SSD Drive in Powerbook 12

It is possible to replace the HDD with an SSD?
Would it improve overall speed as well?
Regards

I don't think you can use SSD's in PowerBooks because they use the SATA interface, while the PowerBooks have the ATA/IDE interface.
So, no go there. Now I know there are adapters for using SATA drives with ATA/IDE interfaces, but that wouldn't work in our PowerBooks since the space, well, additional space for the adapter to the connector would make it impossible to fit.
Message was edited by: Pismo 900
I take it back! I just read this on a third party forum and there are IDE SSD drives. The thing right now is the limited capacity of the drives, and the high price for such. If you waited for prices to go down and capacity to go up (which it is slowly doing... too bad gas prices aren't doing the same), then it'd be feasible.
Search for this model:
1) Transcend TS32GSSD25-M 2.5" 32GB IDE
described as "cheap but not fast" on that forum
2) SUPER TALENT FHD32GC25M 2.5" 32GB IDE
described as fast but not cheap ($519.99!!)

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2005 Powerbook G4 won't recognize new SSD drive

I know others have had this very problem but I could not find a recent thread where there was a solution. I installed a new OWC SSD 120 GB HD (made for legacy Powerbook) to replace the original HD. Used the original Powerbook G4 install CD, but after startup get the blinking Question mark. Used Disk Utility on install CD, new drive still not showing up. I thought the SSD drive was DOA and sent it back to OWC, only to have them send it back and say it was OK.Tried System Profiler on the G4, nothing shows as new drive. Tried Firewire target using a MacPro as host, and the G4 mounts on host screen as Untitled 1, with 119.7 GB capacity. Ran Disk Utility on the drive identified as 120.3 GB AAPL Firewire Target Media, with Untitled 1 volume, and drive checks out OK. Before I screw things up, any wisdom for out there on next step? Seems I need to reverse the host config if I wish to install OS on the G4 via Target, or some such wizardry?

I had problems with OWC legacy SSDs for my PowerBook5,6. I went through similar experiences with them as you. Returned & exchanged. They felt unusually warm/hot and the PowerBook wouldn't recognize them. Maybe a bad batch of drives or a bad adapter. The legacy SSDs are just 2.5 Electra SDDs enclosed with a SATA-IDE adapter. Other people don't report problems with the OWC drives.
I did not try the Master/Slave/Cable-Select jumpers with the OWC SDD. If it does have them, you can try changing it. This link isn't OWC SSD specific but gives you the jumper basics:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1547944
I went the another route with a crucial SDD, enclosure & adapter. My PowerBook recognized it immediately and it's been working fine since.
Boot from your install DVD (hold C on power up). Run Disk Utility. IF DU can see the drive, make sure to set the partition map to APPLE PARTITION MAP (PPC) and not GUID (intel). Format with Mac OS Extended (HFS+) Journaled.

Solid State Internal Drive in Powerbook

Hi,
What is the best SSD drive that I can install in my G4 Powerbook 1.67Ghz? I've seen video of people on YouTube and know people have upgraded their powerbooks with SSD drives.
Thanks
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I have replaced my old hard drive with a new SSD drive. Can I restore a complete Time Machine backup

I have replaced my old hard drive on a MacBook Pro midyear 2010 with a new SSD drive. I have a complete system backup of my old drive in an external hard drive using Time Machine.
Questions that I would like to get answered.
1) Can I connect my external hard drive to the macbook pro and use that to boot up my machine by pressing and holding down the Options key? Once booted up successfully, can I use Disk Utility to format the new SSD and then restore the complete time machine backup?
2) If that is not possible, can I use my old drive which I can connect using a USB adapter and use that to boot up by following the same strategy as listed in Step#1 above?
3) If neither options are possible, do I need to use a bootable USB drive for Mavericks OS X to boot up the machine,
I have Mavericks OS X ( 10.9.6) and I do not have a DVD of the OS.
Any help is appreciated.

