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OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD
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I just called MacMall before reading this thread to see what SSDs would be usable with the 2010 Mac Pros and they said anything that is SATA and 3.5".
Aren't the OWC Mercury Extreme SSDs 2.5"?
I'm not savvy in this area, so any info on how to make this work would be great!
Aren't the OWC Mercury Extreme SSDs 2.5"?
I'm not savvy in this area, so any info on how to make this work would be great!
I forgot to link this, buy it from OWC. Great company, support them:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/IcyDock/MB882SP1S2B/
Does putting in a non-Apple SSD cause Apple Care to no longer apply to the system?
No.
Applecare covers apple products, but you can install in appropriate device in the Mac Pro.
Right now, I have an OWC SSD, 2 Seagate SATA drives, and 1 Hitachi SATA drive.
They aren't going to fix the non-apple stuff, but they don't expect you to only use Apple parts... and the Apple SSD is a Toshiba, if I recall correctly. Maybe not.
But you're fine.
I see. So then say I order the 6 core with 2 1Tb drives, and buy a OWC SSD...
would I wipe the drive in Bay 1 clean, move it to Bay 3, and then put the SSD in Bay 1 and load the System Software from the discs that come with the Mac Pro on that SSD? (so that i'm running the system and all my apps from there)
would I wipe the drive in Bay 1 clean, move it to Bay 3, and then put the SSD in Bay 1 and load the System Software from the discs that come with the Mac Pro on that SSD? (so that i'm running the system and all my apps from there)
I would order it with one HDD and order the other from Newegg and your SSD from OWC
depending on if you want to expand to more HDD later you also have the choice of putting the SSD up in the optical bay ? that is if you do not want to run twin DVD or a DVD and bluray etc..
you could just put the SSD in with a icydock in bay 1 and move the other HDD down to bay 2 and 3 ? if you dont care about the little numbers on the sleds matching up you do not even have to unscrew them etc. just swap them ? this will make more sense when you get the computer and see the inside
then use a program like Super Duper and clone it over to the SSD from your current boot that comes with the computer when you buy it ?
It doesn't matter which has your system drive.
Like was said, install the SSD anywhere, and user SuperDuper to clone the existing system over. You'll want SuperDuper anyways in the future, so just buy it.
Never buy drives from Apple. Or RAM. Get them all from OWC after you buy the machine.
Like was said, install the SSD anywhere, and user SuperDuper to clone the existing system over. You'll want SuperDuper anyways in the future, so just buy it.
Never buy drives from Apple. Or RAM. Get them all from OWC after you buy the machine.
I tried the Lian Li one and works well if you want a nicer adapter than just having em hang out up their
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1015412/
also if buying none ssd's and you live in the usa buy western digital caviar blacks basically they have a killer RMA warranty program. 5 years you just need to ship the drive after you check the rma/warranty page at wd. the hdd is the receipt. If you are lucky they will die after 4 years and you will get a new one for shipping only.
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Right, I will buy my SSD drive from OWC. And possibly another 1TB.
The question is how would I set up my drives for back up - Currently I have the G5, which is about to be replaced with the new 6 core. I have the regular 230gb drive, plus an external 512gb drive, which both get backed up to a partitioned 2tb external drive. What should the new set up look like? and doesn't the main backup have to be larger than the sum of all the other drives? ugh...it's all a bit confusing to me.
Oh! I'll have to look up SuperDuper - i'm clueless. Currently using Retrospect to run the backups.
one option
your SSD boot in bay 1 or optical ?
your one that came with the mac pro 1TB WD black use for storage
your 2TB external use for time machine
having a clone of your boot is not a bad idea ? so depending on use of that original 230 gig HDD ? you could use that ? but make sure you have all your stuff off it first ?
then budget in some new HDD to replace it maybe in the near future ?
lots of options to setup
If I am moving the SSD to Bay 1 and the 1TB HDD that the MP comes with to Bay 2, do I install the drives where I want them and then use the System Discs to load the System onto the SSD...and then erase what's on the 1B HDD?
THEN, if I do a migration from my G5 to the new MP, doesn't the SSD have to be big enough to hold all the data in the Home folder during said migration? There's no way it will all fit on the 100gb SSD (which I'm definitely going to get) In other words, can I do a migration without having to put all the music, photos, etc that are in the Home folder on the SSD?
I know I can move the Home folder off the SSD and onto another drive, but doesn't that have to happen AFTER I migrate everything?
