Speed Test Your Macs Hard Drive or SSD

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Have you ever wondered how your Mac hard drive stacks up to others? The easiest way to find out is through a free benchmark tool called Speed Test, which lets you know the read and write speeds of your hard drive or SSD.

You can read more about benchmarking your Macs hard drive here:

http://osxdaily.com/2011/12/16/benchmark-ssd-hard-drive-performance-with-disk-speed-test-for-mac-os-x/

Download Disk Speed Test free from the App Store:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blackmagic-disk-speed-test/id425264550?mt=12

If your Mac isn't performing as well as you'd like it to, the single best upgrade is to an SSD drive. Amazon always has great deals on these:

http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&node=1292116011&tag=oxd-20&ie=UTF8&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&rd=1%23&creative=390957



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