Samsung SSD for iMac 12,2

Hello I have the latest iMac 27inch (model12,2) and I want to upgrade my internal HD to an SSD drive.
I have found this good price SSD by Samsung.
http://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-7PC128B-WW/dp/B0077CR60Q
Any suggestions ? Anyone used ?
Thanks in advance.

You do realize that that would Void your Warranty?
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Samsung ssd for macbook pro

Hello All,
I am trying to use the Samsung SSD 840 250 GB for my macbook pro, 2011 mid year model. Initially I used superduper for cloning, everything went smooth but then my SSD crashed, mac will not recognize it. I got a replacement disk, used superduper same thing happened, it crashed. Yesterday I used carbon copy cloner, everything worked fine, but then it crashed again. When I put the SSD to the USB, mac recognizes it, but when I install it in hard drive bin, it does not recognize it. Disk utility says that disk is verified and working fine.
I failed to understand why it is happening, I did not update the firmware or the TRIM.
Any suggestion and help.
I called samsung and they did not had any answer.
Thank you in advance!

Ah the basic. That's odd as I've never heard of any issues with one in a mac.
It could be that your Sata cable is bad, as many users have issues with them. They seem fairly weak and unless really careful when installing they can get damaged. This may be worth replacing for the relatively low cost to rule out.
The samsung drives (840 and pro) are proven to work reliably in macs, mine is also a 2011 model and I have no issues.
The steps you could take are as follows.
Clean install on the SSD. As you have a clone of your original I would try this first. Just to rule out and issues with th cloned install.
If still the same I would replace the Sata cable, taking great care when replacing it.
I would say check the firmware but if you bought it anytime in the second half do this year it will be up to date. But disk utility will tell you what version it is under the info tab and you can check against their website.
I advise to run Trim, but not running it wouldn't cause these issues.

Ssd for imac, does it worth?

i know that ssd is a newer technology than magnetic disks. some of them have serious problems. as you now new imacs are closed box.it is very hard to replace the disk. so i am afraid to change configuration. do you suggest to add a ssd as second drive? now i have 1 tb. is it better to add second 1 tb as raid 1 so i get 2x read speed and redundancy? in fact redundancy is not so important for me because i use time machine. 1 hour data lost is not critical for me. but if there is problem on os disk i have to put my imac to technical service and having new disk to replace will take 1 week, so i will be rid of my computer.
do you have any problem with your ssd?
is it possible to use ssd on thunderbolt?

I wouldn't get SSD if I have sensitive data that is personal and identifying who you are. There is no way to completely erase an SSD with present technology, posing security risk for disposal.
And yes it is possible to use SSD via Thunderbolt. There are some Thunderbolt hard drive cases that can take any drive you throw at them that have the appropriate peripheral port inside.

Best setup for iMac with SSD & HDD? Best location of scratch & home folders

Best setup for iMac with SSD and HDD? Best location of scratch & home folders?
Computer:
iMac 2.93 GHz Quad core i7, 8GB RAM, 1 TB HDD + 256 GB SSD
There is not much info from Apple about the best way to set up an iMac with a Hard Drive and Solid state drive. I’ve looked at a few of the forum posts across the web and came up with a plan and lots of questions. (I do use photoshop frequently, but not on a professional level):
1. I will keep OS and Applications on SSD
2. About moving the home folder: I saw some posts about moving the whole home folder, but it makes more sense to me to only move selected fodlers withing the home folder tomake the best use of the SSD. So will keep the home folder on SSD, but move certain folders (document /music/iphoto/download) to 1 TB HDD via instructions I found on the macintoshperformanceguide website:
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sudo cp -r Documents /Volumes/Master
sudo rm -rf Documents
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3. I would like to get 8 more RAM when I can afford it
4. I will attach an external hard drive for most of my documents and backup storage
5. Now here is where I’m not sure what’s best:
a. Should I partition my internal 1 TB hard drive and use the first partition as a scratch disc for photoshop and other applications? How much should I partition? Is there any benefit to this if the rive is partitioned?
b. Should I use an external drive as a scratch disc?
c. Any advice on a good 1-2 TB external drive?
d. Should I just leave things in factory settings?
Don't assume I know the basics - I got all the above just by searching around. Any advice and commentary is appreciatedThanks.
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Thanks for the advice and the links. yes, I would like to speed up ps as much as possible.
I wonder if putting the scratch disc on the same drive as the OS would cause them to interfere with each other? Even if they are on different partitions, they would not be able to be accessed at the same time, or could they? That's why I was wondering if I should place scratch disc on the internal HDD -- but then I don't know how much to partition for it (or to partition at all?)
ALso, I read on a few places that too much read/write on the SSD wears it down over time? Is this more of a theoretical concerns - it does not make sense to me since it has no moving parts!
thanks again for the advice ... I'm gonna go digest those links

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Yes pretty much that, but to clarify sorry
Opened Lightroom.
Create new catalogue.
This opened the Windows 8 file explorer window and Windows recognises the drive. So I was able to create a catalogue there and save.
I then inserted my memory card into my card reader which LR recognised. I selected it, chose all the photos within and then navigated to the right side of the Lr import dialogue window to locate this problem drive as on this occasion i want the RAW files on the same drive as the lrcat. However all my other drives are listed but not this Samsung SSD.
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What is the biggest bottleneck on this machine - CPU, GPU, RAM (now at 8GB), or the HD, and would I be better getting a current 27" iMac, a 2012 Mac Mini, or SSDs for my current Mini?

