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  1. H

    Why does my Mac report my external SSD storage differently from my PC?

    Made the jump to an M1 Mini from an aging windows PC for my daily driver, and this caught my eye when I plugged in my external SSD that I use to store my music collection. On my PC, it says I have 170 GB free of 465 GB total storage - 48,434 total files. 290 GB total usage on disk. On my new...
  2. jasikpl123

    MacBook Air 2017 doesn't recognize original SSD

    Hi, Hello, Good Afternoon! My laptop is Macbook air 2017 13" A1466 i5, 8gb, 128gb I have decided to installa new ssd (Samsung 512GB SSUAX MZ-JPU512T/0A6 655-1805D) into it, because there was not enough space on the original one. Unfortunately, Mac didn't recognized it at all! :( So, I've put...
  3. phill85

    M1 MacBook Pro 1tb vs. 2tb

    Ordering a new M1 MacBook Pro! I have a 500gb iCloud Photos Library that I'd like to store on my laptop (originals). I also work with drone footage. Is it worth it to go for the 2tb or stick with 1tb? Should I just get an external, or is that even an option?
  4. M

    Macbook Pro Late 2013 pcIE ssd Link Speed?

    I have mbp late 2013 and i made two partition and two different OS. Then after for a while if i am not wrong, i remember that pcie link width x4 and 8Gt/s... But in fact i am not sure.. It s original stock ssd. Controller is SM0512F looking 5GT/s and x2 line. So Is anybody knows link width on...
    • Motdofer
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    • link width macbook pro 2013 mbp late 2013 pcie link ssd
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  5. 100Original

    MP 1,1-5,1 PCIe Sonnet, OWC Accelsior, IOCREST?

    Hi! I bought an IOCREST Dual M.2 NVMe PCIe 3,0x16 Riser. Put 2 disks Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500 GB It shows good results and the price is low. Can anyone have comparison tests with the Sonnet M. 2 4x4 PCIe Card and OWC Accelsior 4M2 ? Please share your experience! Thank you in advance!
    • 100Original
    • Thread
    • iocrest mac pro 5.1 owc accelsior pcie card samsung 970 evo plus sonnet ssd
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  6. L

    External Storage Really Slow?

    On my iMac 5K (2017) my USB-C connected 1 TB NVMe drive would do 900/930 MB/s write/read on Catalina. On Big Sur, it got down to like 30 MB write speed. I took that same drive, formatted as APFS, and connected to my M1 MacBook Air, I'm getting 15 MB/s writes. Best read is 500 or so. Anyone...
  7. T

    Apple Photos keeps filling SSDs on my MacBooks

    Hi! I'm Tomasz from Warsaw, Poland. Aerospace engineer turned software developer. Lurker since 2015, but this is my first post. I struggled with this for years and finally curiosity won, hence me sharing this here... Do you have any idea how to stop Apple Photos from filling up SSD? I used...
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    Samsung T7 with Mini M1

    Waiting for my ordered Mac Mini M1 and was gonna get a external SSD to go with it but Im not sure what to expect with the ports. Been looking at the Samsung T7 SSD that seems way faster than the T5. On the spec of the mini it says USB 4 / Thunderbolt with support for USB 3.1 gen.2 Does that mean...
    • Matfarsan
    • Thread
    • samsung t5 samsung t7 ssd
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Mac mini
  9. L

    Mac Pro 5.1 - NVME gaming

    Hi, I've installed Window 10 on a SSD in the bay 1 and on a NVME Sabret RocketQ 1TB on a I/O Crest Dual NVME on the PCI's Slot 2. I've tried to play flawlessly with Overwatch, Hero of the Storms, DIablo 3 on my NVME and I can conclude that it is not working properly. Some flickering appear or...
    • Lamort
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    • game io crest mac pro 5.1 nvme overwatch pci ssd window 10
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac and PC Games
  10. Z

    adding a 2nd SSD in my iMac

    On my mid 2010 corei7 iMac, i have installed a second drive, an SSD drive. Im wondering if its possible to replace the 1T spinning drive (that my iMac came with) with an SSD drive. And if so, will the existing cables (that the spinning drive uses) be enough to connect the SSD, or will i need...
    • zoran
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    • 27" imac mid2010 ssd
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: iMac
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    Worth transferring OS into SSD?

