Samsung Ssd 850 Evo 500gb For Mac
I want to upgrade my MacBook Pro with an SSD but i am wondering if it would be compatible with my computer. I've done a lot of research on the internet, to try and find out if i would be able to replace my current standard HDD with a Samsung EVO 850 SSD. I have no need to keep the data i currently have on my computer, since it is backed up in the cloud. I have come to the conclusion that i will need a boot for the harddrive, when it has been installed, and i will do so via a USB stick. I am pretty sure what to do in this part.
Next i would install the SSD into the computer, and here i don't know if it would actually physically fit in, but i am pretty sure it will. Then i would plug in the USB stick, with the boot on it, and then power on. I would then go into disk utility, clear the SSD, and then press install OS X and follow the onscreen instructions.
Would there be any issue with my plan? (would it work) Please tell me if theres is anything that could screw up what i wanted to do. I have based my plan on this tutorial: Thank you. TobioDK wrote: Thank you very much.
I assume that you mean i should format the SSD as Mac OS extended (journaled) upon installing it into the computer? Right and make sure the Partition Map Scheme is GUID. Your SSD may not be initialized and without a partition to install OS X so you have to do that after installing the SSD. And TRIM is something Apple uses for its SSDs.
You can Google TRIM to find out what it does compared or in addition to the Garbage Collection your Samsung comes with. If you do decide to enable it, beginning with 10.10.4 you can open Terminal and issue the sudo trimforce enable command without using any 3rd party trim enabler apps. TobioDK wrote: Thank you very much. I assume that you mean i should format the SSD as Mac OS extended (journaled) upon installing it into the computer?
Right and make sure the Partition Map Scheme is GUID. Your SSD may not be initialized and without a partition to install OS X so you have to do that after installing the SSD. And TRIM is something Apple uses for its SSDs. You can Google TRIM to find out what it does compared or in addition to the Garbage Collection your Samsung comes with. If you do decide to enable it, beginning with 10.10.4 you can open Terminal and issue the sudo trimforce enable command without using any 3rd party trim enabler apps.
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Samsung 850 Evo 500gb Ssd For Macbook Air 2012
Hi M.2 slots are tricky. The link you provided involves an M.2 PCIE 3x4 NVME drive. You have installed a SATA M.2 drive. Look at the M.2 slot on the motherboard. The M.2 slot is SATA only if the notch is on the left side of the slot when viewing from the direction the M.2 drive installs in the slot.
You will not be able it insert an NVME drive in this type slot. If the notch is located on the right side of the M.2 slot then the slot can support either a SATA M.2 drive or an NVME M.2 drive. But the UEFI BIOS has to provide support to use either a SATA M.2 drive or an NVME M.2 drive. You are installing a SATA type drive in the slot so this suggests the notch is on the right side because the person in your link successfully installed a PCIe 3x4 drive in his Lubin motherboard. I am sure HP provides a setting in the BIOS to enable the M.2 drive but it may be limited to an NVME type M.2 drive. You usually have to disable the first SATA port (SATA0 or SATA1) in the BIOS to enable the SATA device installed in an M.2 slot. This means you cannot have a SATA drive installed on SATA0 or SATA1 when using a SATA M.2 device.
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HP motherboards usually designate SATA0 as the first SATA port. Someone familiar with the BIOS on this motherboard should have the answer on support for both SATA and NVME.