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Resolved trim a new rMBP SSD before use?

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mlts22

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On some laptops, if one is reinstalling the OS, or installing for the first time, it is wise to boot up a Linux distribution and run blkdiscard on the internal SSD. This fires off a TRIM on every accessible sector of the drive, which is good in the long run.

For a new early 2015 13" rMBP, is this something that would be needed, or does the OS X TRIM support, as well as the drive controller's background GC task take care of this adequately?
 
OS X will handle this automatically if it's the factory SSD from Apple, so you don,t have to do anything.
 
TRIM is only recommended for third-party drives. The Apple SSDs are self maintaining.
 
I should have been clearer. For a new rMBP, would it be beneficial to boot OS media like a Linux CD, TRIM the onboard SSD completely (which in effect blanks the entire thing including the recovery partition), then reinstall the OS and entire recovery?
 
mlts22 said:
I should have been clearer. For a new rMBP, would it be beneficial to boot OS media like a Linux CD, TRIM the onboard SSD completely (which in effect blanks the entire thing including the recovery partition), then reinstall the OS and entire recovery?
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No. I understand where you are coming from, but with a new drive like this, I don't see how it would be of any benefit. What you are describing may be of some benefit on and older drive that had written to quite a bit without TRIM active though.
 
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mlts22 said:
I should have been clearer. For a new rMBP, would it be beneficial to boot OS media like a Linux CD, TRIM the onboard SSD completely (which in effect blanks the entire thing including the recovery partition), then reinstall the OS and entire recovery?
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No it's a new rMBP the SSD has just had the OS added and thats it, there is nothing to clean up.
 
mlts22 said:
I should have been clearer. For a new rMBP, would it be beneficial to boot OS media like a Linux CD, TRIM the onboard SSD completely (which in effect blanks the entire thing including the recovery partition), then reinstall the OS and entire recovery?
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There is absolutely nothing to be gained by doing this, and you'll needlessly rack up some P/E cycles doing this.

Being that it's the factory-supplied SSD we're talking about here, all you should really do is let the OS do its job and stop worrying about it.
 
Thank you. I always have a habit of wiping drives thoroughly (and doing a blkdiscard on the entire SSD) before use. Looks like this isn't needed with this type of machine.
 
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