    I've seen variations of this question a few times on the forum and was wondering what the latest options for me are. I have a 27" mid 2017 iMac with a 1TB fusion drive used for YouTube, word processing, Powerpoint, Outlook, Spotify, moderate to heavy web browsing (e.g. 15-20 tabs), discord...
    • piotrrcola
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    • fusion drive imac ssd
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: iMac
  12. C

    Mid-2012 13" macbook Pro - Performance Upgrade

    Please bear with me and read this, as I am trying to understand my expectations and make choices based upon advice I receive here. I have 8GB Ram and 500GB internal 5400 RPM Internal Drive. bought it ~3 years ago to serve as a device to write & do a little (MINOR) music/audio production on...
    • cougarville
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    • #notaneggroll #notatroll #oki'llstopnow internal hard drive middle aged dads pathetic pc convert performance issues ssd using a tag because i can
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  13. J

    Help diagnosing a problem with an SSD?

    Macbook Pro, mid-2015, 5 inch i7 My MBP started to freeze, and take an age to do anything. I was able to throw it into target disk mode and back everything up, and then wiped the drive for a clean install. The SSD, however, doesn't show up in "OSX install" as a target drive. I have...
  14. G

    Adata XPG SX8200 1TB-Speeds using TekQ Cube Thunderbolt3 enclosure

    Hi, has anyone used a Adata SX8200 1TB in a TekQ Cube Thunderbolt 3 enclosure? Wondering whether there are compatibility issues with this enclosure. In a review I read, the speed seems to be throttled due to compatibility issues. The “normal” speeds should be around 2000mb for both read and...
  15. R

    Clone Windows Partition

    Hi, I have MBP 2009 13inch with El Capitan & Windows 10. 2 partition on 1 SSD . Now I bought another SSD and I want to clone my Windows partition to the new ssd. How can I do that?
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    MP 7,1 Best 4TB SSD + PCI Adapter Combo

    Hey all! Ive been reading through all of the related storage threads but I’m struggling to determine what the best SSD drive + PCI adapter card combo to get. I would love to get some recommendations from anyone that has researched or purchased this sort of setup. My setup is a 12-core 2019 Mac...
    • pento
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    • mac pro (2019) nvme ssd storage
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  17. S

    How to upgrade Storage in MacBook

    Hi Friends, My cousin got this MacBook Air and now he is unable to sync the iPhone because of some storage issues (he thinks), however he would like to upgrade the storage now. How do we go about that? How to find out if it supports a M.2 or Sata one though the site says configurable upto...
  18. KnechtNoobrecht

    macOS partition missing after removing a partition

    Hi. I installed Linux Mint on my MacBook from late 2009 to just try it out. In order to do that, i added a partition to my SSD, so the one for macOS had to get smaller. After i was done trying what i wanted to, i went back into macOS, opened Disk-Management-Utility and deleted the partition for...
  19. darshkpatel

    kernel_task writing >2TB a month to SSD, Worried about SSD Lifespan

    kernel_task has been writing to the SSD like a mad man, it has > 2TB written in a month with 49TB Disk writes till date ( my MacBook is 8 months old) At this rate the SSD would die soon considering SSD's have limited disk writes. How do I stop this from happening / will my machine be fine? I've...
  20. C

    MP 6,1 Does Mac pro 6,1 support SN550?

    althought Mac pro 6,1 looks is not worth to buy, I still get one several days ago. I use P4801X as its drive. It works really well, but I have to keep the fan works on 50% or higher to make sure its temperature stay on around 55 degree. So I plan to move the optane out and put an cooler and...
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