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  1. I

    TRIM support for external drives using SSD instead of HDD

    Hi, About TRIM support for external SSD:- Is TRIM supported for external SSD too? Is this by default or we have to do some setting manually? - For manual settings please point to direction of information. I am thinking of buying a Samsung EVO 250 GB SSD. Put this SSD into a proper case to...
  2. J

    SSD TRIM and MacBook Pro

    Hi there! I know there have been a load of threads about SSDs and MacBook Pro and TRIM - but my question and situation is slightly different. I am a travel photographer and have had my MBP (mid-2012) since it was first released. Last week, the HDD began to show signs of mechanical failure...
    • Jay_Jay
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    • crucial garbage collection macboo pro photo editing ssd disk trim
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  3. TitanTiger

    Enabling TRIM

    I've installed a new SSD drive in a mid 2012 Macbook Pro. The drive is a Crucial MX300 525GB SSD. I'm on Sierra 10.12.4. There seems to be some disagreement on whether you should enable TRIM or not. Crucial appears to have some built in garbage collection in the firmware but it requires the...
  4. hexjibber

    Trim Enabler on Macbook Pro 2016

    Hi Everyone, I have a bit of a silly query. I've just bought a 2016 15" MacBook Pro Touch bar with a 2TB drive for doing video and animation work. I transferred all my documents and apps via time machine from my old 2010 MacBook pro. Inside my old machine I had a 500GB Crucial SSD and I had...
  5. A

    How to instal SSD correctly?

    I just received SAMSUNG SM951 AHCI. I never used SSD before and I not strongly understand computers. I am a musician. I very need your advices. TRIM...to be or not to be, cashing in internet browsers etc. Write me please step by step what I need to do after installation in SLOT? I will install...
    • Alexey Ischenko
    • Thread
    • cashing mac pro 5.1 pci-e pcie pcie card pcie ssd ssd trim
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  6. tech4all

    Enabling TRIM for Samsung 850 EVO

    I have a Mac Pro (early 2008) running OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 in which I installed a 500GB Samsung 850 EVO using a 2.5" to 3.5" Icy Dock converter. I want to enable TRIM and tried using the Terminal method found here (the code to use doesn't fully show on the website, so the author provided this...
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    Can't Enable TRIM

    Hi, I've replaced the hard drive of my MacBook Pro Mid-2012 running 10.11.5 by a Kingston SSDNow V300. Once installed Mac OS X, the first thing I've done is opening terminal to enable TRIMby using "sudo trimforce enable". After automatically restarting, I've checked the TRIM status on the...
  8. J

    Enabling TRIM causes USB external drives to eject improperly on sleep?

    I have an older Samsung SSD drive, so I purchased this StarTech USB/SATA adapter cable so I could use the drive externally on my late 2013 iMac. I then enabled TRIM using the terminal:sudo trimforce enable This worked, and the drive works well. But as a side effect, it has caused itself, as...
  9. kiwidesign

    Clarification about 10.11 and trimforce

    Hello there! As I wrote in another thread, I recently performed a clean install of 10.11.2 on my 2011 MBP, coming from a 10.8.x installation... quite the upgrade! For the occasion I also switched my internal drive from the original spinning drive to a brand new 512gb Crucial MX100 I had lying...
  10. jgelin

    TRIM on SanDisk UltraII

    Hello all, I recently upgraded my iMac from is basic specs to more appealing ones by adding an SSD and upgraded RAM. I am just now learning about what TRIM is (somewhat) and that OS X does not allow it to be on drives that are not Apple OEM. I would like to know what not enabling TRIM on my...
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