Good experiences after installing ssd in a macbook?
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Hi,
A couple of months ago my 6-ish year old MacBook (MacBook 5.2, 2.13ghz intel core, 2gb ram) froze up. Correctly diagnosed on here as harddrive failure. I'd like to get it running again as a kids computer and plan to do it with an ssd. I have no fears on the physical side - It's just a few screws and plugs - like taking a door card off.
I do worry about the software side. I've read a lot of stories on the web where people have trouble with partitions and trim etc. Given that I'd be spending at least £60 on a ssd I don't want to have any trouble. Are there lots of satisfied people out there who have easily installed ssd in their macs? And the minority are the ones with problems or am I justified to be worried? I have nothing to 'import' onto the new drive from my current Mac.
Thanks,
Ralph
A couple of months ago my 6-ish year old MacBook (MacBook 5.2, 2.13ghz intel core, 2gb ram) froze up. Correctly diagnosed on here as harddrive failure. I'd like to get it running again as a kids computer and plan to do it with an ssd. I have no fears on the physical side - It's just a few screws and plugs - like taking a door card off.
I do worry about the software side. I've read a lot of stories on the web where people have trouble with partitions and trim etc. Given that I'd be spending at least £60 on a ssd I don't want to have any trouble. Are there lots of satisfied people out there who have easily installed ssd in their macs? And the minority are the ones with problems or am I justified to be worried? I have nothing to 'import' onto the new drive from my current Mac.
Thanks,
Ralph
No experience of that specific Mac but I replaced my MBP drive with a Samsung SSD and have had no problems. I believe there were some problems with older drives and TRIM but most new drives won't need to worry about that as technology has moved on.
I have a feeling older Macs need the original DVD to restore the OS and then you go through the various OS updates, mine did a lot of it from the Time Machine backup. I put the old hard drive where the DVD drive was in a little caddy I got from Amazon, it now acts as my Time Machine backup drive. Means I now have 240gb main drive (used about 100gb) and 500gb backup drive.
The only problem is that it runs so well I really can't justify buying a new one, even a visit to the Apple store I just couldn't see enough of an improvement to spend the money.
I have a feeling older Macs need the original DVD to restore the OS and then you go through the various OS updates, mine did a lot of it from the Time Machine backup. I put the old hard drive where the DVD drive was in a little caddy I got from Amazon, it now acts as my Time Machine backup drive. Means I now have 240gb main drive (used about 100gb) and 500gb backup drive.
The only problem is that it runs so well I really can't justify buying a new one, even a visit to the Apple store I just couldn't see enough of an improvement to spend the money.
Installed a Samsung 850 Evo in a 2010 mbp this weekend. Went from an ok ish machine to a really responsive device. Only thing to note is, if it's on 4gb of ram, up it to 8 or 12 while you're at it. Yosemite and by extension El Capitan likes a bit of ram.
Edit : oops, just read it's older still. Don't know if that version takes 8gb sticks already, so check the Internet first. A bit of extra ram will be a big help though, although this older ram might be relatively expensive
Edit : oops, just read it's older still. Don't know if that version takes 8gb sticks already, so check the Internet first. A bit of extra ram will be a big help though, although this older ram might be relatively expensive
Edited by ZesPak on Wednesday 2nd December 00:02
There's not really that much to worry about if what you've got at the moment is f
ked, it can't really get any worse.
I put an SSD into my MBP,it's a 6,2 so also fairly old and it's come back to life. I'd half given up on it because it was getting a bit slow with larger files, and while I already had 8 Gig RAM the SSD is making things a lot better than they were. I'm thinking about looking for a new battery for it now as well as the old one's max charge is about 75%, or around 3 or so hours. From what I've read, despite Apple saying they're non replaceable they're pretty replaceable
ked, it can't really get any worse. I put an SSD into my MBP,it's a 6,2 so also fairly old and it's come back to life. I'd half given up on it because it was getting a bit slow with larger files, and while I already had 8 Gig RAM the SSD is making things a lot better than they were. I'm thinking about looking for a new battery for it now as well as the old one's max charge is about 75%, or around 3 or so hours. From what I've read, despite Apple saying they're non replaceable they're pretty replaceable
I've got a mid-2010 macbook pro and want to upgrade to a SSD in it. I've seen the crucial ones for a 500gb SSD are £140
The process looks quite simple, but I was wondering are there any cheaper/better options out there, and I assume I need a certain size SSD to fit in the old space where the HDD was. Any links to SSD's others have installed would be useful!
The process looks quite simple, but I was wondering are there any cheaper/better options out there, and I assume I need a certain size SSD to fit in the old space where the HDD was. Any links to SSD's others have installed would be useful!
I've got a "MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)" and no problems at all with the SSD I fitted (Samsung SSD 830 series).
And previously I had a MacBook white, and I had no issue with that either, although I did install TrimEnabler but I think that trim is built into the O/S now?
And previously I had a MacBook white, and I had no issue with that either, although I did install TrimEnabler but I think that trim is built into the O/S now?
I fitted a 480GB one four years ago (cost a bomb then) to my late 2009 MacBook Pro. I used TRIM Enabler until El Capitan finally allowed TRIM to be enabled by the OS on non-Apple SSDs. It has been faultless. I almost want something to go wrong so that I have an excuse to buy a new MacBook, but the damn thing just keeps going. Even its battery is good.
ZesPak said:
Installed a Samsung 850 Evo in a 2010 mbp this weekend. Went from an ok ish machine to a really responsive device. Only thing to note is, if it's on 4gb of ram, up it to 8 or 12 while you're at it. Yosemite and by extension El Capitan likes a bit of ram.
Edit : oops, just read it's older still. Don't know if that version takes 8gb sticks already, so check the Internet first. A bit of extra ram will be a big help though, although this older ram might be relatively expensive
That age takes a max of 8GB in two 4GB sticks. With an SSD and 8GB it will feel very responsive.Edit : oops, just read it's older still. Don't know if that version takes 8gb sticks already, so check the Internet first. A bit of extra ram will be a big help though, although this older ram might be relatively expensive
Edited by ZesPak on Wednesday 2nd December 00:02
ZesPak said:
Ssd for that gen will just be the regular size. There's two main sizes, regular and mSATA, which is a lot smaller.
So this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Solid-Sta...will fit in a mid 2010 MBP no problems?
timlongs said:
ZesPak said:
Ssd for that gen will just be the regular size. There's two main sizes, regular and mSATA, which is a lot smaller.
So this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Solid-Sta...will fit in a mid 2010 MBP no problems?
I'm looking at upgrading my MacBook to an SSD drive but I'm not really sure which to go for.
Is there a great deal of difference between the various Sandisk models like the Extreme Pro, SSD Plus and Ultra 2? Do they just have different read and write speeds or do some work better than others?
The MacBook is a mid-2012 model with 8Gb memory. Would it be worthwhile upgrading the memory at the same time?
Is there a great deal of difference between the various Sandisk models like the Extreme Pro, SSD Plus and Ultra 2? Do they just have different read and write speeds or do some work better than others?
The MacBook is a mid-2012 model with 8Gb memory. Would it be worthwhile upgrading the memory at the same time?
I did mine about 2 weeks ago. Used a Samsung Evo SSD (£113 for 500GB) and a copy of SuperDuper. Could not have been more simple, other than waiting for SuperDuper to clone the drive (took a few hours). It's completely transformed my MBP, which is, I think, about 4 years old, to the point where I no longer feel any need to replace it.
Oh, and mine's still running 4GB RAM.
Oh, and mine's still running 4GB RAM.
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