NewerTech AdaptaDrive 2.5" to 3.5" Drive Converter Bracket

This worked out perfectly on my HDD to SSD upgrade on iMac 7,1 (mid 2007) 20inch. The adapter frame appears to be aluminum and very sturdy, but very light. I know some people mentioned they had a DOA or soldering was bad and had a short, and someone mentioned the included screws did not fit. However, I was lucky and did not encounter any issues.I chose Samsung 850 EVO 2.5inch 1TB drive for my upgrade for better warranty and read/write speeds. I spent 3-5 days skimming through forums catching up on others that have my same Mac, but I couldn't find anyone specifically saying this SSD would work. Huzzah, it did! For anyone else out there that want to stretch some more years out of their old iMac, I did start with this reputable manufacturer's website wizard to check on what works for my Mac.[...]I already got my system upgraded to 4GB RAM, but why did I decide to upgrade my 320GB HDD this late in the game?? Well, funny thing. I thought I had a bunch of malware on my old HDD, as it was booting up, shutting down, running apps super SLOW. Usually, slowness is a good indication. Now, my OCD really wanted to nuke those malware bytes in memory, so I elected to run a 35 pass drive wipe. This probably pushed a near 10 year old drive over the edge with it's worn out moving parts. Firing up the old Mac OS X Lion installation CD, then eventually getting all the way to downloading El Capitan after the usual updates, the installation wizard detected S.M.A.R.T errors and stopped the installation. When I upgraded the RAM, the system did seem like it got a boost, and well, this system overall is still working very well for web surfing, so I checked out what other people had to say about their old iMacs. Looking at the Mac's System Profile and Apple.com tech specs, it was very hard to find specifics to what level SATA the mobo is running. It appeared to be SATA i. In the Crucial wizard, you will find the suggestion is for a SATA iii drive (SATA 6.0Gb/s). I found on some forums where people were saying the Mac's old HDD is actually connected to SATA ii. After my installation, I can confirm, YES, the Mac is on SATA ii (3.0 Gb/s). For novices like me in this realm, each level SATA is apparently backwards compatible. I found this following article, [...]Ok, I'm sure some of you are still asking, why go with a SATA iii 1TB SSD Drive? For me, I'm thinking ahead. When this iMac is completely done and useless even with web surfing, then I can still repurpose this SSD on a new system.Samsung 850 EVO - 1TB - 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E1T0B/AM)I followed the build steps exactly and worked out perfectly. Even though, this video is for HDD to HDD upgrade, it will work with the Samsung SSD.[...]when you use this or a similar adapter.NewerTech AdaptaDrive 2.5" to 3.5" SATA Drive Converter BracketFor anyone that wants to just start fresh with a new OS install without cloning your old drive, when you go through the Mac OS X installation CD, and your drive is not listed, it is because you need to go up to the Utilities menu and format the drive with Mac OS X Extended (journaled) with GUID. I hard restarted the system 3 times before I realized that I needed to format the new drive, so the installation wizard can read the drive.In the end, my iMac got a rebirth with the new and much faster drive. It is booting up, shutting down, and launching apps way faster. Keep in mine, when the SSD is backwards compatible, it will not reach it's full drive potential. Check out the details that I posted above from SanDisk

Upgraded the original Apple HDD in my iMac 14,2 Late 2013 to 1TB. NOTE: since SSDs are smaller (2.5") than the old HDDs (3.5") it required a SATA SSD 2.5” to 3.5” Converter Bracket adapter. I used it with a 1 TB SATA SSD Samsung 870 EVO. I removed the mounting posts from the old HDD and installed them in the adapter so it fit the Apple OEM HDD mounts. Works great - runs faster and cooler.

I bought it to upgrade my iMac with a new SSD drive!I fit like a glove!Great quality!METAL!NOT PLASTIC!

These adapters are used in my 2010 MacPro 5,1 SSD upgrade to the four storage drives. The installation is very easy and the screws fit the SSDs good. By the way, each adapter came with extra screws. These adapters actually mount onto the original HDDs storage brackets and install back into the Mac Pro. The design is very simple and good for these computers!!! This is also the same adapter use to upgrade a late 2009 27” iMac HDD to SSD!!! So this adapter has its advantages and versatility across the boards for these computers. This also gives these Mac Pros a lot more space internally which can help to keep these computers cooler because these machines can give off some heat, especially the dual CPU models which I know personally!!! This a very valuable purchase because there are other storage brackets out there for these Mac Pros which means you are swapping out hardware and now have a clutter of extra brackets lying around the area. But, these adapters are add-ons which means you keep what you have without the clutter.

I purchased four of these adapters for use with some Samsung 1TB SSDs and a Cooler Master HAF X tower. The adapters are solid and well-constructed. The SSDs fit comfortably and snugly, even before screwing them down. The holes matched up perfectly. In turn, I installed the adapters in the tower's hot-swap drive trays (again, the holes aligned perfectly) and experienced no trouble with my RAID 5 array. Admittedly, I haven't performed any speed tests yet, but on the surface, all appear to be perfectly effective (and invisible) pass-through connections.When installing the hot-swap drive trays, I sometimes have trouble mating the drives to their backplane connectors. It's just a bit finicky, whereas a traditional 3.5" hard drive in the same slot has no such problem. The adapters are rigid and true, so I don't suspect they're to blame. I could toy with the positioning of the HAF X's backplane and shape of the hot-swap drive trays, but it's really not important to me. A couple of tries, and they're in.

This adapter is a high quality product, and worth the money. I recently did some upgrades on my Apple 5K iMac 27" late 2015 model. I had to replace its Retina screen, and while I had the display off, I upgraded my hard drive too. This adapter worked perfectly. No additional heat sensors or anything required.Steps: I removed the old 3.5" drive, transferred the small black drive mount screws from the old drive to the NewerTech AdaptaDrive bracket, slid in the new SSD/bracket in place, anchored the drive to it (screws provided with the bracket), and then screwed the whole assembly back into the iMac hardware mounts where the old drive was. It took maybe 15 minutes.I attached my new 5K display (with some additional tools and adhesive purchased from iFixit), and boom, I'm back in business.iMac is humming along nicely. Great adapter product. Highly recommend!