I currently have a 2011 Mac Mini Server. When using FCP X, what is the biggest bottleneck on this machine - CPU, GPU, RAM (now at 8GB), or the HD, and would I be better getting a current 27" iMac, a 2012 Mac Mini, or SSDs for my current Mini?
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TZ

Hi Tom,
I just wanted to ask you about what you said about the color correction. To be quite honest I'm not sure what the best workflow is, and I haven't gotten my feet wet in multi-cam editing. Basically my work-flow has been.
1) Import from the camera as optimized media - I found that adding color-correction at the import stage cause a severe hang with my tape-based Canon unit.
2) Color-correct the imported files before loading any files into a project
3) Drag files onto the timeline
4) Click on the color-correction box
5) Start editing - Usually I have one camera zoomed a little tighter on the singer, one on the whole band, and my iPad or iPhone camera at different angles so I start cutting things according to who is the focus of the moment, add a Ken Burns effect every here and there, Titles, an occassional transition effect.
6) Add music effects after the looks are taken care of
7) Export
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Thanks - TZ

Is OWC the only vender making a SSD for the iMac 9,1? $260 seem kind of high for a 480 GB SSD.

Is OWC the only vender making a SSD for the iMac 9,1? $260 seem kind of high for a 480 GB SSD.

I implemented the backup plan I outlined above but have experienced an issue I can't resolve. For some reason, the OWC Elite AL Pro 1T will not boot with the FW400 connection even though it appears in the Startup options. I does not appear as an option when I hold the Option key on startup. If I connect via USB, it works fine and boots as expected.
So, I called OWC Support and they did not have a solution. I decided to return the OWC 1T and bought another 2.0TB (2000GB) OWC Mercury Elite Pro 'Quad Interface' 5900RPM 64MB Cache Solution with eSATA/FW800/FW400/USB2. The other one I bought cloned and booted just fine.
So now I am experiencing the same issues with the new 2T drive that I experienced with the 1T. Connecting via USB works fine, but connecting via FW400 will not boot. The drive is recognized in Finder and otherwise works as expected when connected via FW.
Anyone have any ideas as to solution?
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Time Machine UI non-responsive for single user - due to Samsung SSD read defect

This is informational - no question. It's an unusual Time Machine problem that may be of interest.
Every month or so I test my Time Capsule backups with a routine restore. Recenly that failed -- the Time Machine Restore UI did no respond to mouse or keyboard actions. The rest of Time Machine behaved normally -- I could cancel or select a backup. Beyond that - no response. Very occasionally, if I waited a while, I could change directories.
On further testing my other user accounts worked normally. The problem was only with one account -- the account with by far the heaviest use. I wiped my Time Capsule drive and recreated my 3 machine backups but the problem persisted. Repairing disk permissions had no effect. Repairing my Samsung EVO SSD disk from the emergency partition disk utility did help -- but repair took an unusually long time.
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Thanks for the reminder.. I just replaced my hard disk in 2011 mini with a 500GB Samsung 840 evo which looked cheapest and fine for what I wanted... it was like a few days before this info came out.. so I have not experienced any slow down.. I had around 100GB on the drive.. so I followed the instructions..
Created a boot USB using the iso from samsung on a windows machine using http://rufus.akeo.ie/
This was really simple.. so if you have access to a windows just do it this way.
Plug the USB into the Mac and hold options at boot and then select windows from the selection of boot devices. It came up with a very familiar DOS screen and I was able to do the firmware upgrade and repair.. took around 30min so no biggie..
I think as long as you have plenty of free space these things are fairly easy.

When will SSD be available for imac's?

Will I be able to upgrade my imac with an SSD?

