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( IIRC OWC does not recommend trim enabling, as their stance is that it's not needed for those (Sandforce-based) SSDs to maintain performance. I've had no issues with the sleep or freezes.

#Review of trim enabler for macbook with ssd pro

I used the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD 240GB (from early 2011) on both systems. ( For the record I asked for info on SSD used.-Mike) I wanted to drop a note and let you know that I have tried the TRIM enabler (v1.2) with GM 10.7 (11A511) and it is successful in enabling TRIM for non Apple branded SSDs. "Feedback on SSD Trim enabler and 10.7 GM (11A511) ( Apple shipped SSDs should have trim enabled w/o any patches - many missed past posts on this and keep writing about native Apple SSD trim support.)įirst report on Lion/GM using TRIM Support Enabler 1.2 (for NON-APPLE SSDs): See the previous 3 days' news summary or the Archives.įirst Feedback on Univ. Macs | CPU Upgrades | Video | Storage | Audio | Apps/OS/Network | Contact

#Review of trim enabler for macbook with ssd archive

Below is a screen capture of the speeds I’m getting on the drive.Īlso note: Older computers will only run on SATA I or II (1.5GBit/s, 3GBit/s respectively), which means that the speeds will not be what is advertised at the SATA III speeds (6GBit/s).Accelerate Your Mac! News Archive for Friday July 8, 2011 Note: Obviously the SSD is only going to help with things which require quick drive write and reads, don’t expect to be able to suddenly have the processing power of a quad-core i5). I really suggest spending a bit of money (whatever is the max you can afford and the size you want) to get an SSD, it really makes the computer feel like new again.

Boot up went from around 50 seconds to 25 seconds, Safari opens in one bounce, iTunes in one bounce, even Word and Excel load in two bounces (before they were incredibly slow). Having an SSD in an old (or new) computer is amazing. I just wanted to say that I’m not responsible for anything that goes wrong with your computer, just make sure you do your research before using any terminal commands or enabling TRIM.Īfter the installation was done, the computer restarted, and I transferred my selected files and apps over and I was very quickly up and running. It also gives options to disable the sutton motion sensor. I also recently came across this program called Chameleon SSD Optimizer which seemed to have a really nice interface and also uses the correct way to enable TRIM. I haven’t noticed any slowdowns with my SSD, and benchmarks seem to be the same as when I bought it.

I followed the steps posted on the Blog and enabled TRIM with no problems. I found this blog post,, which has a lot of good information on exactly what steps you must take to enable TRIM on your Mac. I can’t comment on what this does, however there seemed to be enough fuss about it that I didn’t want to risk using Trim Enabler ( I believe this has since been rectified).

#Review of trim enabler for macbook with ssd software

After reading up on this software it seemed that a lot of people were having luck with it, but others were also noting that older versions of the software were actually replacing an entire kernel extension with an older version (from Snow Leopard).

#Review of trim enabler for macbook with ssd how to

Anyway I’ll skip the research part and just tell you what I did when I decided to enable TRIM on my Mac.Īfter searching on google how to enable TRIM with third party SSD’s on Mac OS X I came across an application called ‘Trim Enabler’. I have also read on a lot of different forums that Crucial M4’s work well with TRIM even on Mac’s, and some people even report that it is a must.

In computing, a TRIM command allows an operating system to inform asolid-state drive (SSD) which blocks of data are no longer considered in use and can be wiped internally. I suggest also doing a fair bit of reading/research to make sure you understand and know whether you want to mess around and try to enable TRIM on your computer, and also if it will work on your SSD. Firstly I don’t claim to be an expert on the subject matter, I just want to give some information about the processes I went through in enabling TRIM.Īfter installing my Crucial M4 I went on and did a lot of reading on TRIM and whether it was supported by Mac OS X and also whether it was needed.