Put SSD in new MBP and it's slower

Alright guys so this is something I've been trying to figure out but haven't had much luck. Previously I had a mid 2010 15" MBP that I put a crucial M4 SSD in. When I installed the SSD I was getting a read speed of 268 Mb/s and a write of 239 Mb/s. So yesterday I upgraded slightly to a late 2011 15" MBP and I pulled the SSD out of my old laptop and placed it in my new. I did completely wipe the SSD and reinstall yosemite. But when I run a speed test now my write is only 120 Mb/s and my read speed increased dramatically to 390 Mb/s as it should since this is sata 3 capable. My questions is why would the same SSD be slower in a newer laptop with better specs. Thanks for any help on this one!

If you run your car into a tree, do you expect the manufacturer to repair it for free? Using a MBP and drinking at the same time is hazardous multi-tasking. Don't do it.
Ciao.

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thx
Message was edited by: Frank Jacob

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Mixed SSD/HD here.
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Ive had a mac mini for about 3 years now and never had any problems with it. Ive been using Windows for about 18 years and really like it but can get a bit boring when you know it inside out.
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1. Mark for move
2. Copy the file/folder to the location where it has been pasted
3. On completion of the copy, delete the original file/folder
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Im also really missing Windows E for Windows Explorer, why Apple did not just use Mac F for finder and Ctrl F for find within an application??? I suppose it was just another case of wanting to be different and screw convenience/efficiency. The closest thing ive found is (fn ctrl F3) but its not guaranteed to always launch Finder, I guess the only option is to hack the OS again like before to get the move functionality.
Another question someone may be able to answer...
In IE if I type Apple in the address bar then press *Ctrl Enter*, it completes the address to http://www.apple.com . If I try the same in Safari replacing ctrl with Command it does complete the address but in a new tab. Actually, ctrl enter seems to complete most addresses but it seems like theres a web search in the middle? Will it always just add http://www. .com to the contents of the address bar? or is it searching for a closest match?
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/Rant

