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  1. lindyman77

    Now High Sierra can't find my SSD startup disk...but booting externally

    Super weird issue going on. Upgraded my 13" 2011 MBP with a Samsung 840 Pro SSD to High Sierra. (Automatically upgraded to APFS with TRIM enabled) Last night it wouldn't boot showing only a flashing folder/question mark. Did all of the usual stuff PRAM, Recovery Mode, repaired permissions, etc...
  2. Toothpick134

    To sell? Or to fix? MacBook Pro

    Hi Everyone! I wanted to get some advice regarding my MacBook Pro's situation. (I'm in the UK) My MacBook Pro Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015 was water damaged some months ago. Long story short I got the '?' folder and after some stressful visits to various repair stores I was told the data is...
  3. V

    Hard drive filled up after High Sierra upgrade on MacPro

    I had about 450GB of free space on my primary drive on Sierra. After the High Sierra upgrade it dropped to 150GB. I used OmniDiskSweeper and the files sum upto about 520GB. I have a 1TB SSD! Can't figure out what's eating the rest of the space. About the mac shows system files as 400GB. That's...
  4. W

    High Sierra Photo Library Upgrade Time?

    Hi All, I am considering upgrading my 2013 Macbook Pro (2.6 Quad Core, 16 RAM, ITB SSD, 750M 2Meg Video Card)) to High Sierra. I keep my Photos Library on an external 2TB SD over USB 3. My Photos Library is 1.1 TB and has over 100,000 photos. Everything is synced to iCloud and I keep multiple...
  5. Chrizx74

    APFS + TRIM slows down some SSDs

    Let's try make a report here with make and models of the SSDs affected by boot and r/w slow downs. I have a 256Gb 840 EVO. HS w/ supplemental update and trim enabled takes 47 seconds from chime to desktop (auto login). I will add the time later with TRIM disabled. Macmini late 2014 2.6Ghz.
  6. bwintx

    New macOS High Sierra vulnerability exposes the password of an encrypted APFS container

    “This week, Apple released the new macOS High Sierra with the new file system called APFS (Apple File System). It wasn’t long before I encountered issues with this update. Not a simple issue, but a potential vulnerability.” Give him this: at least he did report it to Apple before publishing...
  7. C

    Help me switch from my Windows PC setup

    Hey, guys! Mac noob here. I'm strongly considering changing allegiances, mainly because I'm a designer and want to use Sketch. The questions I have are as follows: I have two Dell U2713HM 27" monitors with 2560x1440 WQHD resolution. If I buy the new iMac with 27" 5k screen, I would also want...
  8. Halbertus

    nMP Late 2013 Flash Drive Upgrade

    Is there anyone aware of the most efficient way to upgrade internal storage on a Mac Pro Late 2013? It seems a few user have been able to upgrade their builds over time, although considering technical progress there are quite a few different approaches. I was wondering, what would be the most...
  9. M

    MC Express 1TB PCIe SSD compatibility with early 2015 MBPro 13"

    I've recently purchased a used early 2015 13" Retina MB Pro with 8GB Ram and 128GB SSD. I've been doing a lot of research and am beginning to get a hint of the complexities in my question. 1. Will the new MCE Technologies 1TB PCIe SSD work in my machine...
  10. M

    White Unibody on Steroids

    I'm a happy owner of a Mid-2010, white unibody MB (aka: MC516LL/A - MacBook7,1) I know that to some this is probably a dinosaur... but it does what I need it to do, and as a [subjective] bonus, I just like how it looks. Am I the only one who would like Apple to make another white computer...
  11. U

    APFS not compatible with OWC SSDs

    Argh. I tried installing the public beta a few weeks ago and got a weird message about firmware verification failure and that I couldn't install it. I figured it would be fixed with the real release today. Nope! APFS doesn't play with some 3rd-party SSDs - apparently including my OWC 6G...
  12. RadicalxEdward

    Everything AND Nothing works, any gurus out there?

    SYSTEM: Late 2011 MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X High Sierra beta Dual hard drives (1x SSD in main bay, 1x HDD in CD bay) PROBLEM: Can't boot past grey screen. Gets halfway through apple/progress bar screen (as above), then goes ALL grey and stays there. Might be connected to beta as...
  13. khaidir77

    what format for secondary harddrive Mac Os High Sierra Beta Macbook Pro

    hie there i would like to know regarding format on my secondary harddrive on my macbook pro.At this moment my main ssd drive is on APFS format & my secondary drive im using 2TB Seagate Firecuda SSHD...should i format the SSHD into APFS too like my main ssd drive or just leave it as it is Mac...
  14. S

    SSD Lessons from Adam Albrec

    Excellent piece, I thought it deserved to be posted here. http://ppcluddite.blogspot.ca/2017/09/more-ssd-lessons-from-adam-albrec.html I have no connection with Adam Albrec or PPC Luddite.
  15. P

    256GB+AirPort Time Capsule 2TB or 512GB

    Hi, This is my first discussion. I plan to buy Macbook pro 15" 2017 but I'm confused about storage plan. so question is: Between ssd 256GB+AirPort Time Capsule 2TB or ssd 512GB, which is better? I want to use this model for about next 5 years more. Thanks for adivice. :)
  16. R

    iPhone 8/8 Plus/X SSD storage speed test 64/256GB

    Last year we found some great information that the 32GB models had awful write speeds. Let's do the same test again this year. Along with your results please post a screenshot, the phone (8, 8 Plus, X), and capacity. Apps that can test storage speed are: "Phone Doctor Plus" ($0.99) by Idea...
  17. J

    HELP! SanDisk X110 in MacBook Unibody LATE 2008

    Hi guys Looking to upgrade the 500GB HDD in my MacBook 5,1 Late 2008 to an SSD. I don't know too much about the required specification in my MacBook, only what I have seen on EveryMac, that the storage device is SATA and reads up to 3Gb/s I believe. Would this SanDisk X110 256GB work fine in...
  18. Will.henri

    Big project for cMP - Need advice before buying

    Hello everyone ! I know my last post was about a year ago but I keep reading a lot (this forum give me headache, too much stuff I dont know). A lot of thing happen since then and I'm ready to give a second life to my studio's computer. I try to avoid switching all my system to PC and I would...
  19. E

    Fastest external bootable 1TB SSD

    Hi guys I'm want to start booting my MBP (late 2011) from an external SSD and have been looking at the fastest options. I was thinking of a 1TB Glyph Raid However I note the following paragraph Unless your Mac is a shiny new 2016 MacBook Pro, you’re not going to feel the speed increase...
  20. A

    256 GB SSD or 16 GB RAM? 2017 MacBook Pro No Touch Bar

    So I just purchased a new MacBook Pro 13" no Touch Bar with an i7, 16 GB RAM and 128 GB SSD. I will mainly use this machine for college (management), couple of PDFs, excel, word, powerpoint, light casual gaming (Blizzard games), web browsing, Spotify, and photoshop. I won't be using virtual...