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  1. 33Ledjent33

    SSD Enclosure for my 'NEW' iMac (2015)

    Hello dear users! BEWARE this post is long-ish.. I decided to step up my music production game and I am slowly planning on selling my good ol' Tower Mac Pro 2008. I recently bought an iMac 2015 that was on sale locally on Gumtree. Beautiful machine with 64GB Ram, i7 processor, 2tb fusion...
  2. Z

    Hiding applications

    On an iMac with 2 drives (HD and SSD) and two OS's on each drive, i want to know if it is possible to hide the applications that are used in each OS? The iMac, can boot in either the HD or the SSD (ElCapitan and Yosemite) but i dont want each user to know what applications are installed and used...
    • zoran
    • Thread
    • applications imac ssd
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: iMac
  3. F23

    Help - Booting w External SSD

    Hi, My 2011 iMac's hard drive has gotten so slow it's basically unusable. I have a 512 GB WD MyPassport SSD and have successfully used it to boot up the iMac and am running on it now. The external SSD uses a USB C port, but it came with a USB A adapter as well. This is where I have an issue...
    • F23
    • Thread
    • adapter boot hard drive imac ssd thunderbolt usb
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iMac
  4. L

    Slow Boot Even w/ Thunderbolt 3/NVMe APFS Drives?

    It's a pretty common issue to have slow boot times now with external ssds connected with USB 3 or USB-C, but does this problem still exist with TB3 NVMe external drives (such as a Samsung X5)?
  5. C

    TRIM support for external Thunderbolt SSD

    I was under the (mis?)impression that under Mojave, TRIM was supported for external SSDs connected via Thunderbolt. I have a 2015 27" iMac running 10.14.3, with a Thunderbolt 2 enclosure with a Samsung 850 EVO SSD. System report says that TRIM is NOT supported. Is there something I need to do...
  6. giul

    SSD help for MacBook Pro 15 mid 2014

    Hi everyone, new user here from Italy. I was wondering which SSD I should use for my MacBook Pro 15 mid 2014. I'm currently using the original 250GB, but I would like to replace it with a bigger one because in the future I need to install in parallel Windows 10 using bootcamp. I would like to...
    • giul
    • Thread
    • ahci ahci ssd pcie bootable boot macbook pro 15 mid 2014 macbook pro mid 2014 nvme pcie ssd
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  7. X

    should need to keep it for apple care?

    Just got new 2013 mac pro(6,1),and i plan to upgrade ram and ssd, should i need to keep apple original ssd(256gb) and ram(8x8=32gb) for apple care(3 years warranty) in future?
    • xnathanh
    • Thread
    • 2013 macpro 6.1 apple care ram ssd upgrade warranty
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  8. B

    Random shutdown after SSD upgrade and battery swap

    Hello, noob to the forums here... I’ve done a search and not found anything strictly relevant to my circumstances. I have recently upgraded a mid 2012 pro to a Samsung 1tb SSD and generic battery (good one though), so I have 2 possible causes. I also upgraded the ribbon between the SSD and...
  9. friedeggs

    Imac 5k 2018 model (MUSIC PRODUCTION)

    I have an iMac 27 inch 5k 2018. This has a 1 TB fusion drive with a 24 GB of flash storage in it. This computer is used in a music studio and the hard drive performs terribly. It is excruciatingly slow. I was wondering if any one could help me with the following questions: Based on my...
    • friedeggs
    • Thread
    • 2018 carbon copy cloner fusion drive fusion drive transfer imac music production ssd
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: iMac
  10. M

    ready for the looney bin

    I have a flashed 2009 Mac Pro which had already been running High Sierra from an SSD without problem. I want to install on an external drive (eSATA). The drive previously was bootable on this machine and contained Mountain Lion, which I erased. It seems that no matter how I try to put High...
  11. Z

    Hiding the SSD

    There are two drives on a mid 2010 27" iMac. One HDD that was built in originally, and one SSD that was installed after. There are 2 OS's on the Imac, SnowL on the HDD and Yosemite on the SSD. When i boot -by pressing the option key- i get to choose either one OS or the other. All that is pretty...
    • zoran
    • Thread
    • dissapearing hhd hiding ssd
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
  12. plasticbag01

    External Bootable SSD Late 2015 iMac

    Hi All, I'm looking to buy an external SSD and make it bootable for my late 2015 iMac. I'm open to any suggestions, but I'm thinking of this as a single dedicated drive (I don't need multidrive units). It's a 5k display, with USB 3 and Thunderbolt 2 ports. I'm looking for the fastest option...
  13. F

    MB Air (A1465) SSD encrypted

    I've replaced the motherboard on my friend's MacBook Air A1465 (mid-2012) and I have these problems now: OS won't boot (no apple logo, just white screen) While trying to reinstall the OS with a flash drive - after it asked the SSD password - it says the selected SSD isn't encrypted in GUID...
  14. C

    2x 2.5" HD in RAID0 or 1x 3.5" HD in iMac

    Hello. I intend on upgrading my 27" late 2012 iMac with a blade SSD AND replacing the existing 1TB 3.5" HD. Originally I was thinking of replacing the 3.5" HDD with something like the 4TB Seagate Barracuda Pro (7200 RPM, 256MB Cache) which boasts sustained data speeds of up to 250MB/s...
    • Claytron
    • Thread
    • diy imac raid ssd storage
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iMac
  15. B

    2009 imac 27" HDD replacement with MBPR SSD query

    My iMAC (MB953LL/A) HDD (1TB) just died and I wanted to replace it with the spare 128GB SSD I have that came installed on a MacBook Pro Retina (Late 2012). 1. Can anyone guide me as to what is required to facilitate this transition to SSD (not sure what sort of SSD it is). What additional...
    • billk
    • Thread
    • hdd hdd failure imac macbook 13 2012 ssd
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iMac
  16. M

    Possible to re-format APFS to HFS+?

    I formatted an SSD destined to become my new High Sierra boot disk as APFS, not realizing that HFS would have been fine. Is there any way I can re-format this drive to HFS+? They ought to issue a warning before formatting a drive as APFS, to the effect that Disk Util can re-format HFS as APFS...
    • macmesser
    • Thread
    • apfs formatting ssd
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: macOS
  17. T

    Constant Kernel panics and Mac crashing because of SSD?

    Does anyone know whats causing the crash. I ran Disk Utility and all ran fine in the end but snapshots (backup?) give an error. Startup in Diagnostics said all is fine.. and Safe Mode also runs fine. Thanks for your help! I have a 1TB SSD I have Added 3 reports.. ---- Disk Utility report...
    • TP18
    • Thread
    • crash disk kernal panic ssd ssd errors ssd failure
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  18. D

    Trying to boot Windows 10 from external SSD

    You’ll probably laugh at me for what I’m attempting to do with my 2018 13" MacBook Pro: I have my old PC NVMe drive (960 Evo) with Windows 10 installed (the very installation I was running on my old PC) attached to an external adaptor, and I am trying to see if I can boot into windows...
  19. Bluewhistle

    Help: FULL system storage Mid 2017 MacBookk

    Hi All, I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)... and yes I was recalled by Apple, for having that year faulty SSD, but they wouldn't fix it under warranty! Due to the fact they found moisture damage inside. The processor is working fine but when I look at system...
  20. M

    Cloning APFS SSD to disk image on HD?

    I have a 240GB boot drive on my CMP 5,1 running High Sierra which is about 90% filled and which I want to replace with a 500GB external SSD. Can I create an APFS disk image on a hard drive, clone the old boot drive to the disk image and then clone the disk image to the 500GB SSD?
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