This is how I feel when I use my Mac:
http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/1 0/Slow-Computer-Collage1.jpg
Well today the MBP just gets even better, it was sleeping and I opened it up to do some work when I was greeted with a notice You need to restart, please hold down the power button..... i.e. Anything you were working on has just been lost. There must be something wrong with this machine?
Are these events from Console anything to be concerned about?
Feb 14 21:58:52 MacBook-Pro KernelEventAgent[38]: tid 00000000 received event(s) VQ_DEAD (32)
Feb 14 21:59:47: --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Feb 14 21:59:46 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:4.712317, # of Inserts: 7, # of bytes written: 307093, Did shrink: NO
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Feb 14 22:00:26 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:3.395219, # of Inserts: 5, # of bytes written: 11137, Did shrink: NO
Feb 14 22:00:41 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:4.161092, # of Inserts: 3, # of bytes written: 567451, Did shrink: NO
Feb 14 22:00:50 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:3.533573, # of Inserts: 38, # of bytes written: 247035, Did shrink: NO
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Feb 14 22:05:36 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:24.416692, # of Inserts: 0, # of bytes written: 0, Did shrink: YES
Feb 14 22:06:01 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:24.999482, # of Inserts: 1, # of bytes written: 17022, Did shrink: YES
Feb 14 22:06:21 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:20.236561, # of Inserts: 0, # of bytes written: 0, Did shrink: YES
Feb 14 22:06:43 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:21.189691, # of Inserts: 11, # of bytes written: 159536, Did shrink: YES
Feb 14 22:06:57 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:14.442057, # of Inserts: 0, # of bytes written: 0, Did shrink: YES
Feb 14 22:21:56 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:4.502820, # of Inserts: 0, # of bytes written: 0, Did shrink: YES
Feb 14 22:25:07 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:10.774557, # of Inserts: 0, # of bytes written: 0, Did shrink: YES
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@eww
I continue to use Windows on a daily basis, I am a system administrator for a Windows environment for 1200 users. I would like to get to know Apple's operating system better, I find your comment unhelpful and immature.
@Baumkartoffel
*• If a fully downloaded video playing in Safari is stalling, what would the DSL speed and 802.11g signal have to do with it, since it has been fully downloaded? Have you considered playing videos in a dedicated video player such as VLC (or even iTunes)?*
Video content on youtube is flash based, I dont think VLC or iTunes is capable of playing flash content, this is something I expect of any browser (with a flash plugin of course). The reason I mentioned the speed of the DSL and wireless signal was just in case some Johnny know it all came along and tried to say that maybe that was the issue. Flash video content fails to play smoothly if I wait for it to finish downloading or if I try to play it without waiting. I wouldn't be surprised if someone tries to make out that the problem is Adobe's flash plugin rather than Apple's Browser/OS/Hardware even though the plugins work without issue on a number of operating systems in different browsers. It was 802.11N btw, not 802.11g.
*• Where did you read that a filled Mac partition can have a serious impact on performance? Did that source give any further information, such as how full the partition need be to affect performance — 80%? 90%? 95%? 99.44%?*
http://guides.macrumors.com/EnhancingPerformance_of_yourMac
http://macs.about.com/od/usingyourmac/qt/Mac-Performance-Tips-Keep-Plenty-Of-Fre e-Disk-Space.htm
http://www.cultofmac.com/why-is-my-mac-running-so-slow-macrx/62124
It seems as though all of these articles are referring to the drive being in a state where there is not enough space for the swap file and temporary files generated by the OS which I would expect to cause a problem. It was more when I was looking into the use of a SSD in the Mac that I was coming across information to indicate that the Mac may slow down by adding more files to it, this could be plausible through indexing or something else. From your experience of Macs, do you think this is the case?
*• What sort of performance are you looking to improve? You’d mentioned video playback; in which other areas would you like to see performance improvements?*
Switching between applications, opening applications, selecting a different tab within a browser, etc..
An example of slowness, when opening this page (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=676966) in the fourth tab of Safari it took more than 3 minutes to open.
*• If you were unhappy with the lack of a biometric scanner or eSATA, why did you buy the MacBook Pro? The MacBook Pro technical specification page on the Apple website clearly shows the 15″ MacBook Pro as weighing 2.54 kg; if that “tonnage” is too heavy a burden, again, why did you buy it?*
I can read the technical specifications. I bought the machine purely for no nonsense performance which it is failing to deliver. My point is that these are standard issue on the majority of laptops these days and for the price point that the MBP is at, I think its poor that it does not have these features. More money for less tech. I could accept the absence of these items if the machine was fast at the basics but it is not.
*• Apple has had its own set of keyboard shortcuts for many years. Try searching for "mac os x" keyboard shortcuts at your favourite search site to discover equivalents to your preferred Windows shortcuts. One can even customise the shortcuts by opening System Preferences and selecting Keyboard, then Keyboard Shortcuts.*
There is no direct key combination to open Finder by default in OS X. The only way to do it without third party tools that I have come across is:
There actually is a way to do this without 3rd party software. See below
I. Create a service
1) Open "Automator" - (Search for it in spotlight if you don't know where it is)
2) Double-Click on the "Service" button to create a new Service.
3) From the "Library" menu on the left hand side, click "Utilities"
4) From the list of Utilities, double-click "Run AppleScript"
5) In the main area, there should be a window that says "Run AppleScript". Above it, choose "No Input" next to "Service receives selected"
6) In the "Run AppleScript" window, replace (* Your script goes here *) with tell application "Finder" to activate
7) Click File --> Save As... and save it as "Finder Activation"
II. Create a Keyboard shortcut for the service
1) Open system preferences
2) Click "Keyboard"
3) Select "Services" from the left hand pane
4) In the right hand pane, Scroll down to the bottom. Under "General", there should be "Finder Activation".
5) Ensure "Finder Activation" is checked
6) Assign a Keyboard shortcut by clicking near the right side of the "Finder Activation" selection. The trick is to assign a shortcut that is not used by any of your favorite applications, since application-level keyboard shortcuts will override this.
Seems like a lot of hassle just to get a keyboard shortcut to open the default file browser.
*• If someone who was accustomed to using OS X chose to buy a Windows computer, would it be equally valid for that person to note that Microsoft chose to do things differently in Windows purely for the sake of being different from Apple, and that Microsoft had failed to consider convenience/efficiency for a person who was accustomed to OS X?*
Efficiency is not a matter of opinion, its a matter of fact. If it takes more keys/actions (ultimately time) to perform the same task in OSX than it does in another operating system, that makes OSX less efficient.
Take for example my last point of opening Finder:
The most efficient way I have found so far is to press *fn control F3* then press Enter
An alternative is to press *Command Tab* until you get to Finder, then press *command N*
In Windows, its just simply *Windows E*
When I say Apple is doing things for the sake of being different, Microsoft puts its minimise, maximise/restore and close buttons on the top right of its windows, Apple puts their Close, Minimize and maximize buttons on the top left of their windows. Ctrl C, Ctrl X, Ctrl V..... Command C, Command X, Command V. To be honest you may be right, im only seeing things from one perspective, someone coming from Mac to Microsoft may feel the same way.
*• I can’t answer your Safari address completion question, as I don’t regularly use Safari — my first choice is Firefox on OS X, Windows, and beyond, and I turn off address completion in Firefox. Maybe I’m a Luddite at heart. ;)
Luddite
•any opponent of technological progress
•one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
Just dont make my MBP any worse than it already is
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Problem Installing SSD in new MBP

