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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...- Bentheboatie
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- battery shutdown ssd
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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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... -
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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...- macmesser
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- boot high sierra ssd
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- Forum: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
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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... -
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...- plasticbag01
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- boot drive external boot drive imac 2015 ssd thunderbolt 2
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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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...- Faloude
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- a1465 encrypted disk ssd
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- Forum: MacBook Air
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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... -
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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... -
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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... -
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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
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- crash disk kernal panic ssd ssd errors ssd failure
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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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...- dashton654
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- bootcamp external ssd macos ssd windows
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- Forum: Windows, Linux, macOS, & Others on the Mac
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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...- Bluewhistle
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- macbook 13 ssd storage full
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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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?- macmesser
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- apfs clone disk image ssd
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- Forum: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
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Mac Mini 2018 SSD NAND cell type?
Hi, is anyone aware what cell level is used in the Mac Mini 2018's SSD NAND? SLC, MLC, TLC or even QLC? As far as i have seen (on iFixit) apple is soldering Toshiba TSB3225V81199TWNA1 chips to the logicboard. But i cannot find any info about the chips on google... Any infos? -
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MacBook Pro failure or SSD failure?
Hi, The other day I upgraded my MacBook Pro 2011 (with an SSD) from Yosemite to High Sierra, it rendered it unusable. I attempted to do a clean install but it kept falling or stopping. I've now reinstalled Snow Leopard from the DVD that came with the MacBook (this took 17hrs). Again it's...- aidan2901
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- broken faulty high sierra macbook pro slow snow leopard ssd unusable yosemite
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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SSD's for Macbook Pro Retina - Early 2015
Hey guys, I want to expand my SSD to 1TB (currently at 256GB) and looking at some SSD to purchase. Seems like the go to is the OWC Aura Pro X. I'm looking at some cheaper alternatives for a 1TB SSD, under $300 would be ideal. The [Samsung 970...- chango-
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- early 2015 early 2015 macbook pro macbook 13 ssd
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Recovery data from dead macbook
Hey guys, I just got the miserable news that my Macbook Pro mid 2012 has a major problem with its motherboard. How can I take back the data that was in its SSD and HDD? Please tell me it is possible. Thanks!- unkinkedash
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- dead hdd macbok pro mother board motherboard recover recover data ssd
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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$5 docking / external storage solution for external Type C (USB C) SSD for Mac mini 2018
I was looking for a decent and affordable USB C based desktop enclosure which look decent when placed on desktop along with Mac mini 2018 and has a very low footprint but I could not find one even after searching for couple of days. After a failed search attempt, I decided to do a DIY dock... -
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My Hard Drive (HDD) Not SSD is APFS??
Main Topic: Upon opening disk utility I noticed my internal hard drive (HDD not SSD)was seen as APFS formatted? Not sure if it has anything to do with my hard drive's poor performance but it really feels like the drive is on the verge of death and I don't know if I should just reformat the... -
After VRAM Set Up with Mac Pro 5,1 doesn't recognize Sapphire Vega 56
Hi, Some weeks ago I updated my Mac Pro 5,1 with Mojave and Samsung 970 Pro 1 TB with the Sapphire AMD Vega 56 and it works perfectly. A friend told me to do the VRAM set up for the SSD. I did it today and finally the Vega graphic card doesn't work, the ssd doesn't work either. So I changed the...