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Ok, folks here’s the deal. I desperately need a new(er) mac. I can no longer update my OS. The problem is I had upgraded my iMac to a 4T hard drive and I am using a lot of that space. The new iMacs don’t have options for a large HD unless you want to spend 6 grand. So, I need to know what of these options I have: Transfer my current drive into a 2019 iMac (I can find compatibly info)?Buy the new mac and immediately buy a replacement 4T drive (I can’t find that either)?Buy the new mac and then make my old one into a dual monitor/external hard drive (is that even a thing?)?
How about getting a Thunderbolt case to house your 4 TB drive externally and get what you want for a new system. To really make your new system sing get the blade SSD model with either a 512 or 1 TB SSD drive. 1 - Your only choice with the current models is jumping to a 27” iMac, then adding your drive into it. This is tricky! 2 - Apple doesn’t offer anything as large as 4 TB in the current line up 3 - While you could convert your old system to an external display you can’t also share the drive internally. You may want to look at a used 27” 5K system which has a blade SSD.
Why don’t you partition the drive into two 2TB drives and go on down the road?
