If you don’t yet have an SSD in your Mac, it’s time to upgrade!
By far the biggest speed boost on a Mac comes with upgrading the Hard Disk to an SSD. A faster processor (i7 etc) will improve the speed of some tasks, more RAM can avoid a slowdown, but a faster SSD improves the speed of everything. If you still have an old Hard Disk I can’t say how strongly I suggest upgrading.
a faster SSD improves the speed of everything
I received an email today from Amazon telling me that 240GB SSD drives are AU$42.19. I just checked the US store and you can get a 1TB Crucial MX500 drive for $94.99. These prices are ridiculously cheap.
This article back in August 2018 is about how to upgrade to an SSD drive. But back then a 480GB drive was $1579.99!
If you are running a 2012 MacBook with an old SATA drive, or even a 2018 iMac without an SSD, grab one, and install it. It’s not complicated.
There are good instructions at macfixit.
Check out your Mac first to see if the Hard disk is upgradable.