Hi, I thought this was gonna be easy: installing a new Samsung 128GB SSD in the optical CD/DVD drive of my new 13" MBP. How wrong I was. I thought the H/W bit would be tough, but the S/W got me instead. What I did:
I left the original HDD (500GB) in the bay & put the Hardwrk's Adapter (& SSD) in the CD/DVD slot - tricky but no real problem.
Rebooted & installed CCC, used DU to format the SSD as a Single GUID partition with MAC OS (Journaled) format - seemed OK.
Used CCC to clone Everything on the old drive to the new one, again said OK. Checked the SSD in DU, repaired permissions, etc.
Reboot, Option key, boot from SSD - here's where things start going wrong. Takes 30s to boot, so cannot be an SSD :-(
In DU the original HDD is still root "/" mount point, so the reboot failed and it reverted back to the SSD.
Tried taking out the HDD & boot only from SSD - Mac fails to properly boot. Reset.
Considered that it might be a CCC problem, or maybe a DU error in formatting, so today:
Booted from MAC OS X ML Recovery USB stick, redid the partition step, but did not reformat the drive.
Reinstall ML fresh, was taking too long (c.90m) so I left it running, will check at lunch time...
Have checked here & on the net, and I do not seem to be doing anything wrong, this usually works for most people - any ideas?
I could try putting the SSD in the HDD bay, but it should work from the 6MB optical bay in a new MBP?
Any thoughts on what went wrong or what I could do to fix this would be most appreciated...

Yes, I thought of that (I was prepared). :-) So I put the new Samsung SSD in my PC to check the firmware version first (as you can't do this on a Mac), which was up-to-date, so nothing to do there. I hope this did not cause a problem with the disc (which I am beginning to suspect - ironic because I chose this disc for Mac compatability), as I set it to GUID partition on the PC ready for speed testing (which I then could not do).
Update: the OS re-install from the USB key failed, did not even look like a working drive this time (single folder red warning icon on it), and didn't come up properly on the Option Reboot list. Based on the above I went into the Recovery Partition from the HDD & did another reinstall from there. This time I changed the partition type to something else (Mac), then back to GUID single & reformatted it, Mac OS (J). It is busy doing the OS install, c.90m again, so will check tonight, but do not hold out much hope...
Only option I can see now is a H/W problem with the CD/DVD drive adapter, so will try one last time by removing this & swapping the SSD for the HDD then reinstall OS direct from USB key.
Should this fail I am all out of options, as the SSD is useless as a 2nd disk or external from the MBP. Only option would be to try to clone the OCZ Vertex III 120GB SSD in the PC onto the Samsung, use this in W7, and swap the OCZ into the Mac? Or just give up & sell it on ebay. :-(
PS: On reading other posts on (Smasung) SSD replacement for MBP HDD, I should note that I did NOT copy the Recovery partiton from the old HDD to the new drive, figuring the old disc would still be in the machine (as a data volume), so I could save a little space on the SSD itself, I was told this would not be a problem, any thoughts?

