I’ve a 2019 iMac 21.5″ which has a 1TB fusion drive. However the HDD is getting previous and gradual (and it clearly wasn’t quick to start with).
Till just lately, I additionally had Home windows Bootcamp put in on the HDD, and it was horribly gradual. To repair this, I purchased an exterior SSD and now I boot Home windows 11 on it by way of EFI. It is so quick, it is really higher than utilizing my Mac partition. So I need to make the Mac aspect sooner by doing a clear set up of MacOS Huge Sur to the 28GB SSD after which partition the brand new 480GB SSD: 240GB for Home windows 11, and 240GB for Mac functions and generally accessed information when working MacOS. This leaves the 1TB HDD for storage of recordsdata/utility I take advantage of not often.
I assume I need to set up MacOS on the 28GB SSD as a result of my new SSD has a velocity of 600 MBps and is linked by way of USB 3.0, is that even slower? So I consider the inner one is quicker.
Nonetheless, I’ve a couple of issues I do not fairly perceive about how every thing is structured on a Mac.
If I used to be to separate my fusion drive, after which set up MacOS to the 28GB SSD. How do I inform the Mac I need to use the exterior 240GB partition for Purposes, Library, System, and Customers? I assume having these on SSD will velocity up my Mac (please appropriate me if I am fallacious).
I am additionally very confused about what the Macintosh HD/System folder really is and the way this suits into what I need to do.
I need to know precisely what I must do earlier than I try this. Any assist can be vastly appreciated.