Let me first document the steps that did not work and then I will document the steps that worked.
1) Replaced the hard drive with SSD.
2) Connected the original hard drive using a USB adapter to the MacBook to make it behave like an external device.
3) Powered on the machine and on hearing the chime pressed Command-R to start in recovery mode.
4) Chose the Disk Utility option to erase and format the SSD. The format chosen was Mac OS Extended Journaled.
5) Once the formatting was done, then clicked on the "Restore" tab in Disk Utility
6) In the Source field, dragged my original hard drive from the left pane and placed it in the field
7) On the destination field, choose the new SSD drive. Clicked on "Restore". Gave me a warning, accepted the warning and the restore was under way.
8) I had 236 GB to restore so took 3.5 hours before it was done.
9) Disconnected the external hard drive ( my original internal HDD), shut down the machine and powered on again.
10) Heard the chime and after that it was a white screen with no Apple logo.
Was visibly upset and started thinking what my next move will be. Then tried these steps
1) Again powered off the machine.
2) Connected my internal HDD once more as an external drive
3) Powered on and on hearing the chime, pressed Command-R as before
4) Once the OS X utilities screen popped up, this time chose Install OS X
5) Erased the contents of SSD once more and reformatted it using Mac OS Extended Journaled.
6) Installed OS X by following the prompts.
7) Once the OS was installed, I was presented with an option on how to transfer data to this new Mac
8) Chose the option to move the data from my original HDD.
9) Took another 3 hours to move the data.
10) Removed the original HDD once the transfer was complete, powered down the machine and started it once more.
11) Booted successfully and all my content is now accessible on the new SSD.
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Could anyone of you please who has a clean install of Windows 8.1 on the SSD drive look at some settings of certain services (below)?

Hi everyone,
could anyone of you please
who has a clean install of Windows
8.1 on the SSD drive look at some settings
of certain services (below)?
Thank you.
Prefetch and Superfetch. In registry located on way
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet\ Control\ SessionManager \MemoryManagement \PrefetchParameters.
I am interested in EnablePrefetcher and
EnableSuperfetch REG_DWORD value.
Just a number in parentheses.
ReadyBoot. In registry located on way HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet\Control \WMI\Autologger\ReadyBoot.
I am interested REG_DWORD value of
Start. Just a number in parentheses.
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Registry can be accessed running regedit command.

Hi,
Prefetch and Superfetch means that most commonly used files are stored to disk to be more quickly accessed later.
For Prefetch:
Disable Caching: 0
Cache Applications Only: 1
Cache Boot Files Only: 2
Cache Everything (default): 3
For SuperFetch:Disable Caching: 0
Cache Boot Processed Only: 1
Cache Applications Only: 2
Cache Everything (default): 3
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\ReadyBoot\Start value means:
disable: 0
enable: 1
For more information about clean installation of Windows 8.1 on SSD, I suggest you read below article:
Windows 8.1 SSD Settings, Etc.
http://www.tweakhound.com/2013/11/02/windows-8-1-ssd-settings-etc/
Please Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.
Karen Hu
TechNet Community Support

Not enough space on my new SSD drive to import my data from time machine backup, how can I import my latest backup minus some big files?

I just got a new 256GB SSD drive for my mac, I want to import my data from time machine backup, but its larger than 256GB since it used to be on my old optical drive. How can I import my latest backup keeping out some big files on the external drive?

Hello Salemr,
When you restore from a Time Machine back up, you can tell it to not transfer folders like Desktop, Documents. Downloads, Movies, Music, Pictures and Public. Take a look at the article below for the steps to restore from your back up.
Move your data to a new Mac
http://support.apple.com/en-us/ht5872
Regards,
-Norm G.

Can I upgrade my HP ENVY 14 DR DRE Laptop to a blueray and SSD drive?

HI all,
Can I upgrade my HP ENVY 14 DR DRE Laptop to a blue ray and SSD drive?
cheers

You can upgrade from HDD to SSD drive, but will not recommend it as it will void the warranty on the unit.
Pertaining to bluray drive, you might have some compatibility issues unless you find the right model.
Although I am an HP Employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.
Make it easier for other people to find solutions, by marking my answer “Accept as Solution” if it solves your problem.

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I upgraded to 10.10 and using SSD drive now. When I was using OS X 10.8.5, I could freely resize partition but not anymore. I guess because of the SSD drive and the new version of OS X, and Logical Volume Group could be involved. I don't want to waste 80 GB of SSD drive so really looking for a solution now. Thanks in advance.

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How do I copy the removed SSD drive from a water-damaged MB Pro to another Mac?

My son's MacBook Pro (early 2012) was ruined by a pint of water. The insurance company kept the laptop but returned its 256GB SSD drive. I've looked everywhere online – Apple's telephone support is as good as useless given they want a serial number and want to charge me £35 – for a caddy or SATA adaptor of some sort to copy files from the Sandisk SSD drive. I basically need something I can plug the SSD drive into that has a USB lead to plug it into another Mac so I can copy photos, word docs and MP3s. I can't believe it could be so difficult - it's just a hard drive, after all. Your help greatly appreciated.

