Macbook Pro Storage Options

What is the difference between:
Serial ATA Drive, Solid State Drive and Flash Storage?
750GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm AND 750GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm
Lastly, what is 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM on a Macbook Pro with Retina Display?
Thanks.

yaz07 wrote:
What is the difference between:
Serial ATA Drive, Solid State Drive and Flash Storage?
"Serial ATA" refers to the type of connector interface between the drive and the machine, doesn't matter if it's a SSD or a hard drive.
Otherwise known as SATA, there are progressive improvements to it's speed. SATA 1, 2 and currently new machines 3 at 6gb/s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA
Solid State Drive means a drive with no moving parts, unlike hard drives which have moving parts.
Solid State Drives are shock resistant, unlike hard drives which are not, and perform faster than hard drives, however they are very expensive in large sizes, cant' be securely erased and have limited write capability.
Most users should have at least 500GB of storage on their boot drives, 750GB-1TB if they are video media consumers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_State_Drive
Flash Storage is a type of Solid State Drive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory
750GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm AND 750GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm
750GB refers to the amount of data the hard drive can hold, the 5,400 RPM is the rotation speed of the magnetic platters
The 750GB 7,200 RPM drive will perform better than the 5,400 RPM drive, however it might slightly lower the battery life of a portable machine, if your laptop will be used on power cord most of the time, then it's a non-issue really.
Hard drives can be securely erased, don't wear out like SSD's do and are a lot more economical in larger sizes, however the machine can't be moved while it's in operation or the heads will strike the platters and ruin data.
The best all around option for most laptop users is the 7,200 RPM 750GB drive as it will give better read performance and large storage with the ability to scrub the drive of unwanted data.
How do I securely delete data from the machine?

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sassycuna wrote:
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My macbook pro (version 10.7.5) is almost completely full and as it keeps reminding me my startup disk is full which causes everything to run painfully slow at times. I am very keen to clean up and so need to know what is taking up the most space, however when I try and view my storage use in 'about my mac' it shows; audio - zero KB, movies -zero KB, photos- zero KB, apps - zero KB, backups - zero KB and then 'Other' is shown to use 318.75 GB. it is very annoying because i need to figure out what to delete.
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9 Gb - Movies
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6 Gb - Apps
0 Gb - Backup
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SK

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Hi Gary, I may have a simple solution for you, and hope it's not too late.
Try to uninstall AppTrap !
I have a MacBook Pro 15" with 16GB RAM and two SSD in it. So it can't be slow But recently I saw that my CPU was hot (70-75°C) and fans were spinning even with all apps closed. Same problem with the battery shorter than ever. In Activity Monitor I saw that AppTrap (that you have too) was taking 2,88GB of my RAM… So I disabled it on the pref panel and uncheck launch at start, and I quitted it in the activity monitor. My CPU becomes cool again (40°C) and fans stopped instantly.
I really hope this will help you !

Upgrading macbook pro storage

I am probably going to buy a MacBook Pro with Retina. I'm probably only going to get the 256GB SSD, because $500 more to upgrade to 512GB seems too much. I know that I won't be able to upgrade the SSD myself later, but what I'm wondering is, if I do need more storage, can I can pay Apple later to upgrade the storage for me? I have heard about people doing this through the Apple factory but I don't know if it's true. Or would I be stuck with the 256GB indefinitely unless I went with a 3rd party seller?

You're stuck with the 256GB that your Retina came with....
In the future - it might be possible to upgrade the flash storage since it's attached via daughter card....
at this time however, it is non upgradeable.....
taking it to Apple for upgrading it to a larger one isn't possible at this time once you buy it...
good luck..

Quant je fait une modification à une option (par exemple cocher ou décocher des options) quand je redémarre mon Macbook Pro les options que j'ai coché/décocher sont initialisées

Salut tout le monde,j'ai un MacBook Pro 13"3 2,3 ghz core i5,
quant je fait une modification à une option (par exemple cocher ou décocher des cases dans les options de système) quand je redémarre mon Mac,les options que j'ai coché/décoché sont initialisées (par défaut)
Merci d'avance
amicalement

Merci jmlevy de te pencher sur mon problème.
Voilà une photo de mon panneau page :
Puis une autre d'une page qui ne ressemble plus à rien après changement de pagination:
Voici une ancienne page 28 devenue page 29. Fantastique, non ?
On peut voir :
Que mes blocs sont décalés par rapport à la maquette
que le bloc noir de la page 28 déborde sur la page 29.
Que mon bloc de texte est perturbé par l'ajout sous-jacent d'une page de maquette
que ma pagination a conservé les attributs d'une page pair (numérotation à gauche) alors qu'elle est passée impaire.
J'aurai considéré comme normal que mon ancienne p.28 se soit déplacée en page impaire avec le bloc texte bien placé ET avec les attributs de page (liés au gabarit, tels que pagination, filets, bas de page roulants) modifiés automatiquement. Or il n'en est rien.
Tu me demandais des éclaircissements par rapport à "J'importe mes gabarits dans le document au fur et à mesure de la construction du livre et je libère les éléments de gabarit afin de pouvoir couler le texte et disposer l'icono. Lorsque c'est fait, je ne retourne pas dans le mode page d'InDesign. J'attaque la page suivante." Voici, plus en détails ce que je fais au moment où je monte une nouvelle page. Mes gabarits ont été préparé en amont.
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je libère les éléments de gabarits pour pouvoir couler le texte et disposer les images.
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Est-ce que c'est à l'étape 3 que je me plante ?
Est-ce qu'il y aurait d'autres explications à ce malheureux schmilblick ?
Merci d'avance.

