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  1. Cide

    Weird SSD Failure - Apple SSD Drive corrupts files when storage over 50%

    I just made a post about my MacBook Pro Retina's from 2012 being bullet proof, And moments later my system died, apparently with unfixable Disk Utility / first aid reports, Many errors, in fact it reached the max amount of reporting and ended subsequent reports. This was easy to replicate, By...
    • Cide
    • Thread
    • failure macbook ssd
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  2. Cide

    MacBook Pro Retina Mid-2012 SSD Upgrade with OWC suggested, or used Samsung part?

    Hello community, I am new here. So Hello! I am Cide. I have 2 MacBook Pro Retina Mid-2012 (With Samsung LCD Screens!) which I run with Catalina, they are very snappy and a joy to use, Still. After 10 years of owning the same machine, with a 15TB Promise Thunderbolt backup solution in place, in...
    • Cide
    • Thread
    • macbook pro retina 15 mid-2012 ssd
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  3. chiragd

    Should I buy the 512 gb or 16 gb of ram for the new M2 MacBook Air? I can only afford one

    I’m a computer science major who will have big coding assignments but nothing crazy. I don’t do a lot of high end editing on a regular basis. My only professional use would be these coding projects, other than that, maybe a light gaming(not a big gamer at all), Netflix and everyday things on...
    • chiragd
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    • apple m2air macbook macbook air ram ssd
    • Replies: 74
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  4. Add-Delay

    MBP14" 32GB/1TB or 16GB/2TB for Design?

    Now that the dust is well and truly settled on the M1Pro Macbook Pros - what's the general consensus now on whether it's better to sink money into RAM or SSD capacity? I've aware of the Max Tech videos which point towards SSD and relying on virtual memory to pick up the space, but that doesn't...
  5. D

    Glyph Atom Raid SSD on MBP M1 Max

    I have recently purchased a used Glyph Raid SSD 4tb drive and tried doing a benchmark speed test and I was seeing 30/40mb/s for read write? (should be up to 950mb/s) I have tried to format the drive but I am still seeing the same issue and I have tried a couple of type c cables.. Any help would...
  6. mattyjoe

    M2 MacBook Pro SSD read/write speeds compared to M1

    Okay, there are a couple YouTubers who have done BlackMagic Disk Speed Tests on the M2 13inch MacBook Pro, and have found that the speeds are SLOWER than the M1 13inch. I've done some investigating and discovered what I think the difference is. MaxTech got a write of 1463 MB/s and read of...
    • mattyjoe
    • Thread
    • 13inch 13inch macbook apple m2 blackmagic disk speed m2 macbook pro m2 nvme m2 ssd macbook pro 13 speed test ssd
    • Replies: 107
    • Forum: Apple Silicon (Arm) Macs
  7. R

    If I buy (2nd hand) a 2019 iMac with a "Fusion Drive", can I replace the Spinning Hard drive with an SSD ?

    There are a couple of videos online with people doing this, but will it cause any issues with the way the onboard flash recognises or communicates with the new SSD? Does the SSD have to be a similar size as the HD that it replaces? * An iMac from2019 is my budget maximum. But I have read so...
    • rice7373
    • Thread
    • fusion drive replace drive ssd
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: iMac
  8. S

    Enclosure needed for OWC Aura SSD

    Hi there. I found the OWC Aura 1TB SSD module that I must have purchased during a Black Friday special - and realized too late I couldn't use it. So I'm trying to find an external enclosure I can put this SSD module in. I can't make heads or tails of which OWC enclosure will or won't work...
  9. Alvin777

    How Do I Erase & Mount This Synthesized Drive?

    Hello, I have a Fusion Drive and run macOS Monterey. When I did a surface test on Windows BootCamp which was a mistake, I lost the SSD part of the Fusion Drive and I fresh installed macOS, I'm only running macOS on the Fusion Drive's 2TB hardisk. This was almost a year ago. I'm still trying to...
    • Alvin777
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    • apple can't detect format fusion drive hardisk lost ssd won't mount
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: macOS
  10. slplss

    iPhone 13 Pro Connecting an SSD to iPhone 13 Pro is an absolute nightmare

    Here we are in 2022, latest iPhone Pro. I am preparing for my holiday in Australia, this time trying to shoot exclusively with my phone. With a gimbal, in Filmic Pro, where every 10 seconds counts for ~100MB. So, I wanted to shoot in Filmic, then export the videos straight to an external SSD...
    • slplss
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    • camera adapter iphone 13 pro ssd
    • Replies: 42
    • Forum: iPhone
  11. A