Keetle wrote:
...I basically need something I can plug the SSD drive into that has a USB lead to plug it into another Mac so I can copy photos, word docs and MP3s. I can't believe it could be so difficult - it's just a hard drive, after all. Your help greatly appreciated.
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Does anybody have a functioning 17" mbp with a 6Gb/s SSD drive?

I ordered a MacBookPro 17" (June 2011) with the 7200rpm hard drive which is a slow drive, but comes at no extra cost with the machine.
The ssd's Apple ships with the mbp's are relatively slow and expensive, so I do not consider them an option. I therefore ordered an OWC Mercury Pro 6G (240GB) sata3 SSD drive and replaced the hard drive with it. Under both Snow Leopard and Lion I get beach balls almost continuously. Installing the ssd in a co-workers 15" mbp makes the drives work at over 500 mb/s, so the drive is not the problem.
I explained this to the people at AppleCare's helpdesk and they state, since I used a non Apple item, they can't help me. They tell me to go to a local reseller and have them install the ssd for me. This way the mbp is still valid for AppleCare. The local reseller won't touch my mbp since I bought it online at Apple (and not at his store), plus I did not buy the OWC drive in his store. In short, AppleCare is useless here. They claim I should've ordered one of the Apple ssd's (which are basically sata2 drives).
Since the 17" mbp supports sata3 and has the fastest processors of the mbp range (which is why I bought it in the first place) I do not understand why Apple would force me to 'downgrade' to a non current ssd. I work with large 3D drawing files as well as multilayered large photoshop files, so having a fast drive is very beneficial to my workflow. The hardware in the 13" and 15" mbp's support the functionality of a 6G ssd in practice, whereas the 17" mbp only does that on paper. Selling my 17" and swapping it for a 15" model seems the only option but I refuse to believe a company that claims to be technologically advanced can ignore having specifications that only work on paper. There is no record, comment or even gossip of Apple indicating this is a problem, let alone they are working on a fix, despite finding numerous forums online where people have the same problem I have.
So for the record, on the official Apple Support site, directed to both Apple developers and users:
Is there anybody that has a functioning 17" MBP with a 6Gb/s SSD?
If you have, please let me know the specs or your machine and drive so I can see if there is a solution to unleash the full potential of my MBP.
I believe there is no sadder sight than the sullen tread of a caged (osx) Lion. Help me free the desert's fallen king!! ;-)

Thanks wjosten for your reply. I filled out a feedback form.
To comment on AussieDJ's post: I tried the OWC shielding kit, doesn't work. The problems described with 6Gb/s ssd's were all with pre March MBP's. Mine is a June 2011 MBP so I figured the problem would've been solved in the mean time. I guessed wrong there. Since I waited for the release of OSX Lion (and the trim support functionality) I thought this would solve the spinning beach ball issue. I guessed wrong there as well. Can't return the ssd anymore (>30 days) so I glued the ssd on our offices "wall of shame". Being an architecture office we have everybody in the office put up poorly designed objects here (sort of a cool and uncool board but then labelled ***? and No way!). I should've glued y 17" MBP on this wall actually (since it's hardware does not work with the 6Gb/s ssd), but the bugger is too heavy and won't stick... ;-)
The worst part of the story is that my dad got his 6Gb/s ssd to wortk in his windows notebook...and he does not skip an opportunity to rub it in (your MBP can't do no 6G)!
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I think my SSD is still locked, but I don't know how to unlock it now. I don't need to use Time Machine anymore(I have my files in other drive too). It can be clean install but please, can somebody tell me what to do? I have exams this week and really need a computer :<

Start your mac up by holding the alt key. That is boot from function.
If its empty then you might have a hard drive issue. Due to your hard drive being picked up but not the partition on the drive. This will most probably be a OS X reinstall.
Erase the drive and reinstall the OS X or run a recovery mode.
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I have two drives in my macbook pro. How can I download my apps to my second data hard drive instead of my OS SSD drive?

I have two drives in my macbook pro. How can I download my apps to my second data hard drive instead of my OS SSD drive? Is there a way to point the default directory in the app store to a different hard drive? Certainly for a Mac Pro this makes sense.

