Is TRIM enabled on an 2011 15" MBP if I install an aftermarket SSD myself?

Anybody who uses an aftermarket SSD which is Trim enabled wants to know if Lion will support the use of TRIM.
Right now, Snow Leopard supports TRIM for Apple SSD products only.
I just installed Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2M160G2XXX 2.5" 160GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD). I would like to have TRIM.
We will just have to wait to see if Apple supports aftermarket SSD's in Lion.

Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2M160G2XXX 2.5" 160GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) is not presently supported for TRIM in Snow Leopard.

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If not, what are some great ssds that do garbage cleaning on the side?

J D Knight is right - it's enabled on Apple OEM SSDs. It is possible to enable it on non-OEM SSDs by hacking - see my blog here: http://www.markc.me.uk/MarkC/Blog/Entries/2011/4/17_Enabling_TRIM_on_OSX_for_any _SSD.html
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thank you

Firstly if you get 3 GB per second speed you will have broken all records to date I think. 3 Gb would be the best to hope for. Sorry, I just had to be my smartaxx self to get my day started.
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I have had trim enabled but it seems for better security Apple want it turned off in Yosemite

Hi I have a Macbook pro Early 2011 with 8gb of ram and a 126gb ssd and I have just upgraded to Yosemite. The first login to Yosemite I got a message saying Tim enabler was not active & then I realised that my version did not run on the latest version of OSX. A quick Google search I came across this article http://www.cindori.org/status-of-trim-enabler-in-yosemite/ could anyone give any advice on weather my sandisk SSD (ww.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-128-Inch-Internal-SDSSDP-128G-G25/dp/B007ZW2LY4/ref=sr _1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1413742364&sr=8-5&keywords=sandisk+ssd) will run ok without trim since I installed it, I have had trim enabled and it has been fine but it seems for better security apple want it turned off in Yosemite and I don't what the best thing to do is.
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Has anyone used Trim Enabler on SSD?

Hey, I have a Crucial 512GB SSD that I just installed and I'd like to enable TRIM. Has anyone here used Trim Enabler? I'm hesitant to use it until I get some positive feedback.
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A good way to reach you off post:
Hi Clinton, how are you? Still happy with your 900GBCrucial?
I see that you are on Mavericks: may be you allow me to make some comments about things that used to be good for MBP's:
Trim: we talke about that not so long ago.
Hibernatemode: we used to disable that on our MBP's because with SSD it serves nothing, and it saves a lot of large writes, and takes space; the sleepimage is/was as large as the amount of Ram. No longer in Mavericks: the sleepimage is only a bit less than 1.1GB not much to gain. BUT, even more interesting: when you set Hibernatemode to 0, there still is a sleepimage written , when you "touch" an empty locked sleepimagefile of zero bytes, instead a Swapfile is written of the same size as the sleepimage.
Conclusion, not effective to set hibernatemode to 0 and remove the sleepimage. Good, because want to mess as little as possible in the system files don't we (although it makes us feel a bit special).
greetings,
Lex

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I have a question about non-Apple SSD upgrade of MacBook Pro. I was planning to go and buy an SSD in a couple of days but I have coincidentally come up with a web page mentioning trim enabling to extend SSD life on MacBook Pros. Actually the article suggested that if trim is not enabled, the SSD performance degradation will start very quickly due to a high number of writing and deletion of data to the same location on the SSD. Apple's original SSDs are really expensive, I checked that. Is there anyone who upgraded with a non-Apple SSD and did not enable trim and realize the SSD performance degradation? Is there anyone who could easily enable trim and is using his Mac efficiently with a non-Apple SSD? I will be glad if you could share your experiences. I really want to improve the speed of my Mid 2012 13 inch MBP but I have to be sure before doing that. I am also planning to buy a Samsung Evo 840 250 GB SSD.
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Step 1
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Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem(s)?
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Step 2
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Hi All,
yesterday I made a big mistake. Following the Trim enabler developer page, in order to make the program to work, I used terminal in recovery mode to write this command lines:
"Recovering from stop sign on boot screen
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Step 4: Run this command:
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cd "/Volumes/Your Disk Name"
touch System/Library/Extensions
kextcache -prelinked-kernel System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/kernelcache -K System/Library/Kernels/kernel System/Library/Extensions
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I've tried to restore to default values using the following lines
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nvram -d boot-args
cd "/Volumes/Your Disk name"
rm -rf System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext
cp -r /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext
chown -R root:wheel System/Library/Extensions
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TechApple wrote:
...I finally settled for Adata. Now is that a good brand? Yes, I was thinking of updating to yosemite and not use TRIM enabler at all and I am sure it will work fine. But I have read a lot of articles which say not using TRIM enabler affects SSDs life & efficiency and slows down the system in long run. I am not an expert but definitely do a lot of online research and this is what I have learnt so far. Although I am not sure what is the difference in life of SSD between a TRIM enabled and TRIM disabled system.
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Hi guys,
My late 2011 17" MBP after having a server error on Mac Recovery, freezing, and being force shut off, now will not boot.
When you power it up, it chimes then goes to a blue screen, indefinitely.
It also will not eject the DVD in it's drive.
I've tried every key combination prior to startup or during startup to try and remedy this, and nothing.
It always boots with a chime then blue screen.
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Ejecting the disk:
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          Select the Recovery Partition.
Backup: Do you have a recent backup? If not I suggest you create one before proceeding. You might not need it but it is especially important to have a backup whenever your Mac is sick. Post back for instructions for an emergency backup, if needed.
Blue Screen:
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I understand you replaced the superdrive with your SSD so far right ?
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I think on some macs, the superdrive connection cant handle Sata3 devices properly, hence the errors you probably get. (that's the case with Early 2011 MacBook Pros i.e.)
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