Upgrading hard drive from 1tb to 3tb

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iMac Intel 27" EMC 2429

Model A1312 / Mid 2011 / 2.7 & 3.1 GHz Core i5 or 3.4 GHz Core i7 Processor, ID iMac12,2

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Is it possible to upgrade present 1tb hard drive to a newer 3tb hard drive?

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OWC shows that this machine will take up to a 4 TB hard drive: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/imac/

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Vincent Monteil @vmonteil Rep: 6.9k 31 16 20 · Answer 1 · 2013-07-11T11:56:36-07:00

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Unfortunately not. 2Tb is the maximum accepted capacity. You can follow iFIxit Step-by-Step guide to easily replace it.

I'd rather recommend you to use a 2Tb HD and an external drive to store your non-personnal large data (movies...).

Hoping to have helped you well.

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