New MBP and 23" ACD problem

Here's my situation: when I'm at home I use my MBP with an 23" ACD (alu) and keep the MBP screen closed. I used this combo for over 6 months with a 15" MBP 2ghz core duo with absolutely no problems, including taking the MBP with me and using it by itself. I've now replaced my original MBP with the new 15" core2 duo 2.33 glossy. When I boot up in the morning I get 23" ACD flashing to a solid blue and then back to the regular screen about every 4 seconds until the system hangs. After rebooting a couple of times the problem seems to go away.
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If you want the MBP internal LCD to shut off while using the external display, just utilize clamshell mode. Plug in an external mouse, keyboard and LCD. Close the lid and put the machine to sleep. Wake the machine by either clicking the mouse or pressing a key on keyboard. This will wake your machine and make the external display your main monitor. You can now open the lid of the MBP to allow the heat to escape.
Also, right now I leave the lid open while the two
are connected. I'd like to leave the lid open while
running the machine to allow for heat venting comming
off of the keyboard. But even with the brightness
turned all the way down on the background image, the
image is still faintly displayed. Do you know how I
might bring it to a full off mode?

Thinking about buying new mbp and have a 2009 mbp

would I be able to just simply get the non ssd model and then take the ssd out of my old one put it into the new one and it should just work? I don't like the idea of backing everything up, taking my ssd out of the old one putting it in the new one then reformatting it doing a clean install and then restoring from time machine.

I think the OP doesn't want to move stuff from the old drive to the new drive; quite the opposite. They want the old drive (the SSD) in the new Mac (which they would get with a regular drive, to be replaced).
It's possible to move things to the old drive but will require some drive and file shuffling. I think what might work would be to take the old drive out, and put it into the newer machine, but don't start the new machine normally. Start up from the software installer resource (do they still provide these on discs?) and install the newer OS version over the old version on the old drive. I think that will work, but make sure you have a backup first.

Config. a New MBP and Wanting Some Advice.

