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SSD Buying Guide [part 2]
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Before I had a 250GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive.
It had gotten progressively slower and slower with each OS X update, and I'd almost gotten used to it.
However, with Yosemite and also the MS Office 2016 Preview it became apparent that I needed a serious upgrade to a SSD.
Probably the cheapest and best upgrade I've ever done.
Just installed a Crucial MX100 512GB SSD in my ageing early 2011 13" MacBook Pro and it really has given it a new lease of life. This thing flies! Love it 
Just installed a Crucial MX100 512GB SSD in my ageing early 2011 13" MacBook Pro and it really has given it a new lease of life. This thing flies! Love it
Yes, it flies compared to a spindle drive, but my 2010 scrolls very slowly esp for graphics heavy websites. At that point, I think the achilles heal is the graphics performance.
As an aside, I never paid much attention to the CPU heat apart from when the bottom of the MBP got hot - I usually have it on my lap or belly whilst lying on the couch.
Since the SSD upgrade I've installed the Macs Fan Control and the temp, even when doing nothing is usually hovering in the low-mid 50s C.
Is this a normal temp or does the SSD generate a bit more CPU processing thereby increasing the temp?
I've checked on Activity Monitor and there is nothing going on in the background that would be causing this, nothing that's there that wasn't there before the SSD upgrade.
Since the SSD upgrade I've installed the Macs Fan Control and the temp, even when doing nothing is usually hovering in the low-mid 50s C.
Is this a normal temp or does the SSD generate a bit more CPU processing thereby increasing the temp?
I've checked on Activity Monitor and there is nothing going on in the background that would be causing this, nothing that's there that wasn't there before the SSD upgrade.
- Completely normal. Mine is 60 C right now, and I've just woken it from sleep.
The SSD won't make anything run hotter than your HDD. If anything, it'll generate less heat.
MackBook Pro Mid 2010 2.66GHz processor and 8GB RAM with Hitachi 500GB Hybrid drive. I have two Evo 850 SSD's and they have been very good but I find my present drive is by far the quickest and best value for money, it is also the largest storage capacity I have , although there is a 1 terabyte Hitachi drive for a very small extra cost. You are wrong about RAM, although there are indeed only two slots, it has been found that many 13" MBP's will support 16GB not 8GB as maximum. The downside, as ever is cost as 16GB (2x8GB) is £££ $$$ !
Only mid 2010 MBP (or MB) that has the identifier MacBookPro7,1 (About This Mac>System Report>Model Identifier) will take 16GB, all other 2010 MBPs, it will not work. This is the only kit that I know of that will actually work, which I finally got, no issues whatsoever: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/8566DDR3S16P/ (I have the 2.4GHz 13").
Software Storage in the Fusion Drive
I'm still pretty much new to the Mac Computer World and OS X. So, please accept my apologies in advance for any ignorancies in the questions below.
1) Assuming you have a Fusion Drive in your Mac (a desktop Mini or iMac), where is the OS X software stored?
2) Where are the folders like Documents, Movies, Apps, Photos, Music and more important, all the storage files of Apple's own Mail app stored?
3) If we download a third party Mail Software (say, Thunderbird), where are the relative folders stored?
4) Assuming the answers to 2 & 3 will be "in the Fusion Drive", is it possible to move large (storage) folders mentioned above, to the mechanical HDD and leave only the apps related operational folders in the FD section? (This you can do in Windows, at the least, for the Mail related apps. You can leave the software in "C" drive, but move the storage folders to "D"... in Outlook or Thunderbird!)
Thanks
I'm still pretty much new to the Mac Computer World and OS X. So, please accept my apologies in advance for any ignorancies in the questions below.
1) Assuming you have a Fusion Drive in your Mac (a desktop Mini or iMac), where is the OS X software stored?
2) Where are the folders like Documents, Movies, Apps, Photos, Music and more important, all the storage files of Apple's own Mail app stored?
3) If we download a third party Mail Software (say, Thunderbird), where are the relative folders stored?
4) Assuming the answers to 2 & 3 will be "in the Fusion Drive", is it possible to move large (storage) folders mentioned above, to the mechanical HDD and leave only the apps related operational folders in the FD section? (This you can do in Windows, at the least, for the Mail related apps. You can leave the software in "C" drive, but move the storage folders to "D"... in Outlook or Thunderbird!)
Thanks
The answer to all your questions is : The fusion drive combines both an SSD and mechanical hard drive into a single logical drive with the space of both drives combined. OS X automatically manages the contents of the fusion drive so the most frequently accessed files (be they system files, applications, documents, photos or other data) are stored on the faster SSD storage, while infrequently used items move to or stay on the hard drive.
The answer to the question you were just about to ask is : You can't locate specific files/folders on either the SSD or mechanical hard drive. It just works.
The answer to the question you were just about to ask is : You can't locate specific files/folders on either the SSD or mechanical hard drive. It just works.
It's a good answer, but off-topic from the focus on SSD. Instead:
Drive Failed, considering hybrid - what to look out for?
Now that NAND Flash tech is moving towards 3D (Vertical) wondering if they'll make aftermarket drives for the rMBP. Still can't believe no one makes an aftermarket drive for these machines.
I currently have approx. 45GB data on Apple's Mail app Folder plus another 18GB data on Thunderbird app Folder in my rMBP. These are increasing day by day; as I have to save and store most of my incoming and almost all of the outgoing mail. Plus I have another 15-16GB in the Documents folder, also slowly increasing... I have a further 50GB of music in my PC. This also will be increasing gradually.
So, let's assume I buy a new Mac Mini with the 1TB FD. Can I transfer all the contents of Apple Mail. Thunderbird, Documents as well as iTunes contents to this 1TB drive (actually: ..."to the flash storage part of the 1TB drive") and keep on using these apps without any constraints? (AFAIK, the FD has only a 120-128B flash storage...) Or some of these folders need to stay in the mechanical HDD part of the drive?
Thank you.
It's one drive to the end user of 1TB + 128GB. You just copy the data across, OS X sorts out which data to place on the SSD for faster access.
As grahamperrin was trying to suggest, there might be a more appropriate thread for the Fusion drive rather than asking in the dedicated SSD thread.
As grahamperrin was trying to suggest, there might be a more appropriate thread for the Fusion drive rather than asking in the dedicated SSD thread.
- The 850 Pro is completely overkill for that machine. Even the MX200 is. You can only take advantage of about half their speed on that SATA II machine.
- It's not a problem at all. Everything will be just fine with either drive. You just won't be able to take full advantage of them, so you might as well have saved some money and gotten something cheaper, like the crucial BX100.
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I actually installed a Crucial M4 into my mid 2009 13" MBP as well as a Samsung 830 into my desktop PC about 2 years ago.
It's a good upgrade.
It's super annoying. I really want to upgrade the paltry 256GB SSD in my late-2013 rMBP