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Yes, you can create a fusion drive on older Macs, described in full length here:

  • You obviously need both an SSD and a HD. Let's assume they are known to the OS as disk1 and disk7. You can check disk id by diskutil list.
  • diskutil cs create bla disk1 disk7 to create it, where bla is the name you give to the fusion drive.
  • diskutil cs list and take note of the Logical Volume Group ID
  • diskutil coreStoragecs createVolume <ID from above> jhfs+ blub 500g100%, where blub is the name you give to the volume.

Link to Apple instructions: Click Here

Note: These are instructions to fix a split fusion drive, but work also for making one.

Yes, you can create a fusion drive on older Macs, described in full length here:

  • You obviously need both an SSD and a HD. Let's assume they are known to the OS as disk1 and disk7
  • diskutil cs create bla disk1 disk7 to create it
  • diskutil cs list and take note of the Logical Volume Group ID
  • diskutil coreStorage createVolume <ID from above> jhfs+ blub 500g

Link to Apple instructions: Click Here

Note: These are instructions to fix a split fusion drive, but work also for making one.

Yes, you can create a fusion drive on older Macs, described in full length here:

  • You obviously need both an SSD and a HD. Let's assume they are known to the OS as disk1 and disk7. You can check disk id by diskutil list.
  • diskutil cs create bla disk1 disk7 to create it, where bla is the name you give to the fusion drive.
  • diskutil cs list and take note of the Logical Volume Group ID
  • diskutil cs createVolume <ID from above> jhfs+ blub 100%, where blub is the name you give to the volume.

Link to Apple instructions: Click Here

Note: These are instructions to fix a split fusion drive, but work also for making one.

Yes, you can create a fusion drive on older Macs, described in full length here:

  • You obviously need both an SSD and a HD. Let's assume they are known to the OS as disk1 and disk7
  • diskutil cs create bla disk1 disk7 to create it
  • diskutil cs list and take note of the Logical Volume Group ID
  • diskutil coreStorage createVolume <ID from above> jhfs+ blub 500g

Link to Apple instructions:  apple instructions linkClick Here

Note: These are instructions to fix a split fusion drive, but work also for making one.

Yes, you can create a fusion drive on older Macs, described in full length here:

  • You obviously need both an SSD and a HD. Let's assume they are known to the OS as disk1 and disk7
  • diskutil cs create bla disk1 disk7 to create it
  • diskutil cs list and take note of the Logical Volume Group ID
  • diskutil coreStorage createVolume <ID from above> jhfs+ blub 500g

Link to Apple instructions:apple instructions link

Yes, you can create a fusion drive on older Macs, described in full length here:

  • You obviously need both an SSD and a HD. Let's assume they are known to the OS as disk1 and disk7
  • diskutil cs create bla disk1 disk7 to create it
  • diskutil cs list and take note of the Logical Volume Group ID
  • diskutil coreStorage createVolume <ID from above> jhfs+ blub 500g

Link to Apple instructions:  Click Here

Note: These are instructions to fix a split fusion drive, but work also for making one.

Yes, you can create a fusion drive on older Macs, described in full length here:

  • You obviously need both an SSD and a HD. Let's assume they are known to the OS as disk1 and disk7
  • diskutil cs create bla disk1 disk7 to create it
  • diskutil cs list and take note of the Logical Volume Group ID
  • diskutil coreStorage createVolume <ID from above> jhfs+ blub 500g

Link to Apple instructions:apple instructions link

Yes, you can create a fusion drive on older Macs, described in full length here:

  • You obviously need both an SSD and a HD. Let's assume they are known to the OS as disk1 and disk7
  • diskutil cs create bla disk1 disk7 to create it
  • diskutil cs list and take note of the Logical Volume Group ID
  • diskutil coreStorage createVolume <ID from above> jhfs+ blub 500g

Yes, you can create a fusion drive on older Macs, described in full length here:

  • You obviously need both an SSD and a HD. Let's assume they are known to the OS as disk1 and disk7
  • diskutil cs create bla disk1 disk7 to create it
  • diskutil cs list and take note of the Logical Volume Group ID
  • diskutil coreStorage createVolume <ID from above> jhfs+ blub 500g

Link to Apple instructions:apple instructions link

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