I have a Mid-2010 MBP with freshly installed ML GM on a freshly installed Samsung 830 SSD
I noticed TRIM is disabled, should it be enabled?
Advantages/disadvantages?
Thanks
Advantages:
1. The OS tells the SSD when to clean up blocks, this helps with the slow down of SSDs over time. This really the core idea behind TRIM.
2. Since you installed an 830. That is on of the best drives to enable TRIM on, since Apple uses 830 based drives as well.
Disadvantages:
1. Not directly supported by Apple on 3rd part devices, meaning you may need to re-enable after updates and OS upgrades.
2. Nobody to date has proven that it does not cause long term damage. The underlying assumption is that Apple is using the standard TRIM command that everyone uses and thus it can't harm anything. (This is a less of a concern given point 2 above).
Excellent response, just what I was looking for
Can you or anybody walk me through on how to enable TRIM?
Thanks
Download Trim Enabler and enable it through the application, then restart
Check in System Info to see if it's enabled.
Perfect, I installed it and I rebooted and I noticed right away the reboot was way quicker than what I was experiencing earlier today!!!
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Hartwig, since the Samsung 830 drive is a 7mm slim drive, does it need an adapter to fit in the MBP?
I have a Mid-2010 MBP with freshly installed ML GM on a freshly installed Samsung 830 SSD
I noticed TRIM is disabled, should it be enabled?
Advantages/disadvantages?
Thanks