They are a hackers delight, in the true sense of the word. There is several information on the web, how to replace the hard disk or the optical drive with a sdd, but information about. Trim enabler is no longer working at least for me under 10. Completing this guide requires rubber cement to stick the old thermal sensors to your new hard drive. Before i open this puppy up, i want to confirm that an ssd 2. Nov 21, 2018 regular mid 2010 aluminum unibody mac mini models, which have optical drives, support a single 2. In addition to the new mac pro, the accelsior 4m2 ssd is compatible with pcs and 2010 and 2012 mac pro machines. I have been wondering about this trim topic, and everywhere i look, it. All other data will be transferred to an external drive. The speed increase is incredible almost hard to believe. However, it will remove all data on the ssd as well.
Cindori used to make trim enabler as a free piece of software but as the mac os has developed the needs for trim software have changed. Mac solidstate drive ssd is purposefully formatted in apple file system apfs, the proprietary file system of apple inc. Boot time went from 60 seconds to under 30 seconds, and applications launch instantly no bouncing dock icon. How to add a fast new ssd to your old mac or macbook for. Do you guys know how to enable trim with hsapfs on. Mac mini mid 2010 hard drive replacement replace your mac mini mid 2010s hard drive for more storage space. While the 2010 mac mini limits you to firewire 800 or usb 2. The mac mini is the same dynamo as ever, now with 2018 trimmings that do justice to a.
How to speed up your mac with a solid state ssd drive. It works with imac because the mac system and hardware doesnt know that it isnt an apple drive. If, on the other hand, you later added a thirdparty ssd to your system, then trim will be disabled by default. When i first got it, i cloned it to an external ssd different brand than this one but the ssd was only 256gb and since i use parallels, i had another external ssd for the virtual machines. I got a new ssd and so i booted from a tertiary drive to clone my old ssd onto my new ssd. Regular mid2010 aluminum unibody mac mini models, which have optical drives, support a single 2. How to enable trim on third party ssds in mac os x with trimforce. I am seriously thinking of upgrading my 2010 mac mini with a owc mercury extreme pro ssd, used as boot and apps drive only. Transcend 240gb jetdrive 500 sataiii 6gbs solid state drive. The apple mac mini has a loyal fan group around the world. Trim enabler software for mac ssd owners pro tools. If your mac comes with an ssd, trim will already be enabled. The members of this thread seem to agree that writing 1s ff to unused space by the os allows the gc on the disk to do its job, effectively the same as trim. It looks like a simple disk repair will trim an ssd.
The mac mini form factor is instantly recognisable due to its small size about the size of two cd jewel cases stacked on top of each other. Andrew bookholt introduction use this guide to completely replace your minis hard drive. Maybe i just missed this before, but i dont recall seeing this trim line in repair disk before. Make sure youre logged into your mac with an account that has administrator privileges. This intel mac mini does look similar to the previous powerpc g4 based mac mini, and the easiest way to tell them apart is to use apple system profiler and check the cpu type. Jul 20, 2016 by default, mac os, unlike windows, doesnt automatically enable the trim command for a selfinstalled ssd.
How to install an ssd drive on your mac mini, macbook, macbook pro or imac with our useful installation guides awardwinning tech support. Mac mini early 2009 with sandisk ssd plus readwrite140100 vs. Looks like the patch isnt sticking anymore, despite turning it on and reboted numerous times. The mac angle is not obvious in the gdrive mobile ssd s design, though. Configuring the 2018 macbook pro as as desktop replacement. Type in the password of the account youre using, then press enter. Otherwise its a great software that i purchased long time ago.
Do noy add discard or ext4discard to the list of options because instant trim will slow down your ssd too much. Ask different is a question and answer site for power users of apple hardware and software. Owc launches accelsior pcie ssd for mac pro, up to 8tb. Sata 2 has a theoretical throughput of about 300mbsec and you might see 250mbs or more in real world use with a ssd. I have a sandisk 960gb ssd and wo trim hs would boot in less than a minute, but drive performance would degrade wildly after 2 or 3 power cycles i. May 08, 2020 repair mac corrupt ssd by using fsck command download the freetotry mac data recovery software to recover data from a corrupt ssd. How to upgrade your mac mini with an ssd 2019 updated. Hence, you need to first back up useful files with iboysoft data recovery to prevent further data loss. After the clone i ran repair disk and noticed at the end of the repair it trimmed my ssd. Mac os x support mac software other apple hardware laptops. A ssd is much faster than the internal sata 2 interface of the 2010 mac mini so the limiting factor on either an internal or external installation will be the connection. If you upgrade your mac with an aftermarket ssd, your mac wont use trim with it. But if you own a mac, you can only enable it with an oem drive installed.
