong: this isn't an issue that was introduced with this generation of the iMac, and we've revised the body of the text above to reflect this. Want to know how to install a custom HDD? Check out our complete walkthrough from last year.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
iMac frees you from the tyranny (and convenience) of servicing your own hard drives (update: not a new problem!) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 May 2011 15:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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