(I apologize for the spelling errors ahead of time, but I need to hit the sack. However, I wanted to get this out since I do need to make a final decision on the new MBP early am. Getting feedback, other people's experiences, pointing out my crazy way of thinking, etc. all help me.)
Hello-
I am configuring a new 17" MBP. I have a ton of questions mostly because I stopped updating the OS at Tiger 10.4.11. Due to being accepted into a grad.school of architecture, panning, and preservation earlier than I thought, I will not be able to do what I was planning. that was learning Leopard on a friend's computer while taking what I thought was my last upper division course and having the basics of that OS, and having SL on the new 17" MPB for school. which I am now starting 4 months before I thought.
I stopped at the Tiger version because Macs were real hard for me to learn and I am still probably way behind what most kids can do. (Oh, just out of the blue, what does it mean when Apple uses OS X a lot? (Are all of the Operating Systems OS X or how does that work?)
Any feeling on skipping over Leopard and getting a Mac with SL installed, if indeed that is what they are now doing.
I could go of on some more technical questions but I am going to not make this too long and ask m last question about the iPods. When they fist came out, I tried one and I broke it. it told me to install this software on the Pod but it already had it installed on it and I could not get it to work after that. The second time, I was exercising with it and I guess the jogging on the treadmill was too hard on the hard drive and it was out flat and cold as ice.
So, I just switched t my old FM Sony and used that but I would like to get an iPod with the new Mac and hopefully use it with iTunes to download the thousands of songs I have purchased o iTunes onto the iPod. Any suggestions on how to learn using it? I am sure it is simple for most of you and you guys are laughing at me, but am serious, there has got to be another person out there, who did not grasp how to use it like the rest of the world.
Also, I have never understood why Apple does not come with a practical Owner's Manual? Every time I look up something it is not there or has such little written about that are, it does me no good. I have heard about the Missing manuals and that they have one coming out for th iPods.
any recommendation on an iPod for a beginner? Not something too large but comfortable, holds up to a clumsy big person, like I hope my MacBook Pro will. What is the name of the one you recommend and anything else as far as ear plugs or security straps that will help me keep it intact for awhile? Any resources that yo know of that is a good resource? Any on here in a section some people have sent me to but I cannot seem to find the Article section in the Apple Support area but I know there are a lot of good articles on how to do a lot of stuff somewhere. maybe it is not as organized as I assumed it was. it seems so good, I wold even like to have it on hard copy here at my desk, but probably copyright problems there.
thanks for any recommendations and accessories for the iPod. I do not really have thousands and thousands of music I would like to download into m iPod.
I'll sneak one last one in here, are the Macs with 2 graphics architecture really something that is needed, or maybe I do not understand how the 2 that are used-NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics processors used all the time when needed (which is determined by the software like games, architecture apps, etc.? I know in my are I will need this for sure but I just do not understand it like I should. I will read up on it but if anybody has any "bits and pieces" that could help me understand why the average "Joe" would get a notebook with this intense graphic ability, I just do not understand.
I also understand that you can turn them on and off or use one or two, but is this something the user can do or the notebook does? I was also wondering if these intense graphic cards draw from their own dedicated power or what? Is this e of the reasons why the new MBP give one the ability to put up to 8 GB of pretty intense RAM in this machine.
the 13 MBP does not have both graphic cards, right? But it will take up to 8 GB of RAM. I am not getting something or my technology skills need to be worked on.
The mini display port which seems like most notebooks are installing now, allows for pure digital connection to external displays. Can somebody give me a few examples of what this would be? Are they talking about larger displays that work off of the notebook but sit o your desk or can be used to watch a movie? I am not familiar with the term "pure digital.
OK, thanks a ton. Sorry again if it is not clear but I need to it the sack. I really appreciate being able to come to a place like this and get some pro help.
BTW, if anybody has come across some rude or strange posts using this Profile Name, I have been having trouble with my 2 sons doing this stuff. I have a rule that all computers are open to anybody as long as they ask if they can use it and do not snoop around looking for personal stuff. One of them found this site and ...well, long story but I am trying to deal with it like my family deals with problems like this--not the typical way most families will deal with this, but I know it will stop now.

You can't edit a post after anyone else has responded to it, and you can't ever completely delete it — but during the short time it's available for editing (30 minutes or so, if no one has responded), you can delete all the text from it.
Maybe you could try prioritizing your questions, so folks here will know which ones are most important to you and focus on those first?

New MBP and sony

i have a sony dsc-t77 (pink) camera that i purchased in janurary. i tried using a card reader to get photos off the memory stick duo and my new MBP doesn't even recognize that there is something plugged in. when i put an SD card into the reader, it works just fine but refuses to even recognize the sony MS. i tried another card reader and got the same result, no ability to read the card. then i dug out my camera cable and plugged it in and nothing...the latest on the sony webpage says OS 10.4 and i have the latest OSX 10.7. does anybody know of any way to get the pictures off this camera? i hate to have to buy another one and waste the $400 i spent in january but i guess i will have to go back to canon (and the sd card format) if i can't get this computer to read the sony MS duo. please help, i really want this to work. any ideas??? i am looking at getting the griffin simple-dock thingy that has card readers built in but wonder if this would work plugged into my time capsule and not the computer. its so worth if it if i can plug it into my TC and just put the MS duo in to that when i need to transfer pictures.

thank you for the response, i think i actually solved my own problem accdidently. it was apparently operator error as i didn't know that i had to turn the camera on once it was plugged into the computer. once i did this it worked fine and i could import pictures into iphoto. since i have always used a card reader with all of my cameras in the past, i have never needed to plug the camera into the computer directly.
i still can't get the card readers to work, but i guess i don't need to since i have the ability to plug the camera in. now all i need to figure out is how to put the files onto my time capsule so they will be backed up.

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