Hey guys,
I've just wasted 2.5 days with this:
- I've had Yosemtie running fine on my Early-2011 MacBook Pro (upgraded 8GB RAM) but my HDD started to fail so I've bought an SSD.
- First one was Sandisk Ultra II 240GB but I've had massive lag problems (including super-long installation, a lot of beach balls etc.) so I've changed it for Crucial MX100 256GB SSD.
- Installation went super fast (i.e. under one hour) it has booted up for the first time just as it should and the write / read speeds were at 320 / 500 so just as advertised
- When I rebooted the system it froze on the Apple logo and the progress bar at about 50% - I've waited about 4 hours to no avail.
- I've done all the magic suggested on various forums (resetting PRAM, validating HDD, dealing with Printers after trying to use cloned version, etc.) - nothing.
- Yosemite boots fine from USB but it rarely (maybe once in a 20) from SATA - I thought it's down to crappy SATA cable but after using Time Capsule and restoring last version of Mavericks I've had it works and boots OK (bit slow for an SSD but I can live with that, it's few times faster than my HDD anyway).
So... what the **** Apple? I've seen that lots of people had similar issues with the boot freezing at 50%, doing all the voodoo stuff with no effect. Oh, weirdly - it still boots fine from the HDD that's soon to give up the ghost.
Any suggestions lads?
I've just wasted 2.5 days with this:
- I've had Yosemtie running fine on my Early-2011 MacBook Pro (upgraded 8GB RAM) but my HDD started to fail so I've bought an SSD.
- First one was Sandisk Ultra II 240GB but I've had massive lag problems (including super-long installation, a lot of beach balls etc.) so I've changed it for Crucial MX100 256GB SSD.
- Installation went super fast (i.e. under one hour) it has booted up for the first time just as it should and the write / read speeds were at 320 / 500 so just as advertised
- When I rebooted the system it froze on the Apple logo and the progress bar at about 50% - I've waited about 4 hours to no avail.
- I've done all the magic suggested on various forums (resetting PRAM, validating HDD, dealing with Printers after trying to use cloned version, etc.) - nothing.
- Yosemite boots fine from USB but it rarely (maybe once in a 20) from SATA - I thought it's down to crappy SATA cable but after using Time Capsule and restoring last version of Mavericks I've had it works and boots OK (bit slow for an SSD but I can live with that, it's few times faster than my HDD anyway).
So... what the **** Apple? I've seen that lots of people had similar issues with the boot freezing at 50%, doing all the voodoo stuff with no effect. Oh, weirdly - it still boots fine from the HDD that's soon to give up the ghost.
Any suggestions lads?