All of the 2012 ~ 2019 27” iMacs have both a SATA HDD or SSD (if you replace the HDD) as well as a custom blade drive interface. Here is a good reference which is more detailed on the interface which is different through the years [https://beetstech.com/blog/apple-proprietary-ssd-ultimate-guide-to-specs-and-upgrades|The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs]
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All of the 2012 ~ 2019 27” iMacs have both a SATA HDD or SSD (if you replace the HDD) as well as a custom blade drive interface. Here is a good reference which is more detailed on the interface which is different through the years [link|https://beetstech.com/blog/apple-proprietary-ssd-ultimate-guide-to-specs-and-upgrades|The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs]
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So you can get a real Apple SSD or I recommend going with the OWC pin compatible drives, I don’t recommend M.2 SSDs as mush as I love them the addition of a converter makes them unreliable! There are other signal lines the Apple has that are not accessed by the M.2 SSD. Here’s the drive kit [product|IF174-063-3] and the guide [guide|20256]
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So you can get a real Apple SSD or I recommend going with the OWC pin compatible drives, I don’t recommend M.2 SSDs as much as I love them the addition of a converter makes them unreliable! There are other signal lines the Apple has that are not accessed by the M.2 SSD. Here’s the drive kit [product|IF174-063-3] and the guide [guide|20256] consider the amount of work to get to it to replace it and your down time.
All of the 2012 ~ 2019 27” iMacs have both a SATA HDD or SSD (if you replace the HDD) as well as a custom blade drive interface. Here is a good reference which is more detailed on the interface which is different through the years [https://beetstech.com/blog/apple-proprietary-ssd-ultimate-guide-to-specs-and-upgrades|The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs]
So you can get a real Apple SSD or I recommend going with the OWC pin compatible drives, I don’t recommend M.2 SSDs as mush as I love them the addition of a converter makes them unreliable! There are other signal lines the Apple has that are not accessed by the M.2 SSD. Here’s the drive kit [product|IF174-063-3] and the guide [guide|20256]