New MacBook Pro - Storage in "About this Mac"

I just got a new MacBook Pro (256 GB storage) and set it up as a new computer (rather than migrating from previous computer). I am curious about the amounts showing up in the Storage tab of About this Mac. Here's my current allocation:
Apps: 11 GB
Other: 7 GB
Audio: 1 GB
Photos: 900 MB
Movies: 400 MB
I'm most interested in Audio, Photos and Movies since I haven't added any to the device nor have I synced with iCloud. Perhaps they are files that are pre-loaded on the OS?
Does this look normal for a right out-of-the box MacBook Pro?

Parts of OS X.

Macbook Pro repair options?

My MacBook pro is not loading in and is stuck on the loading screen with the loading icon just spinning with nothing happening. It's slow. It doesnt make the usual noise when starting up. Sometimes it takes FOREVER to load and apps are quitting unexpectedly. I have no apple care or applecare plus and my Pro was purchased in August 2011. I heard something about consumer rights laws. What should I do?

How about just getting a free consult on what the problem may be, if you want to make an informed decision?
Genius reservation http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
check warranty https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do

Macbook Pro storage filled completely by other

I've been getting the message that my Start Up Disk Is Full. So I went to About This Mac > More Info > Storage and noticed the following:
How is the possible I know I only have about 200GB of information on this computer?
How do I fix this?
Im running Mac OS X Lion software.

“Other” Storage
A commonly asked question is what is included in the "Other” storage category reported in the About This Mac Storage display. Other includes everything that is not audio, movies, photos, apps and backups. In other words it includes the OS, mail, documents... See http://pondini.org/OSX/LionStorage.html and What is "Other" and What Can I Do About It? and Apple Support Communities https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142
Recovering Disk Space
If you have less than 10 GB you definitely need to delete or offload some files or purchase a lager disk or SSD (see below). You may want to maintain at least 20 GB of free space so when your disk starts filling again it will have some room before it hits that 10 GB mark again. More headroom is better. If you let the space fall much below 9 GB you might not be able to boot your machine.
Initial easy steps to gain disk space:
- Delete all files in the Downloads folder.
Empty the Trash.
- Start iPhoto.
Empty its trash.
Restart.
- Restart in Safe Mode:
Restart the computer.
As soon as you hear the chime press and hold down the right shift key.
Be patient. Hold it down until you see the Apple icon.
Empty the trash.
Restart in normal mode.
- Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.
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    Select "Library" from the drop down menu.
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- Empty the Trash.
- Restart.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409
Backup:
Run a Time Machine (or other) backup since you are about to delete and move files and you may need to recover from any inadvertent mistakes or decisions. You will need one external hard drive for your Time Machine (or other) backup and a second if you plan to offload some files. (See suggestions for where to purchase hard drives at the end of this message.)
For more about backups:
Time Machine Basics: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
Most commonly used backup methods:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3045
Methodology to protect your data. Backups vs. Archives. Long-term data protection:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6031
Deleting files:
Then use the free application OmniDiskSweeper http://www.omnigroup.com/more to explore your volume in descending order by size so you can attack the problem from the top down, deleting the largest unwanted files first. Delete with caution and do not delete any system files. Do not rely on restoring files from Time Machine; delete only those files you never want to see again. Remember to empty the trash after trashing the files.
Additional references on freeing disk space:
http://pondini.org/OSX/DiskSpace.html
http://www.macmaps.com/diskfull.html
Offloading files:
Consider moving some of the no-often-used large files or directories to an external disk. Use ODS again to find them. As noted above this will be at least your second hard drive. Your first one(s) is/are for your Time Machine (or other) backup(s). Do not offload files onto a Time Machine disk.
Format the second drive as Mac OS Extended (journaled). Using OWS to find large files/folders and copy them from the system drive to the external hard drive and delete them from your internal drive.
Then  > System Preferences > Time Machine > Options… > Remove the offload HD name from the exclusions list.
Now both your system disk and your external offload disk will be backed up onto your Time Machine disk.
From: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/freeingspace.html
To move your iTunes Music folder to another disk or partition:
To change the location of your iTunes Music folder, carefully follow the instructions in the AppleCare® Knowledge Base document "iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Music folder."Additional information can be found in iTunes Help.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.thexlab.com/105/ 00000849.html
Laptop users may want to consider having two iTunes libraries: a small library of current favorites on their computer, while their complete library resides on an external hard drive. Utilities like iTunes Library Manager enable you to easily have multiple iTunes libraries you can use with your account. https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7689/itunes-library-manager
To move your iPhoto Library folder to another disk or partition:
To move the iPhoto Library folder to a new location, employ the instructions in the AppleCare Knowledge Base document from http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2506 corresponding to the version of iPhoto you are using. Additional information can be found in iPhoto Help.
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https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/12175/iphoto-buddy
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7158/iphoto-library-manager
Hardware — Bigger disk/SSD:
If your system has upgradeable storage then if you are still tight on disk space consider larger storage. If you have a disk consider replacing it with a one TB disk. Check out an upgrade to an SSD-Hybrid disk. Google "Seagate 1TB Solid State Hybrid Drive SATA 6Gbps 64MB Cache 2.5-Inch". If you have an SSD consider increasing its capacity to 240 or 480 GB. A standard 240 GB SSD would cost from $200 to $280. See OWC and Crucial: http://www.crucial.com/ for options. OWC sells 120, 240 and 480 GB SSD upgrades for MacBook Airs. A 240 GB upgrade costs $265.   http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/ . If your Mac is under warranty or AppleCare replacing the SSD will void the warranty.
For backups and offloading data to an external drive, PlotinusVeritas gives some great suggestions for purchasing external hard drives in this thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5602141?tstart=0

