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  1. Sam Leach

    Mid 2010 13-inch Mbp slow SSD performance

    Hi, I have a Mid 2010 13-inch MacBook Pro that I upgraded with a OCZ Vertex 2 120GB (SATA 2) in late 2012. I also put 8GB of RAM in it at the same time. After more than 3 years of use I ran Blackmagic Disk Speed Test today and I am not getting over 100MB/s on either read or write (below). Is...
  2. D

    Old Hard Drive wont eject

    So i just installed an SSD into my 2012 Macbook pro (non retina) cloned it using super duper and put the old HD in a portable enclosure. now when i plug that HD into the usb I can't eject it because it says its being used and can only shut down.. Does anyone have an idea why or a fix? let me...
  3. G

    MBPr water damaged, how do I get data out?

    So my cat knocked over a glass and poured water right on to the keyboard of my MBPr 13". My bad, should not have had any liquid in a container without a lid near the laptop. Now the MBPr would not boot and I'm not sure how I can get my data out. I used to have all of my data synced to other...
  4. jdolan

    Why is my 2009 iMac making a clicking sound?

    My 2009 iMac is making a faint clicking (or knocking) sound. I thought this was the sound of the hard drive was going bad, so I replaced it with a solid state drive. It is still making this sound after installing the SSD. You can hear the regular click in this video...
    • jdolan
    • Thread
    • clicking sound hdd imac ssd
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iMac
  5. Papa Goose

    late 2009 iMac SSD upgrade

    Hell guru's I have a 27" that i upgraded to 16gb ram and it's running ok. I'm now thinking about changing the existing 1TB hard drive for a Scan Disk 960gb SSD. Anyone done this and what was the result? Some say it will speed up the machine, other say unless I change the motherboard it wont...
  6. kcorbbrock

    Resolved Resize Internal SSD

    I recently upgraded my original internal 750GB disk drive to a new SanDisk Ultra II 960GB SSD. Before installing, I cloned the original drive to this new SSD. After install, I realized there was an unallocated amount of free space (209.91GB) that I unintentional partitioned. I've tried to resize...
    • kcorbbrock
    • Thread
    • disk utility el capitan hard drive partition ssd
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  7. W

    iMac 1TB Fusion & iMac 2TB Fusion Compared

    About a week ago I purchased a Late 2015 iMac with the following specs... 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5 8 GB DDR3 Ram AMD R9 M390 2048MB 1 TB Fusion Drive I loved the screen, but was honestly a little underwhelmed with the speed. I was not surprised at all when I read that Apple had switched the SSD...
    • wepiii
    • Thread
    • 1tb 2tb fusion imac speed ssd
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: iMac
  8. M

    External or internal SSD to run iOS on iMac late 2009

    Hi I need expertise here. I want to boost my old 21,5 iMac late 2009, 1 TB 5400 rpm with a SSD drive to run iOS from. a. Would you recommend replacing the internal drive or buying an external SSD with thunderbolt? b. What do I need to run iOS if I go for an external solution, 128, 256 or...
  9. RadicalxEdward

    Resolved Dropbox won't sync folder called "Documents"

    Hello all, this should probably go on the dropbox forums, but they don't seem very active and the people here are very clever, so please bear with me. SUMMARY: Dropbox won't sync any folder called "Documents". If I create it on my local machine, it won't sync to dropbox. If I create it on...
  10. J

    How to transfer my hard drive's files to an ssd

    Hey, so, as they do, earlier last month, my hard drive started to fail on my mid 2012 macbook pro. I bought an ssd (samsung evo 850) and tried to clone my hard drive to the ssd using Carbon Copy Cloner. No matter how many times I tried, every time I tried to clone it would stay copying for 12-20...
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