There are even SSDs for 'Legacy Macs' that run older powerPC hardware, up to Mac OS X 10.5.8, very well. These will replace the original hard disk drive, and fit in a similar space; even portable Macs like the iBookG4 + PowerBook G4, iMacG4/G5, and the G4/G5 tower computers. Even my iBook G4 mid-2005 with Tiger 10.4.11, Leopard 10.5.8, or some brand of supported unix-linux. see: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Mercury_Legacy_Pro
And early to later 'intel-based' Macs, both desktop machines and portables. There are a few good to great brands and some of the specifications shown at OWC lend some confidence; they have 'wear leveling' built in and have an certain amount of extra capacity so that works. http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/ In some I wouldn't replace an optical drive, due to asthetic or practical reasons, or if one still has original media install-restore on DVD, but even so would look for a good external optical drive for those Macs who can use it.
So this SSD upgrade should not be the problem some make it seem to be.
Good luck & happy computing!

The hard drive for my MacBook Pro recently crashed. I purchased and installed a new hard drive (i.e. Samsung SSD). However, when I try to re-install the Mac's operating system, I come to the part of the installation instructions where you asked to selec

The hard drive for my MacBook Pro recently crashed. I purchased and installed a new hard drive (i.e. a Samsung SSD). When I try to re-install the Mac operating system, I come to the part of the installation instructions where you are asked to choose a disk to install the software. However, there is no disk listed in the selection screen. Why is there no disk in the selection screen?

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You haven't formatted the SSD, so you can't install Mac OS X.
First, close the OS X installer and open Disk Utility. Then, choose the SSD at the top of the sidebar, go to Erase tab, choose "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" as "Format", and press Erase. Finally, close Disk Utility and reinstall OS X. See > http://pondini.org/OSX/DU1.html

Does anybody have experiences with a Samsung SSD 840 Evo for a MacBook Pro?

I heard that the Samsung SSDs 840 Basic and Pro have problems with MacBook Pros and die after a few weeks. I bought my MacBook Pro 13 in April 2011 and want to upgrade it with a SSD now.

Partitioning makes no sense. You have a drawer full of stuff. Split it into two smaller drawers and you have two smaller drawers full of stuff.
Decide what you can store on external storage - your iPhoto/Aperture/Lightroom libraries can all be stored on externals, as can your iTunes Libraries and so on. Do you need to carry 30 gigs of movies with you all the time? You can get portable drives the size of an iPhone these days.

How do I use my SSD for apps and HDD for documents?

Hi, everyone.
I just installed (myself) an Intel 120GB SSD into my 2011 iMac (3.4Ghz Quad-Core, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD). I kept the HDD.
I run Logic Pro 9 and have around 200GB of additional sample plugins (VSL Solo Strings, Ivory Grand Pianos, Superior Drummer, etc..) and
I want to know how I can successfully transfer the Apps (Logic, Sibelius, Pages, iTunes, etc...) onto my new SSD while keeping the plugins on my HDD and using them simultaneously.
I having been searching for a way to do this all day to no avail.
Thanks! If you can help.
p.s. since some of the apps require registration, I cannot simply drag them to my SSD from the HDD and expect them to work. I get an error.

My suggestion is to move you entire home directory on to the hdd and leave the ssd for the os and your key applications.
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Is my "Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB" defective (or just incompatible with MacBookPro5,5 Yosemite 10.10.2 - 13 inch mid-2009)

Is the Samsung 850 EVO not compatible with this MacBook Pro? Has anyone installed it and found it to work fine for a few months?
Has anyone faced boot-partition corruptions, problems when installing Yosemite updates with this SSD - on reboot, SSD partition became unmountable for me after the installing Yosemite update 10.10.2 (14C1510).
I am trying to understand whether
mine happens to be a defective drive - in which case I have the option of getting a refund from seller and ordering a replacement (same make+model), OR
I should return this one and go for a Crucial/OWC/other SSD
Details:
MacBookPro5,5 Yosemite 10.10.2
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB
I purchased this drive and installed it in my MacBookPro about a week ago.
Since then I have repeatedly run system-reported data corruptions on the SSD.
One obvious sign of the corruption is that on powering-on the laptop, it will stall for a long time (5 to 30 minutes! - normally it would boot up in about 30 seconds) after the grey/black Apple-logo and status bar appear on the white-background boot-screen.
Another way I see this is by running Disk Utility's 'verify disk' operation.. Reports serious errors and asks me to reboot in recovery-mode with Cmd-R to repair the partition.
I have erased and re-installed the OS (Yosemite) several times on it already because sometimes the Recovery-Partition's Disk Utility cannot repair the errors - asks me to backup and erase+format. The repair operation does not always succeed *.
This is happening often and without any pattern **.
Several times on the latest install, I have booted up in single-user mode and run fsck -fy: till yesterday, this was still occasionally finding and successfully repairing issues (after which I run fsck a couple more times to confirm).
Seems to be running fine today.
* I am re-installing off of a TimeMachine backup.
But I don't think that is causing the trouble: verify-disk on the original backup reports no errors, and even the computer itself passes "verify"/"fsck -fy" several times over before failing in the same way again after an hour or 2 of actual use.
** On one occasion, after an OS update (latest OS X security patches) succeeded and reboot completed, verify-disk again asked for the Cmd-R recovery-mode repair - which failed to repair the errors.
Also, if I as much as launch the Yosemite installer while booted up, then even after quitting (without proceeding beyond the initial screen), the SSD fails completely again requiring to be erased. Happened twice with installers involved, but corruptions even without installers did happen.

