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    2011 Mini SSD thickness?

    Hi everyone, The Crucial SSD I've had in my Mid-2011 Mac Mini since, well mid-2011 lol :) has given out and died on me :( so I'm back with the stock 5400rpm spinner. Oh how I'd forgotten how much of a difference an SSD makes. I have a replacement SSD here ready to install but on opening its...
  2. G

    Can the Photo's library be moved to a NAS drive?

    My MacBook Pro 250GB SSD is full and its mostly photos and videos. Is it possible to point the Photo's app to store its library on a NAS drive? This would release 3/4 of my local Mac storage and still allow me to use the Photo's app as my interface which I like.
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    Installing an additional ssd and moving/cloning os to it

    Hey everyone, first time posting I have mid 2012 macbook pro with a 500 GB hdd, I need more space and I want to run the os on a ssd to make it faster and smoother. I have a 120 GB ssd and I want to install it in the place of the optical drive (so i will have both hdd and ssd inside the...
    • Sarinaddaf
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    • backup clone hdd optical drive os sierra os x ssd
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  4. M

    2016 MBPs SSD Speed Difference!

    Been looking around and realised there's quite a big difference between the 256GB SSD and 512GB read/write speeds? From my quick check: 256GB 2300read/1300write 512GB 5000read/2000write Can users confirm this...
    • monkeydax
    • Thread
    • disk disk speed macbook pro speed ssd
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    Problem removing bootcamp partition

    Hi Guys, I had Windows installed via bootcamp, and decided to remove it using the Bootcamp Assistant however the following error popped up. I immediately googled it, and people were saying to go to Disk Utility and remove the windows partition and resize the Mac OS partition but that's where...
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    Upgrading mid 2012 Macbook pro 13

    Hey guys, I actually wanted to buy the new Macbook pro because my old one is at his limits. But, I am really disappointed with the upgrade and want to wait and look for an alternative. In the meantime, I wanted to upgrade my mid 2012 macbook pro but I have no idea about hardware stuff :( That's...
    • Levent2012
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    • battery cheap help macbook 13 mid 2012 old performance ram ssd upgrade
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    Need Advice on tMBP Specs… Still Undecided!

    So I'm planning on buying a new 13" MBP w/ Touch Bar over the next few weeks to replace my mid 2010 model (see signature for details). The problem is, I'm still undecided on what specifications I should go for. Unfortunately, as I'm in the UK, I haven't yet been able to go and check them out in...
    • Ash9414
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    • advice bar macbook macbook pro mbp ram specifications specs ssd touch
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  8. Taj Armstrong

    Using Thunderbolt storage as Windows startup disk

    Hi guys, I'm using a 2014 iMac Retina with a 1TB Fusion Drive. I like to upgrade my Mac to include more than 120GB of SSD storage, so at first I looked at replacing the internal hard drive. The 68-step iFixit guide mat it seem like a pretty risky procedure, and I'm now wondering if you can use...
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    iMac 2010 SSD under performing

    Dear users, I installed a Samsung 850 500 Gb ssd into an iMac 2010 21,5 inch. Normally the speed of the ssd would bee around 400-500 mb/s, but when I test it with the blackmagic speed test it comes around 260 Mb/s at it's heighest.. I enabled trim and done a clean install and the drive is...
    • royvano97
    • Thread
    • imac 2010 ssd
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iMac
  10. Nessdufrat

    Sata cable questions on iMac late 2013 21.5"

    Hi! Several questions here. First things first: I found this IMac in the trash. yes. Crazy. so it was kind of broken, the glass panel was shattered, the hard drive was missing, the power board was toast, the power button had been glued to the metal casing for whatever reason... this iMac had...
    • Nessdufrat
    • Thread
    • sata sata cable ssd thunderbolt
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: iMac
  11. jgelin

    Photos App representing space wrong?

