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    Thunderbolt SSD on iMac : Curious results...

    I'm looking to buy a MacStudio soon but in the meantime I've already purchased a WD Black SN850X NVME Gen 4 SSD with a Thunderbolt external enclosure (Acasis TBU405PROM1) for video editing. For now I have an iMac 27" Retina 5K 2017 3.4 GHz with a 2TB fusion drive. I did a BlackMagic test on...
    • Alain Ternet
    • Thread
    • acasis imac ssd thunderbolt
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
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    iPhone 15 Pro Recording to SSD: Is it reliable?

    Who here has recorded video directly on to an SSD? If so, what is your experience? Today I recorded test footage to my Samsung T7. During inspection I noticed that there was 3 seconds of Sutter in the video. This has now made me wary of recording to an SSD and instead sticking to the iPhone's...
  3. D

    Cheapest way to connect an internal SSD to a Mac Studio

    I have an external Sabrent 4-bay enclosure with 2 HDDs and 2 SSDs in it. One of those SSDs is causing weird behavior (like extremely long mount times, unwillingness to dismount) and kernel panics that crash my whole computer (happened multiple times now). The other drives seem to work fine...
    • danqi
    • Thread
    • driver enclosure hard drive hdd kernel panic crash sabrent ssd usb
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
  4. ItsAShaunParty

    External SSD Creating GHOST Volumes? Help! (Incorrect Free Space)

    Monterey 12.6 iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020) 3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7 72 GB 2133 MHz DDR4 I have two external USB-C M.2 SSDs. They are 2 Tb each. Both have the same issue -- They have approx. 1 TB of space missing. See the first image below. To clarify, I've never partitioned these...
  5. muharremozkan

    Turn iPhone or iPad into a wireless backup disk for Mac.

    Hello, My name is Muharrem. Taking a backup of my files on my Mac computer has always been a cumbersome issue for me. From the hassle of plugging and unplugging USB drives to the slow copying of project folders containing tens of thousands of small files even to an SSD, I encountered many...
    • muharremozkan
    • Thread
    • backup disk flash flash disk ssd usb disk wireless wireless disk wireless ssd
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  6. Alex771

    Exploring SSD use cases

    I look at an SSD purchase decision as answering 3 questions: What is the use case? Which access pattern is typical for the use case? Which SSDs perform well with this access pattern? Moving from the second to the third question is ideally done with a good grasp of how the SSD should perform...
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    Need help! Have problem with replacing the broken SSD on MBP 13 (mid 2014)

    Hello, I have a 13-inch MBP mid-2014 and recently its SSD stops working. I happen to have another SSD in SO-DIMM form factor retired from a mini PC and I thought maybe I could use it in the MBP to save some $$. Notice that this SSD used to be the boot drive for that mini PC so it has a Windows...
    • chsn
    • Thread
    • 2014 macbook pro mbp mbp 13 ssd
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    Best macOS version and SSD for mid-2014 16 gb ram ?

    Hi everyone. I am pro windows user. But i bought an old macbook pro mid-2014. So i don't know about anything macOS or macbook pro. I researched some but everyone says different things. Which version should i choose for fresh install? I'm computer engineer. I care about performance ,battery and...
  9. DominikHoffmann

    Necessary to set TRIM manually on upgraded < 2013 MacBook Pro?

    I am wondering, whether I need to set TRIM manually on Macs I have upgraded from having hard drives to SSDs? I know that at least several years ago, this was not automatically turned on. With the later APFS-based version of macOS, however, will TRIM be enabled on SSDs automatically?
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    Is there any magnetic case to attach portable external storage back on the iphone?

    Since usb-c external storage direct recording is available on iphone 15 pro models, I’m trying to search for magnetic case for the portable ssd external storage (such as samsung T7) that attaches to the back of iphone. So that I don’t have to see the external storage dangling on the iphone while...
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    Installed new SSD and now MacOS won't boot or finish installation

    My SSD got busted and I got a replacement. Now that I've replaced the SSD, I've been struggling with the OS for my MCB Pro 2015. The standard on installation in recovery is Monterey. Everytime i install and about to finish, it reboots and then says "About 29 minutes remaining" What should I...
    • TheVaultGhost
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    • 15 inch 15 inch macbook pro mac macbook macbook pro macbook pro 2015 monterey retina display ssd
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS Monterey (12)
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    Using External SSD and then OCLP?

    I have a late 2012 iMac that is running Catalina. I have a new Samsung T7 SSD and want to load the OS on it as primary. Note - I am not experienced with mac at all so please explain this to me like i am 6. What is the first step to loading an OS onto a new SSD? Would I need to FIRST load...
  13. culser

    MP 1,1-5,1 trying to install OS Monterey on PCIe mv me ssd

    Using open core legacy patcher, i was able to install Monterey 2009 5.1 Mac Pro on a Sata SSD. i have been trying to install the same OS using a USB flash drive, on to MVME OWC PCIe using a 2TB OWC ssd, i can install set up files on to the mv-me ssd, then on reboot i keep getting a recovery...
    • culser
    • Thread
    • mvme owc ssd
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Mac Pro
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    Which HDD/SSD for backup?

    Hi! I'm looking for a backup drive (~3TB, not to be used with Time Machine). Is HDD really the safer option compared to SSD? Are there good options with Thunderbolt? Should I use AFPS or HFS+? Thanks for your respective 2 cents!
  15. semiraw

    Are the SSDs in the M2 Pro/Max also slow?

    Hi! A few months ago the news came out that the new Macbook M2 have a slower SSD than the M1. In the base model, because in the advanced ones it is not slower: https://www.macrumors.com/2022/06/26/base-m2-13-inch-macbook-pro-slower-ssd-speeds/ I would like to buy a Macbook 14" M2 Pro with...
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    external ssd can't be formatted for Mac

    Heyo All I went thru some of the post but could not find a satisfactory answer. I got a 4TB external ssd in a very small form format, (size of a matchbox just 1/3 of the thickness) for about the same amount I would pay for the aluminium casing it is in. However, as soon as I try to format it to...
    • guido.coza
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    • exfat external disk format ssd ssd
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 10
  17. CPmav

    Time Machine Question

    I'm hoping to move some of my large video files off of my Mac SSD and onto an external SSD. My question is regarding the behavior of Time Machine. I keep my backups on a second SSD strictly for Time Machine, and I'm curious if my backed up files will remain on my Time Machine SSD after deleting...
    • CPmav
    • Thread
    • macos ssd time machine
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: macOS
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    Hard drives in docking station: Weird behaviour

    My M1 Mac Studio and all devices are connected to power strips. Whenever I leave work I shut down the computer and then turn off the switches on the power strips, so that everything is disconnected from power completely. I have to do it like that and it never was a problem since all external...
    • danqi
    • Thread
    • docking station hard drive hdd mount power sabrent ssd un-mount unmount
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
  19. kowens

    Help with iPhoto please

    Hello, I need help please. I bought a Portable SSD T7 (Samsung). My old portable hard drives had iPhoto libraries stored on them. The tech support at the store transfered my stored photos onto the new SSD. He knew I used a MacBook and formatted to that effect. My question(s) (and I have tried...
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    Convert external drives to APFS?

    I've put the internal drives from my old 2010 Mac Pro into a Sabrent Docking Station enclosure to connect them to my new Mac Studio. 2 of them are HDDs and 2 are SSDs. Would you convert the SSDs to APFS? And is there any risk involved in that conversion? Of course, I'd make a backup first. But...
    • danqi
    • Thread
    • apfs docking station enclosure external hdd hfs+ sabrent ssd
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
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