G'day,
Q: Can I use an original Apple SSD to flash/clone/etc a non Apple SSD to work correctly in terms of waking from deep sleep?
I do not have any other Mac devices that use this type of drive - just the 1 x 2014 Macbook Air...
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This originates from my below thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mba-2014-restarts-when-opened-from-sleep.2193931/
About a year ago I picked up a 2014 MacBook Air off eBay, only to discover that it would crash after sleeping for extended periods (ie 5-6 hours). Investigations found that the SSD inside was not an Apple drive, and was thus likely causing the issue, as non Apple SSDs don't have the correct setup to let the OS write the "sleep image", thus would crash the computer when you try to wake it. In terms therefore of the MBA being "reliable" and trustworthy for working on - I had no faith to do anything other than check email and browse the net.
A few months back I picked up an original 128GB Apple SSD off eBay, intending to then sell the 256GB drive. It was meant to have an OS on it - but after inserting into the MBA I discovered it was blank. Thankfully after I installed the latest OS from Apple, the computer now works as expected - sleeps and wakes perfectly.
Before I go ahead sell the 256GB drive, I thought I'd check if there was a way to use the Apple drive to "make" the bigger drive cooperate properly...?
Cheers
cosmic
Q: Can I use an original Apple SSD to flash/clone/etc a non Apple SSD to work correctly in terms of waking from deep sleep?
I do not have any other Mac devices that use this type of drive - just the 1 x 2014 Macbook Air...
---
This originates from my below thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mba-2014-restarts-when-opened-from-sleep.2193931/
About a year ago I picked up a 2014 MacBook Air off eBay, only to discover that it would crash after sleeping for extended periods (ie 5-6 hours). Investigations found that the SSD inside was not an Apple drive, and was thus likely causing the issue, as non Apple SSDs don't have the correct setup to let the OS write the "sleep image", thus would crash the computer when you try to wake it. In terms therefore of the MBA being "reliable" and trustworthy for working on - I had no faith to do anything other than check email and browse the net.
A few months back I picked up an original 128GB Apple SSD off eBay, intending to then sell the 256GB drive. It was meant to have an OS on it - but after inserting into the MBA I discovered it was blank. Thankfully after I installed the latest OS from Apple, the computer now works as expected - sleeps and wakes perfectly.
Before I go ahead sell the 256GB drive, I thought I'd check if there was a way to use the Apple drive to "make" the bigger drive cooperate properly...?
Cheers
cosmic
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