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    Mac Mini 2014 i7 works great with Kioxia Exceria Plus G3 nvme drive

    I have just bought a BTO top of the line 2014 i7 mini with SSD installed. AS I need more storage decided to try a Kioxia Exceria Plus G3 nvme drive 2TB model in the place of the apple one. It works great on a chinese nvme adapter designed for this mini model.The picture is below. The SSD has...
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    imac 21'5 (late 2013) & SSD NVMe driving me crazy

    Hi everyone, I've just installed an OCW Aurora Pro X2 SSD and I can't get the system to recognise it (Catalina up to date). I have (I think) tried everything. Even unplugged the current HDD and booted on a USB key (with Catalina). Still the same, the Disk Utility doesn't want to know anything...
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    Kingston NV2 NVME M.2 SSD

    Can anyone let me know if a Kingston NV2 NVME M.2 SSD can work in a late 2013 MacBook pro 15 inch?
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    iMac 5k 2015 won't power at all after NVME upgrade

    Hi All, I just replaced the NVME in my iMac, but now when I turn it on absolutely nothing seems to happen. No fan noise, no hdd noise, etc. I don't think I broke the power button, but I tried connecting the pins in the power button connector together to see if that helped. No dice. Any idea...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 NVME M2 Speed changing between 800-1700 MB/s Mac Pro 5.1 Windows 11 PLEASE HELP

    Hi Everyone! Please help me to solve it. 2xXeon 5690 64gb 1333 RAM RX580 8Gb 240 Gb SSD GoodRam connected through diskrom (Windows 11 installed here) 1Tb M2 KINGSTON SNV2S1000G installed through adapter Frime PCI-E x4 to M.2 (B & M Key) NGFF (ECF-PCIEtoSSD001.LP) Im searching my solve almost...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Opencore Legacy Patcher with NVMe Mojave and SSD Sonoma

    Hi - Relative newby to Opencore Legacy Patcher, so maybe some obvious questions, but I am stuck! I have a Mac Pro 5,1 that has been running Mojave for years fine, with the MacVidCards bluetooth/wifi mod and a non-flashed RX560. Finally fed up with no updates and software stopping working, so...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Corrupted opencore on cMP5.1 ?

    Hei! I purchased a used cMP5.1 (2010) with Vega64, OpenCore and BigSur on it. Both OC and BS are installed on an NVMe drive (currently the sole storage on it). It is booting and running fine. I installed the latest Hackintool and found that it autodetects Clover but shows version 0 and when I...
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    SN850X in macbook pro 2015

    I can install the WD_BLACK 1TB SN850X with Heatsink (or without) in my Macbook Pro 15' mid 2015? I currently have the Crucial CT1000P1SSD8 installed with Sintech NGFF M.2 nVME SSD Adapter Card for Upgrade 2013-2015 Year Macs?
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    MP 1,1-5,1 cMP 5.1 2012 & Opencore Monterey issues

    Hope that someone can help with some issues I have with installing Monterey on my 5.1 from 2012. Using Opencore 0.6.2. - cannot complete installation on NVMe M.2 hdd on PCIe card in second (GPU is in the first) PCIe slot/lane. It goes for some time (progress bar showing) then reboots and...
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    Macbook Pro 2015 users SSD upgrade recommendations

    Hello I have the MB Pro Retina 13'' (Early 2015 model) I recently replace the battery, which btw was a nightmare to remove. How in the world does Apple uses so much glue is beyond me. Took me a full hour of using nailpolish remover/old debit card and lots of patience and force...yes I did use...
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    MP 7,1 Mac Pro 2019 NVME Raid drives failing to mount

    Hey guys, I am havining an inconsistant issue with both my NVME drive adapters intermittingly failing to mount on my 2019 Mac Pro on Monterey 12.6. I'm constantly having to restart the machine to get the drives to mount. No drive issues or fails via Disk Utility and just gives 'Invalid Disk'...
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    Is there a Thunderbolt 2/Mini DisplayPort to USB-C Adapter or Dongle?

    Hi. I only see Thunderbolt 3 (has the USB-C connector) to SSD enclosure (either NVME or SATA) but if a zthunderbolt 2/Mini DidplayPort to USB-C exists, I plan to plug that first then buy a USB-C to NVME enclosure, so my external SSD backup is (cloned or Time Machine) is faster than USB 3.0 at...
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    SSD Upgrade: Which is a Better Way To Run Windows 10/11 on the Mac?

    Hi Apple & Mac friends. Which is a better way to run Windows 10 or 11 off a Late 2015 5K iMac (model has Fusion Drive, Thunderbolt 2 only; the SSD and hardisk were deliberately separated, it's not "fused" anymore) which has a PCIe 3.0 x4 interface (I don't mind opening the iMac and buying that...
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    PC SSD Upgrade: PCIe x1 (w/ US$1.6 M.2 Adapter) or SATA II?

    Hello Apple & Mac friends (& Windows friends for just gaming; Macs for productivity & serious, less malware free, productivity work :-). I'd like to upgrade the a relatively old but still good for it's office needs (& and old 3D games like WoW or Everquest from more than a decade ago w/ a...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Need help making NVME show up as "internal"..

    Trying to revive a 2010 Mac Pro, 5,1 with 144.00 boot rom. I bought a Startech NVME adapter card and 2, 500GB WD Blue NVME drives. I created a single RAID0 drive for them in DiskUtility, but...... it shows up an an "External" drive. I have not found a way to make them "internal". I've...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5,1 upgrade (if you could do it all over again!)

    If (today) you were going to upgrade your 2010 - 2012 Mac Pro 5,1 with new CPUs, new GPU, new NVME, etc. etc., what would you do different? I’m at the very beginning of organizing how I’m going to upgrade my machine, and I would love to hear from you… What would you do different? Many thanks...
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    Resolved iMac 2011 w/ Thunderbolt 3 Dual NVMe Enclosure not showing in Disk Utility

    Hey, from what I've read (example here) it's possible to hook up an NVMe drive to an iMac mid 2011 via an Apple T3 to T2 adapter and a self-powered dock. This is the setup I'm using, with a self-powered dual NVMe enclosure (from Sabrent found here). I'm running macOS Sierra 10.12.6. I'm able to...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 2012 NVME as boot drive for Ubuntu Server

    Hiya. I have repurposed an old 2012 Mac Pro as a dedicated test environment webserver by having a clean ubuntu server running on it and nothing else. Whole drive was wiped, no mac os is present. I was thinking of upgrading the current rusty sata HDD to a 256GB NVME drive i have just taken out of...
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    3rd party NVMe controller panic - random shutdowns on 2014 MBP?

    My MBP keeps on randomly freeze/shut down, and I'm not sure why: Some potential clues, but I have no idea what to make of them: 1. I upgraded my internal SSD using https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/upgrading-2013-2014-macbook-pro-ssd-to-m-2-nvme.2034976/ (Sintect adapter, Crucial P2) 2. It...
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    MP 7,1 Can you boot from third party NVMe HBA

    I'm still pretty new to all this, Is it true that mac removed the ability to boot from third party HBAs? If it helps, I'm using 11.6.6