    Hello all, I have a question about my Photos library and the amount of space it is taking up. According to my About this Mac panel I have around 66GB of photos on my internal SSD drive, Athena. However, that is the same size as my photos library that is on an external HDD named Odin according...
    • jgelin
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    • external storage macos sierra 10.12 photos photos app ssd storage
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
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    Upgrading hard drive and memory for MBP Mid 2012

    Hello everyone, I want to upgrade my MacBook Pro mid 2012 using 5400 rpm hard drive to an SSD and buy an optibay for the current hard drive, and also upgrade it's RAM, but I don't have much experience in hardware and have a few things still unclear: 1. Do optibays have SATA 2 and SATA 3...
    • thinhpham
    • Thread
    • ddr3l fusion dirve hdd macbook pro 13 mid 2012 ram ssd
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  13. MaciekP

    How to check SSD health if S.M.A.R.T is disabled?

    Macbook 12" SSD doesn't support SMART on SSD so my usual application DRIVEDX doesn't work as it relies on SMART as many other similar applications. Do you know how to check the SSD health? How many TB was written on it?
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    Horizontal stripe

    Hi, I have an early-2011 MBP 15" and had the HD changed to SSD(Samsung V-NAND SSD 850 EVO) with Sierra installed. While booting, I noticed a colourful horizontal stripe appear across the screen. It disappears after awhile and boots ok. I'm able to log normally and everything seems ok. The...
    • ada74
    • Thread
    • mbp 15" early-2011 samsung v-nand ssd 850 evo ssd
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    Slow SSD 750 EVO

    Hi there, upgraded my 2012 27" iMac with an external ssd Samsung EVO 500Gb and Inateck FE2006 enclosure. All seems fine but when i run the Black Magic speed test i get random results on write, the first one is over 400 MB/s and after that it goes as low as 50 MB/s. The reading speed is...
    • jseq
    • Thread
    • 750evo ssd
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: iMac
  16. HackDaBox

    21.5-inch, Mid 2011 thunderbolt external SSD

    Hi, I wish to add an external SSD via the thunderbolt port as i have only USB 2.0 and not 3.0 and the speed on USB 2.0 sux. I would love an adaptor and see very cheap ones ($10 USD) on amazon from USBC to SATA ( these are for the new MacBook Pros recently announced ) but is there a cheap...
    • HackDaBox
    • Thread
    • 21.5" mid 2011 adaptor buffalo imac seagate ssd thunderbolt
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
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    Simple? SSD Problem - Sata / Adapters

    Hey Guys, i bought a used Mac pro 2008 and it came with a SSD (Samsung 830 w 250GB) installed. After checking speeds in Blackmagic Test (W 250 / R 250) i assume its connected by SATA - will open machine later when i get home. So if i buy the OWC Accelsior S adapter and put the drive simply from...
  18. Reminisce32

    Video file management questions about hard drives for videos

    Going to be a first time mac user with a 2016 MBP with a 2 TB SSD and would like some direction on the best practices for having my video files backed up in a couple places while also making video editing as efficient as possible. I need to be able to manage about 150GB of new video/photo files...
    • Reminisce32
    • Thread
    • external drive fcpx macbook pro ssd thunderbolt 3 video editing
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Digital Video
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    Mercury Accelsior E2 PCI SSD experiences?

    Can anyone verify they have installed (and have had a stable experience) with macOS Sierra on a Mac Pro (in particular mid-2012) with an OWC (MacSales.com) Mercury Accelsior E2 PCI Express SSD as the boot drive? I can't get any useful information out of OWC. They had previous posted a...
  20. ansirone

    Working Off An External Thunderbolt Drive

    I just got an external thunderbolt ssd drive and was wondering if its fine to just work on PSD files straight form the drive. I also do a lot of AFX work as well. Just need to de-mystify the whole working-from-drive workflows.
    • ansirone
    • Thread
    • drive imac ssd thunderbolt
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: iMac
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