Andrew bookholt introduction use this guide to completely replace your mini s hard drive. Upgrading the boot drive on my mac mini to an ssd drive was by far the biggest speed enhancement ive experienced on any computer. Apple advertises the new macbook air as being instant on as a result of the internal ssd. The last hope to fix the unmountable ssd is to reformat it, as reformatting will restructure this disk to fix corruption. Get everything you need to upgrade your 2010 mac mini ssd for a total system performance and capacity boost. By default, mac os, unlike windows, doesnt automatically enable the trim command for a selfinstalled ssd. One drive ive tried it with was a pny optima 128gb ssd in a mac pro. Osx or macos as it is now called can be installed on an empty ssd via internet recovery mid 2010 onward or installing from media such as a usb pre 2010. I purchased my cable and drive adapter for a 27 mid 2011 imac. I am currently using an old version lion os x and it runs smoothly with no issues but when i update to the newest software it is such a pain to use.
There are many options in upgrading a mac mini, and. Whatever your use of the mac mini, be it media server or desktop computer, the one upgrade that will make the biggest impact is a ssd. When the os, mac, windows or linux uses trim with a solidstate drive, it sends a signal to the ssd every time you delete a file. Unfortunately they devolve into insulting each others knowledge of ssds and mac chipsets in general before doing anything useful. Macs only enable trim for the appleprovided solidstate drives they come with. How to add a fast new ssd to your old mac or macbook for only. Mac pro mac mini macbook pro macbook air mac os x support mac software other apple hardware laptops laptop compatibility catalina laptop support catalina laptop guides mojave laptop support. Owc now has a cable with heat sensor that is designed to take care of this problem.
I have read other threads but all seem to differ slightly. I have a mac mini that is a couple years old which has a 1tb 5400rpm hard drive. Jul 26, 20 the ata interface standards trim command helps ssds write faster and live longer. If you are installing from usb, you need to make that macos usb before you start. I plan to upgrade my old 2010 mac mini with an ssd drive. How to install an ssd drive on your mac mini, macbook, macbook pro or imac with our useful installation guides. Dec 19, 2019 in addition to the new mac pro, the accelsior 4m2 ssd is compatible with pcs and 2010 and 2012 mac pro machines. Seagate 500gb momentus xt hybrid laptop hard drive. Moving from a 2010 mac pro to newer mac such as 2018 mac mini updated with reader comments. The ata interface standards trim command helps ssds write faster and live longer. Youll pay a premium for the trim dimensions, and expandability is all external, but rest assured. I have 2 samsung 850 evo ssds of which i am about to install into an early 2009 mac mini my secondary htpc and a mid 2010 macbook pro. I have been wondering about this trim topic, and everywhere i look, it goes back and forth. As i already owned an 160 gb intel x25 g2 ssd i wanted to use this in my new imac as well.
If you cant get the z400s to work youll need to get different drives or accept the fact youll only get sata i performance in this series of mac mini. Enhance your mac performance, monitor health and much more with the allnew trim enabler 4. If you bought a mac with an ssd installed from the factory, then trim is enabled by default and youre all setnothing to worry about. A big silver g on the front and hints of bright blue under a faux grille make this drive look more like a movie prop than a. Oct 04, 2017 hello, i managed to get my hs working upgrade from sierra with apfs on my samsung ssd 840 120go but i have to disable trim in terminal, with sudo trimforce disable to get a fast boot. I have a sandisk 960gb ssd and wo trim hs would boot in less than a minute, but.
There is several information on the web, how to replace the hard disk or the optical drive with a sdd, but information about adding a ssd without losing the hard drive and the. Hello, i managed to get my hs working upgrade from sierra with apfs on my samsung ssd 840 120go but i have to disable trim in terminal, with sudo trimforce disable to get a fast boot. The mac angle is not obvious in the gdrive mobile ssds design, though. Will this help my mac mini cope with running the latest version of osx. Another was a toshiba 512gb ssd in a 2010 model macbook pro. Owc launches accelsior pcie ssd for mac pro, up to 8tb with. Mac mini mid 2010 hard drive replacement replace your mac mini mid 2010 s hard drive for more storage space.
How to enable trim on third party ssds in mac os x with. If you arent sure, the best thing to do is doublecheck. How to upgrade aluminum mac mini hard drives or ssds. I currently have a mac mini mid 2010 version running 2gb of ram but looking into upgrading to the maximum 8gb. If youve got an old mac laptop, mac mini or imac, as long as its powered by an intel cpu so, post20067 then it can be surprising whats possible via a few hardware or software hacks. From a completely powered off state the macbook air still. Sep 29, 2017 while the 2010 mac mini limits you to firewire 800 or usb 2. The third was an adata brand 160gb ssd in another mac pro tower.
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