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Model A1419 / EMC 3070 / Mid 2017 / 3.4, 3.5 or 3.8 GHz Core i5 or 4.2 GHz Core i7 Kaby Lake Processor (ID iMac18,3) / Retina 5K display. Refer to the older iMac Intel 27" Retina 5K Display (Late 2014 & 2015) guides as the system is very similar.

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Remove hhd, upgrade nvm ssd to 1tb and use it as only drive

HI, i want to remove hhd of my imac 2017 and not replace it with ssd, just remove all-together, and then upgrade nvm ssd to 1tb and use it as only drive. Will it be possible?

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Review this guide: iMac 27" 2017 Blade SSD Replacement its a bit of work and you will need to use the correct SSD either an Apple or OWC unit. I don’t recommend using M.2 SSD’s with the cheap adapters as they are more trouble than they are worth.

Reference: The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs

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Hello, im finally decided to do it, but if i take out both my old hdd and nvme ssd and install only new OWC ssd, will my imac recognize this new ssd "out of the box", or should i format this new ssd before putting it in my computer (or do anything else with it?)?

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@Николай Осколков -You need to upgrade to Mojave at least so the systems firmware is updated so the firmware can support the newer APFS file system as you need Mojave for the updated SSD driver.

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