THEN, if I do a migration from my G5 to the new MP, doesn't the SSD have to be big enough to hold all the data in the Home folder during said migration? There's no way it will all fit on the 100gb SSD (which I'm definitely going to get) In other words, can I do a migration without having to put all the music, photos, etc that are in the Home folder on the SSD?
I know I can move the Home folder off the SSD and onto another drive, but doesn't that have to happen AFTER I migrate everything?
I love it............ $20 for a 10cent piece of plastic. It's doubly ironic given how people complain about the price of Apple products.
cheers
JohnG
I love it............ $20 for a 10cent piece of plastic. It's doubly ironic given how people complain about the price of Apple products.
cheers
JohnG
Really? You go with the whole "let's estimate the material cost of a product and claim that is the products worth, and then make a snide remark about how overpriced said product is, which actually only consists of a small monetary amount of physical product, ignoring R&D, manufacturing, fulfillment and shipping" chestnut?
I dont mind the migration tool to much ? but I think I would start from scratch this time around since you were on a G5 !
its a pain for sure but might be the best way start clean and go down the list of things to install etc.. so here is how I would do it !
I would migrate everything over to the disc that is included with the mac !
then install the OS on the SSD fresh and start installing the programs and such drag over whats needed ? or reboot to the migrated drive to export things ? maybe FTP bookmarks from a program or settings from a program ? and keep going till yo are done
then I would still keep that around a bit longer to make sure everything was over I needed !!!! also if you can keep the G5 around a bit till you know everything is off it you surely need !!!!!
think of it as spring cleaning
Thanks Honumaui.
So I would just use the System Discs that come with the MP to install the OS, correct?
Then how I do I get the Home to appear on the boot disc, WITHOUT the music and photos, etc. This may be more clear when I'm actually doing it, but right now I feel like it's going to be nuts to try to figure it all out for the first time.
Would it make sense to move all my music and photos to an external drive before I do anything and then reload them to the 1TB after everything is set up? Or does that just screw things up in the long run?
So I would just use the System Discs that come with the MP to install the OS, correct?
Then how I do I get the Home to appear on the boot disc, WITHOUT the music and photos, etc. This may be more clear when I'm actually doing it, but right now I feel like it's going to be nuts to try to figure it all out for the first time.
Would it make sense to move all my music and photos to an external drive before I do anything and then reload them to the 1TB after everything is set up? Or does that just screw things up in the long run?
Thanks Honumaui.
So I would just use the System Discs that come with the MP to install the OS, correct?
Then how I do I get the Home to appear on the boot disc, WITHOUT the music and photos, etc. This may be more clear when I'm actually doing it, but right now I feel like it's going to be nuts to try to figure it all out for the first time.
Would it make sense to move all my music and photos to an external drive before I do anything and then reload them to the 1TB after everything is set up? Or does that just screw things up in the long run?
you can move them all now
the idea is you boot into your 1TB
then work on your SSD
you can create sym links or alias links and put those in place of the music folders and such
so you take your data drive it has your music create a alias and drag that alias and call it the same as your music folder their now
so you want on your data drive
Music
Movies
Pictures
Documents
and have alias files to move over and replace the SSD ones
not sure if that makes sense their was a post on this
that might be more clear I dont write to well sadly its pretty straight forward though and the idea you do this on your SSD while booted up with your 1TB that comes with the machine makes it easier for the permission thing
Another question - when people are talking about moving everything but the
System and Apps off the boot drive, they are using the "Library" folder as part of that list - but there seem to be 3 different Library folders - 1 on the main HDD, 1 in the Home Folder, and one in the System Folder - none of them completely match each other in content.
What's what?
System and Apps off the boot drive, they are using the "Library" folder as part of that list - but there seem to be 3 different Library folders - 1 on the main HDD, 1 in the Home Folder, and one in the System Folder - none of them completely match each other in content.
What's what?
Another question - when people are talking about moving everything but the
System and Apps off the boot drive, they are using the "Library" folder as part of that list - but there seem to be 3 different Library folders - 1 on the main HDD, 1 in the Home Folder, and one in the System Folder - none of them completely match each other in content.
What's what?
they are moving the home folder
you know how your mac folder has a name ? and its under User when you look at your boot drive ? that whole folder some move off ?
you can do it that way also ? that library contains your mail folder ? me I like the snap that mail has on a SSD since I do a lot of emails its nice to gain the advantage of that SSD if you are throwing the money at it
I say just move a few folders not that whole user folder ? I could care less how fast my mac boots ? or really how long a ap launches in ? not a big deal but things daily like mail and ftp and a few other aps its nice to have that snapy speed feel