I loaded the Samsung 850 into my 2012 i5 Macbook Pro and it's been working well since I installed a few days ago. The only concern I have is that on boot up I get a white screen for around 30 seconds before it begins the startup with the apple and progress bar. That's odd, because when I installed an SSD on my older 2009 Macbook a few years ago that laptop booted up almost instantaneously when I pushed the power button.
I loaded the system on the SSD by cloning, rather than using Time Machine and it worked without a hitch. Used Carbon Copy Cloner in trial mode after formatting the SSD with Disk Utilities. Not sure if your problem may stem from using Time Machine. The cloning apps will usually adjust the data on the new drive based on available space, so if your SSB is a different size than the original HDD, it would automatically correct. Not sure about TIme Machine.
I'll keep researching about the startup lag when I turn on my Macbook Pro with the 850. Seems it should boot up right away with the SSD, but maybe it's because the 850 uses the new vertical stacking configuration. That's the only thing I can think of that's different from the last SSD I installed in my old Macbook.

How do you run to Drives on the same screen. I installed a ssd and a hhd to my mac but i can only view the content of the drive only if i boot of that drive. Im try to have my ssd for fast boots and hhd for my music,movies etc. Please help.

I installed a samsung 840 pro SSD to my primary slot and relocated my 1.5 TB HDD to a data double where my optical drive was. I transfered my apps and Mac OS X to my SSD for fast boots and all my itunes movies, music, Iphoto etc to my HDD. I rebooted off my SSD then seen all the data on my HHD itunes movies, music, iphotos etc i cannot view on my SSD. So my question is how do you view all the content on both the ssd and hdd on the same screen with having to boot off one or the other?

No, what I'm saying is that once you boot into OSX, you should be able to see both drives listed. If you don't then either OSX is hiding the other drive because it sees it as a boot drive and is trying to protect the contents from novice users or there's another problem. If it's the first thing (i.e. it's a protection thing), then your only option would be to boot into the old drive, copy off all your personal data to an external backup drive, then reboot into the SSD and go into Disk Utilities and wipe/reformat the second drive so that you can see it as a regular secondary drive. Then when you see it as that, you can copy your data back to it.
Be carefull poking around in Disk Utility as you can easily lose your data. It's possible the Mac just isn't mounting that second drive because it sees it as another boot drive. Whatever you do, don't accidentally erase it without getting a copy of your data off of it because you obviously don't have that on your SSD now.

High performance SSD for my X200 Tablet

Hi,
I have the X200 Tablet 7450 ERG. Preinstalled in the computer is a Samsung SSD 64GB disk - but I have found no information about the form factor of the disk, and I am uncertain about what disk to get as replacement due to that (so it fits perfectly inside the machine). Just after installing the nessecarily programs and functions I use, and having a minimum of storage place for the most recent files I work on - I am left with 5-7GB of storage...
What disk can I get to increase the storage AND performance of my machine. If battery time is a little shorter, I don't care, and price don't scare me too much either.
Technical performance (as high as possible speed under all conditions without lag) and 128GB+ storage is a requirement.
Looking forward to get your recommendations!
Regards,
OA
Solved!
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I was in your exact situation. I liked having an SSD, but found the small size to be rather painful. I now have an OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD installed in my X200 Tablet. I also have Intel SSDs in my desktops. I know there is a 250GB OCZ, and a 160GB Intel. Both are very, very fast, and both can be installed in the X200T. An advantage that the latest OCZ Vertex and Intel drives have is that they have TRIM support, which helps mitigate the performance degradation issue you see in SSDs, at least under Windows 7.
Both were easy to install, although the OCZ needed a firmware update. The X200T did not play nice with the firmware update software, and I had to drop it into my desktop to do that.
The only problem with replacing the Samsung SSD, at least the one I received, is that it's a 1.8" disk, with the appropriate mounting bracket. Why Lenovo chose that form factor is beyond me, because the drive bay can fit a 2.5". I was not able to find a suitable drive bracket for a 2.5" disk on Lenovo's site, but I found one relatively easily on EBay, and I assume if you call Lenovo you can order the correct part over the phone. While I was waiting for the it to arrive, I made do with a folded piece of paper wedged in under the drive to hold it in place. Sad, i know, but I couldn't wait, and it worked.
If you don't want to deal with the drive bracket, Intel also makes 1.8" versions of their SSDs, which as far as I know perform just like their 2.5" equivalents. They are a bit hard to find, though.

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