    Can I use an external SSD for Everything (instead of the internal)

    Hi, I have a macbook 2017 13' I tried to install Monterey and it said it can't because I have SMART Errors and the drive can't be repaired and to backup I looked at disk utility in normal and in recovery mode and both said it's ok Then I went About this Mac > System Report > Storage and it...
  12. W

    iPad Air Do factory resets wear out the storage chips on Apple devices?

    I had read somewhere that continuously rewriting data on an SSD will wear out the number of write cycles it has and cause it to fail. I reset my new iPad Air so I could restore it from an iCloud backup and get access to my Google Authenticator, but I couldn't, so I reset it again and set it back...
    • wry
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    • factory reset ipad air (2022) read write cycles ssd storage
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iPad
  13. W

    Dealing with 128gb on a 2018 Mini

    Hi All - A few years ago I found an amazing deal on a 2018 base model Mini and I bought it (like, REALLY good deal). I knew the 128gb drive was limiting, so I purchased a 1TB external SSD with a Thunderbolt enclosure and attached that to the Mini permanently. Following some advice I read, I set...
    • weezin
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    • 128gb mini ssd
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Mac mini
  14. H

    Home Office / Music Studio Storage Solution

    Setting up an office/music studio with a couple of 1st Generation Mac Pros, a 2018 256GB MacBook Air, and a 2019 256GB MacBook Pro. Want to put the laptops in cool looking stands and run them in clamshell mode if possible. Not sure due to the fans. Will likely be picking up a Mac Studio in the...
  15. DrEGPU

    MP 7,1 Slow boot when adding more drives?

    I tried Googling this but only get generic answers or solutions to different problems. I recently reacquired a Mac Pro (7,1) and it worked well initially. When I added 2x spinning disks and a SATA ssd using a sonnet J3i, it takes a long time to boot. The spinning indicator spins for 3-4...
    • DrEGPU
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    • boot hdd slow ssd
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  16. W

    SSD performance is worse in bootcamp Win10 (Mac mini 2018)

    I just installed Windows 10 on my Mac mini 2018 (Apple SSD Ap0256M/Intel Core i5-8500B). Random 4K (QD=1) test: MacOS: 40.88 MB/s Read, 297.31 MB/s Write Win10: 13.05 MB/s Read, 68.67 MB/s Write I do feel laggy when I use Win10. What could the problem be?
  17. K

    iMac 2638 (late '13 21.5") - new SSD/RAM but black screen

    I have had a lengthy repair starting with trying to upgrade to a SSD and upgrade the RAM on a late '13 21.5" iMac. Unit starts up; i.e. I can hear the fan spinning and after several seconds I hear a start-up chime, but the screen stays black; no apple logo. I have checked and the LED lights on...
    • kneeoil
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    • black screen ssd
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iMac
  18. A

    Macbook Pro 13" keeps frying my SSD's

    I have a Macbook Pro 13" mid 2012 that I've upgraded with 16 gb ram and an SSD (kept the 500gb hdd instead of the disc drive). First I tried with a Corsair SSD Force Series GS 128GB, but after some time it stopped working - as in it's 100% dead. Doesn't work in other devices either. Then I...
  19. E

    iMac removable screen - 2012-2020 hardware mod

    I miss the iMacs of 2009-2011. Despite their high GPU failure rates they were easy to get in to and upgrade. Specifically upgrading hard drives with SSDs. It is not an impossible task with 2012-2020 iMacs, but its sort of a one-and-done thing. You can really only remove and replace the adhesive...
    • eexodus
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    • display hardware hardware changes hardware mod imac mod screen ssd ssd upgrade
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iMac
  20. G

    Mac PCIe SSD — USB (for a one-time installation)

    Hi There, I'm trying to install OS onto a PCIe before I strip down the Mac! usually, i chuck a HDD in a SATA cable to usb. job done. But im finding it really hard to find a similar cable/adapter for a Mac-based PCIe or at least one that doesnt codt a fortune -...
    • GMac7
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    • pcie adaptor ssd
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iMac
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