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holdski

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Aug 9, 2010
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Hi all, I have installed macOS onto a crucial X9 pro SSD in an attempt to speed up my late 2015 Mac but the speeds are ridiculously slow, it seems slower than the internal HDD. I asked on here and was told it could possibly be the usb c to usb adapter that I am using as my Mac does not have usb c or thunderbolt ports.
Could anyone recommend an adapter that would improve my speeds please?
I will attach a pic of the speeds I am getting and the actual adapter I am using
Thanks
 

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It recognized at 5Gb/s so cable and adapter not problem it seem. This screenshot while booted from external?
 
Although the connection does seem fine, some additional thoughts:
- Did you try to plug in the cable into the adapter upside down? When I bought an X10 bundled with Crucial‘s own USB-C to USB-A adapter, I noticed a small pin so that the cable can only be plugged into the adapter in one specific orientation. May be irrelevant for your adapter as it says 5Gbps but doesn't hurt to test.
- Do you have access to a different computer where you can counter check the SSD is working fine with its current file format? Ideally with USB-C.
- While booted from the internal HDD, you could check the SSD with Disk Utility:
 
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If the solutions above don’t work, i would suggest a quality USB C to A cable.



Tripp Lite Cable
 
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You've posted this question in more than one place. Not recommended practice here at macrumors (or anywhere else, for that matter).

However, looking at the above info, I noticed this:
info.jpg

Seems to me that "MS DOS Fat 32" should NOT be there.

So... here's what I suggest:

First, print out these instructions and check the steps off as you go.
Do this, and I predict a very high probability of success.

You're going to have to "start over" from scratch, so HAVE A GOOD BACKUP NEARBY BEFORE YOU GO FURTHER.

Now, power down -- ALL THE WAY OFF.

REBOOT to INTERNET recovery:
Press and HOLD DOWN
Command-OPTION-R
...and KEEP HOLDING THEM DOWN while you press the power on button.

KEEP HOLDING THAT KEY COMBO DOWN.

Are you connected via ethernet?
Then the spinning globe will appear.
Let go of the keys.

If you are connecting via wifi, let go of the key combo when you're asked for your wifi password.

After the internet utilities are loaded, DON'T open the installer just yet.
Open DISK UTILITY.

VERY IMPORTANT STEP:
Go to the "view" menu and choose "show all devices".

Now look at "the list on the left".
You should see one or more listings that represent the X9 drive.
The item "at the top" is the physical drive, and the additional entries below it are the logical partitions/containers ON the drive.

We need to erase THE ENTIRE DRIVE, so click on the top line (again, for the X9, not for the Mac) and then click "erase".

Erase to "APFS, GUID partition format".
When the erase is complete (shouldn't take long), quit disk utility and open the OS installer.

Start clicking through. Make sure you designate the X9 as the "target" for the OS install.

The Mac will reboot several times, and the screen will go dark for a minute or more with no other indication of activity. Be patient.

When done, you should see the initial setup screen (choose your language).
CONNECT YOUR BACKUP DRIVE NOW.

Start clicking through.
When setup assistant asks if you wish to restore from another drive, "point the way" to your backup and give SA time to "digest things".

SA will present you with a list of stuff to migrate.
I suggest you just "migrate it all", and let SA do the job.

When done, you should see your old login screen.
So... log in and look around.

Final things:
Be sure to set the startup disk pref pane so the X9 is the new boot drive.

And... run your speedtests now.
Hopefully, they should be better -- with reads up around 420-430 or so.

Good luck and get back to us.
 
My apologies, I was desperate!
This looks like a god send for me buddy.
I will give this a try over the next few days and definitely let you know the results.
Just one thing I have done, I used the black magic speed checker and the SSD was getting speeds of around 400 so it’s not a faulty SSD
 
Seems to me that "MS DOS Fat 32" should NOT be there.
No, it must even be there.
That's the EFI partition disk2s1 of the APFS volume disk2s2 in OP's screenshot.

I am not saying that re-formatting is not worth a try to rule out any problems but if anyone goes through the steps you describe, it will look exactly like it does now again. Or by simply formatting the SSD via 'Disk Utility' as OP has a working operating system on the internal HDD of the iMac.

APFS.partitions.png
 
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Problem no 999. When I go to format the drive in only get the Apple File System options, no Mac extended journaled etc and no guid options.
I assumed all would be good and halfway through install I get a folder icon and it tells me to go to support.apple.com/mac/startup
This is getting hellish
 
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Problem no 999. When I go to format the drive in only get the Apple File System options, no Mac extended journaled etc and no guid options.
In Disk Utility, select menu View > Show All Devices.. then select the top most for your external SSD. Erase and format.
 
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