I got the iFixit cable in March of 2014, used it in my MacMini (2014) with the original 1Tb HDD, and had a OCZ Vector SSD. It worked OK, however, not sure if it was because I was using Yosemite Beta or not, but lots of crashing. Soooooo, I got a new 500Gb Samsung 850 Pro SSD and replaced the original 1Tb SSD with it. So now, 2-SSD's, major issues. Even though I've tried various configurations of using a backup image to re-deploy to the new SSD, new fresh install, older installations, anything, I'd get read write errors, crash, reboots, etc.
So, Samsung sent a replacement SSD said it was either good or bad, no diags, end of story. Better, but not 100%. They tell me it's Yosemite, Trim, and Apple not allowing 3rd party SSD support. Disabling kext security via Cindori Trim enabler not much better, every now and then a crash, damaged files, etc.
So, I find a blurb here about the iFixit cable maybe the issue? So do I contact iFixit and ask for a replacement or buy the OWC one and know it's good? And, after all is said and done, do I worry about trim? Do I over provision the SSD's? Samsung says I'll burn out the SSD's in 3-6 months without trim, and I should revert back to Mavericks for trim support. THey say Apple buys Samsung SSD's blank, no firmware, and Apple burns their proprietary firmware in at the factory so that trim support is enabled via their enforcement.
Do I go back to spinning drive for boot, SSD for storage, vice versa, OWC cable, no SSD's or sell it and buy a new Apple supported current product with SSD high priced OEM option?
