MBA Flash drives

Couple of tech questions about the flash drives in the new MBA. First, SSD's only have a limited number of rewrite cycles, so what is the benchmark with the MBA drives..? Second, what is the issue with TRIM..? I don't think OS X supports the TRIM command, although there has been talk of Apple implementing this at firmware level instead of the OS.
This leads to a final question about secure delete and file vault with flash SSD's... does it work with the new MBA drives and OS X...? This might be an important issue for the business community, spy's and those who like ****. :o)

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Can I install windows 7 on a MBA using a USB flash drive?

I do not have an external DVD drive. Can I install windows 7 on a MBA using a USB flash drive? If so, what's is the procedure?

Hi,
have a look/read here http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-create-bootable-windows-7-usb-to-install-windo ws-7-from-usb-flash-drive-using-windows-7-dvdusb-tool/
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Due to flash drive error on MBA my drive was wiped yesterday and OS re installed. How to I get my bookmarks still on my iPhone back onto the mba

Due to flash drive error on MBA my drive was wiped yesterday and OS re installed. How to I get my bookmarks still on my iPhone back onto the mba

Hi Nathanbeyondme!
I have an article that can help you with that question:
OS X Mountain Lion: Store your content in iCloud
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11421
Safari bookmarks and tabs
iCloud keeps your bookmarks and Reading List the same in Safari on your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. On your Mac, Safari also uses iCloud to let you open tabs that are open on your other devices. You set up the Safari service in iCloud preferences.
If you are having issues with syncing these bookmarks, you will want to reference the following article:
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Bookmarks and Reading List
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4001
Thanks for being a part of the Apple Support Communities!
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Can Onone softs DSLR server app be installed on a flash drive

Onone soft has an app to control your camera remotely using your iPod or Ipad. The sotware is in two apps: one app is installed on ios device and the other app is a server app that is installed on the Imac. Your mobil device connects to the camera over a local WiFi. When I take my camera to another location I would need to install the server app on the clients computer in order to remotely trigger my camera. It would be much easier to plug a flash drive in the clients machine with the server app on the drive. It would also allow me to have the Windows version of the server app as well as the Mac version on flash drives.

You need to ask the develper, if all you want to do is transport the app to another computer then you need to ask the developer if this is infringing on any of their licensing which I'm almost certain it is. If you want to try and run it from the flash drive this probably won't work. You need a portable Mac such as a MBP or MBA.

I want to buy a mac book air what it's better upgrade the flash drive to 512gb or to buy a external hard drive of 1tb?

What do you recommend me to do upgrade from 200gb flash drive to 500gb flash or for chepear a good external hard drive of 1 tb this is on the macbook air

Go with the upgrade. Buying an external drive as a primary source of storage would defeat the purpose of buying a MBA, or any notebook, in my opinion.

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Whats the difference on the logic boared from Fusion to flash drives?

That's correct. The new models don't use standard drive configurations, they use PCIe connections. There is no support for HDDs in the new models (Retina models and MBAs.)

USB Flash Drive not detected after OS X Mountain Lion installed.

My MacBook Air 11 inch (Mid 2011) suddenly stopped detecting all my USB flash drives a week after upgraded to Mountain Lion.
I have a tiny 16GB USB flash drive (Sandisk Cruzer Fit), for daily work, that has never been unplugged from my MBA.
Everything was fine on Lion, and a week of Mountain Lion, until just when my MBA prompted me that my flash drive "was not ejected properly" after I re-opened the display/lid, or from sleep mode.
I thought I might have accidentally removed the flash drive unknowingly. So I tried re-plugging the flash drive, closed and re-opened the MBA lid, and the same error message "The disk was not ejected properly" occured. I repeated the steps for a few times (thinking my flash drive might be faulty) and at my last attempt, the flash drive was stopped detected. I tried several USB flash drives and external hard drives (of various brands) to both the USB ports of my MBA, only the external hard drives were detected (on both USB ports) and functioning. None of the flash drives was detected on either USB port.
The tested flash drives were plugged to another 13" MacBook (Unibody, Late 2008, OS X Lion) and they all worked fine.
I wonder if anyone faces the same problem, and solution(s) please?
Additional: OS X Mountain Lion re-installed and same problem occurs / No problem with OS X Lion.

I had the same issue after installing Mountain Lion from the App store. The issue is you are missing the IOUSBFamily.kext extension amongst others. The solution is to backup your macbook, then perform a clean install of Mountain Lion.
I had this done at the Apple Store and now everything is restored as well as performance speed being improved.
Note: When restoring your files (a clean install will delete all your files and applications), use the Migration Assistant.
I would recommend going to the Apple Store to do this because they can perform the clean install from a USB which is so much faster than the download form the App store.
Hope this helps.

IPhoto & iTunes libraries on USB flash drive. What happens after erase/install?

Not exactly sure how much background someone like Kappy needs for this question but I'll try to not make it a novel.
My late 2010 MBA (64GB) was way low on storage so I decided to get a 64GB USB drive for it and put my iTunes and iPhoto libraries on it. Moving both libraries went exactly according to the instructions. But then after a while iPhoto started to get very slow. The spinning beach ball was running amok. This prompted me to use DU on the new flash drive which didn't show any problems. After doing that I decided to run DU on my mac HD and found a problem that coudn't be repaired without erasing and re-installing Mavericks 10.9.2..
Now, here is my current situation: I have erased and as I write this am downloading a clean copy of Mavericks from recovery. I had backed up everything to my TC just yesterday.
Here is my question:
After re-installing what do I do about telling iTunes and iPhoto where to find the libraries? Or, should I just use the copy of everything that I had backed up yesterday?
Sorry in advance if this is a stupid question. I checked to see if there was some support file for my issue but couldn't find anything that really fit.
As always, thanks for everyone's input. I always learn something from you guys.
Regards, Richard
P.S.: I realize that the problem with iPhoto might not have been the issue with my mac HD and doing what I've done may not fix it. But I wanted to fix the problem with the HD before I went any further trying to fix iPhoto. I hadn't had issues with iTunes functioning with the flash drive, only iPhoto.

