Trim Enabled... but how do I ACTUALLY Trim?

[RJCP]

Doubtful. The drives already support the TRIM command and it is Apple that has chosen not to enable it for whatever reason.

Sometimes "it just doesn't work!"

 

[hwojtek]

It should be noted that the link above is for Snow Leopard. Snow Leopard and Lion have different requirements for TRIM. It may make Lion unbootable.

I say BS. Have numerous Macs with Lion and various SSDs, all of them work flawlessly.
And by the way - the crucial .kext is identical in X.6.8 and in Lion.

 

[xraydoc]

I put an OCZ 120GB SSD (uses a SandForce controller) in my wife's 2008 MacBook, did a clean install of Lion then activated Trim support with the enabler. Moved over her apps and documents, then (a day later - forgot to do it first) activated FileVault whole disk encryption.

One week so far with substantial daily use and no problems. She's actually quite pleased with the machine.

 

[BiggAW]

So basically TRIM is useless now since Sandforce controllers have it built in??? Honestly, I don't even think not having TRIM or GC would slow things down that much, as seeking is the big issue, not read/write speeds.

EDIT: To clarify, SSD's don't seek, and that's the primary reason why they are so fast as compared to hard drives, not that they have high sustained data rates (although they do have very fast sustained data rates as well).