MacBook Pro -- Configuration Options

Is it possible to configure a new MB Pro with a different video card or etc etc or is it just the basic options on the web site?

Hello Elise,
The graphics card is on-board and can not be replaced. or upgraded down the road. If the graphics card is important you will have to order the MBP with the one you want
Cheers.

Macbook Pro 15'' options for gaming and college

Hi there Apple Community!
I'm having trouble choosing the best cost benefit for a new Mac. I'm a college student and my main priority is to have a mobile unit to cary with me for classes. I'm also a gamer, and since this will be my main computer I'd like to have one that could also run games like Civ 5 and WoW smoothly. Therefore I believe the best option for me would be the cheapest 15'' MBP.
However, both the price and the extra weight scare me. I'm not confortable with walking around with a R$ 6,600.00 notebook (about US$ 3,300.00 - I'm in Brazil and thanks to taxes all the prices are overrated ).
I'm studying options to reduce the risk of walking with such a valuable piece of hardware around while giving me what I need where I need, and after some time I've matured the idea of having more than 1 device.
My first option would be to get me cheapest 13'' MBA along with a Mac Mini - the one with the Radeon 6630M videocard on it. They cost together about the same as the 15' MBP, and would give me both a lighter option to go to college and a dedicated videocard for games, though this card is weaker than the one in the MBP - and I'm not sure how well this card would handle the games I want to play.
Another option would be to get myself the both cheapest 21'' iMac (with the same videocard as the MBP) and the cheapest MBA. This would be a bit more expensive than the MBP, but no big deal, and I'd still have both a decent unit at home for games and the mobility I need for college.
My last option would be to get the 13'' MBA and use the rest of the money to assemble a gaming Windows 7 PC. This would be my last resort, though. I know I can assemble a terrible machine with this budget, but I believe I could have what I need - decent (not extreme) gaming experience at home - from a Mac, even if I have to use Bootcamp.
I'd like to know from you who own Macs what you think about these options. I intent to make my purchase this month or the next, as my classes begin in August. What would u think to be the best combination? Or is the MBP the best option? Thanks in advance for any thoughts.

Thanks for the reply, OGELTHORPE. Refurbished products were the 1st thing I thought when I saw the cost of a 15''MBP. Unfortunately there's not even a link for this store in Brazil's store. I'm not sure, but I believe this is because of the mistrurst we brazillians have upon refurbished equipments sold by many other companies that fail to meet quality specs - some companies even try to push them as 'new' to the customers... I know that US Apple follows refurbishing rules to the letter - not hard to find people around the web saying that they got a nice deal for buying a refurbished Apple and that they would do it again. I wish I could buy a refurbished unit from the american Apple Store and have it delivered to Brazil, but I believe this is way too much to ask for the 'free shipping' they offer...
As for gaming, I do like it, but I'm not looking for a gaming station - otherwise I'd look for a PS3, Xbox 360, etc. I do want a computer to complement my studies at home - this is my main focus after all, and it would be desirable if this new computer could also run some games for me to play when I can.
I'm just not satisfied with the Intel HD 3000's performance (some people say they are even weaker than the previous nVidia models they replace). This is why I'm trying to get my hands on one of those new Radeon videocards.
Anyway I've heard that Apple may show some new products on this week's presentation at WWDC.Let's hope something good is coming.

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