Yes, there's no real solution. Apple makes thin, small computers and devices, but of course that means no big drive to store all the bulky media Apple itself promotes on the iTunes Store. You then have to buy external storage which is almost as big as the device you are using, negating the whole concept of a mobile device. I guess you can try wireless, though I can tell you I see about 30+ wireless devices in my neighborhood and with them trying to share only 3 non-overlapping channels I frequently see network slowdown through interference. Of course you bought that nice light computer so you could take it away form home too, but then you are locked into using what's available on the Internet. I guess part of Apple's answer is cloud storage and redownloading. However, Apple itself says you need to maintain your own independent archive: "You always back up your iTunes library in the event that a purchased item is no longer available on the iTunes Store," (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519), and, Downloading (using iOS or computer) past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519 - enabled with iTunes 10.3 and newer; not all media formats are available in all countries (see: iTunes in the Cloud, iTunes Match, and iTunes Radio availability by country - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5085 ); apps, books (not audiobooks), music, t.v. shows, and movies (some - not all studios have permitted this). Discontinued items not available. For items not included in the iCloud list (e.g., ringtones, audiobooks), or locations or computer systems where iCloud is not (yet?) available, you only get one download per fee paid.
Cloud storage is a convenience but not a replacement for a hard drive at home (and of course, works best when you buy everything from the iTunes Store).

Fails to recognise flash drive

I recently bought a flash drive of Sandisk Cruzer Pop 32 GB. My iMac fails to recognise it frequently - more than 50%. However it works well with my MBA. The failure is either not to recongise the drive at all or eject it automatically. The failure also leads unable to shut off. I have to force iMac to shut off by pressing the power button and hold untill shutting off. Any suggestion to fix it? Thanks!

On the MBA in System Report or System Profiler>Hardware>USB, see how many mA it's using...
USB High-Speed Bus:
Host Controller Location:    Built In USB
Host Controller Driver:    AppleUSBEHCI
PCI Device ID:    0x00e0
PCI Revision ID:    0x0004
PCI Vendor ID:    0x1033
Bus Number:    0x4b
U3 Cruzer Micro:
Capacity:    14.93 GB
Removable Media:    Yes
Detachable Drive:    Yes
BSD Name:    disk5
Version:    2.00
Bus Power (mA):    500
Speed:    Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer:    SanDisk
OS9 Drivers:    Yes
Product ID:    0x5406
Serial Number:    07745218FA42EE93
S.M.A.R.T. status:    Not Supported
Vendor ID:    0x0781
Volumes:
Untitled:
Capacity:    14.8 GB
Available:    2.52 GB
Writable:    Yes
File System:    Journaled HFS+
BSD Name:    disk5s10
Mount Point:    /Volumes/Untitled

My MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013) Flash Drive replaced twice in one week?

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For better speed, will a MacPro 2.8 ghz or airbook flash drive and 1.8 ghz?

For better speed, will a MacPro 2.8 ghz or airbook flash drive and 1.8 ghz?

It's going to depend on what you are doing with the machine. If what you are doing is processor intensive, then higher clock speed would give more speed. Assuming though, that the higher speed processor machine is going to have a spindle drive, then if the issue is one that is drive dependent (and a lot of things are), then the MBA will generally be faster.
If you have a machine you are replacing, I'd suggest looking at whether the applications you are now using tend to absorb lots of processor time (are you hitting 100% CPU usage regularly) or spend most of the time excercising your hard drive (drive activity is constant). If the former, the Pro is likely the better option, while if the latter the MBA would likely do better.
Of course, if price is no object just get a Pro level machine with an SSD...

HT1751 I need to uninstall and reinstall iTunes (it won't let me update). So, how do I copy or back up my iTunes library of over 1,500 songs? Can I use a Flash Drive to do so?

I need to uninstall and reinstall iTunes (it won't let me update). I have IE 8 on Windows XP, and iTunes 10 something. In my Program files list I see iTunes and iTunes (2) and even iPod and iPod (2) where a tech had to back up and do this for me before. I'm just trying to fix it all. I keep getting the "The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again, or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package 'iTunes.msi' in the box below." I can even run a search and find the folder, but it gives me the same error message. I was planning on using the Microsoft Fix-It tool to help uninstall then Reinstall iTunes. But I need to backup my library. So, how do I copy or back up my iTunes library of over 1,500 songs? Can I copy the folder to desktop or can I use a Flash Drive to backup my music? I don't want to do anything until I know for sure how I can backup my songs, and then reinstall them into iTunes. Thanks for any help.

Ok, thanks that helps. I don't have an external hard drive though. What about backing up through 'the cloud'? I'm just wondering since my husband syncs his iPod to the PC through iTunes and he's worried that he will lose all the songs on his iPod if the library is lost from iTunes and he tries to 'sync' it up again. I'm not exactly sure how to 'copy the entire iTunes folder' either. I kinda suck at this unless I have step by step instructions, which I haven't found yet on iTunes help or other sources.
The only way I know how to back anything up is by going back to a restore point, etc. (as stated before, we don't have an external hard drive.)
Thanks for the info.

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no.

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Hold down the Option key while you boot your Mac. Then, it should show you a selection of devices. Click your flash drive and it will boot from that.

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