Hi,
See if there is anything in this Link that applies:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4337
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My late 2012 mac mini boots slow with new ssd drive

So here is the situation. I purchased a 128gb ssd drive, installed it a usb enclosure, formatted it to Mac OS Extended (Journaled), cloned it with carbon copy cloner 3, used the option key during boot up and selected the ssd drive and it booted my mac mini and it functioned perfectly. I than tested it for dozens of reboots and it worked fine. I then took apart my mac mini and removed the original hard drive and installed the new ssd drive. When I boot to the ssd drive it still takes 47 to 53 seconds just like the old drive. Aren't ssd drives supposed to be a lot faster?
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Yes, my solution fixed the issue. I went from a 47 to 53 second boot time to a 17 second boot time. The ssd drive is significantly faster than the original drive that came with my late 2012 mac-mini. This is my first post and I wasn't sure how to post this as a tip. I have another tip regarding usb 3.0 hubs.

Mac Pro 2009 SSD Drive

I know there have been other topics related to this, but I haven't been able to find a straight answer about what drives would be the best. I'd like to be sure before I buy anything.
At the moment I have a Mac Pro with just a 1TB drive that came with it from the factory. I want to install a SSD drive as the boot drive, but i'm a bit confused as to which one to go for. By looking through forums, a lot of people seem to be saying Intel make the best drives? Am I wrong?
I was thinking of this drive:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-004-IN
Is there another around the same capacity that would work better and is maybe a bit cheaper? ~64gb would work too. I see the Kingston ones are cheap, but their read/write speeds seem poor.
This one looks good too:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-079-SA&groupid=701&catid =14&subcat=910
I was thinking of getting two if I can afford it so I can have windows on one of them to play games. But it would probably work out cheaper to get a 128gb drive and partitioning it, wouldn't it?
Any help would be appreciated!

Hi Steve,
OCZ replaced my Agility EX 60GB SLC SSD with their much more expensive, top of their range Vertex EX SLC SSD.
The reason for OCZ doing this was that the Agility EX had been discontinued. According to OCZ, the reason was: "We no longer get the Nand that is on the drive, not that there is anything wrong, we just don't have a competitive source for it."
This sounds like a reasonable explanation to me, because the Agility EX was extremely competitively priced compared to other Single Level (Layer) Cell SSDs. Also, it used Intel NAND, whereas, according to third party reviews, their other SSDs use Samsung. Perhaps Intel didn't like OCZ selling Single Level (Layer) Cell SSDs at a price much lower than Intel's own 'E' Series of SLC SSDs, and so they upped the price of their NAND to OCZ? It seems plausible.
I did a clean install of the Mac OS and all my applications, and I am very happy with the result. Start up time has been more than halved, and applications launch like greased lightning, even Aperture 2 which used to be a bit of a pig!
The only downside, as far as I am concerned, is that, apparently, it is impossible to update the firmware on a 2009 Nehalem Mac Pro. The Vertex EX came with version 1.3, which is equivalent to 1.4 on other OCZ SSDs, but 1.5 was released at the end of January. "Samsara" had raised the problem of OCZ firmware updates in a post on another thread, and I took this up with OCZ.
The last I heard from them was on10th. February, when they commented:
"1.3 on the EX drives = 1.4 revision on the other drives.
Have you tried to boot with one of the update CD's?
Let me see if I can find a solution, the problem being that the program that checks the SSD for the proper FW, has to be able to write the file somewhere. This is done through a ramdisk, which is part of the boot on the CD."
Obviously, they have yet to find a solution to this problem!
Despite the fact that the 1.5 firmware update would make the Vertex EX even faster, it is still an extremely fast drive.
However, if I had waited another 2 months before ordering an SSD (I bought the Agility EX last December), I would definitely have ordered the OWC Mercury Extreme, even though it would have meant importing it from the USA.
OWC are primarily a Mac friendly company, whereas OCZ, Intel and other SSD manufacturers pitch their products at the PC market.
The reviews of the OWC Mercury Extreme speak for themselves.
This "folk" says "NO BRAINER! BUY THE OWC MERCURY EXTREME!"
Regards, Bill
PS
MacFormat UK reviewed the following 120/128GB capacity SSDs in the issue I referred to earlier:
Crucial M225, Imation M-Class, Intel X25-M Mainstream, Kingston SSD Now V-Series, OCZ Agility Series, Patriot Torqx, Transcend, and Transcend Ultra.
The winner ( 4 out of 5 stars) was the Crucial M225. The ratings were based upon 3 tests - Value, Extras, and Speed.
Although the Kingston scored 5 stars for both Value and Extras, it was the slowest by a mile, scoring only 1 star in the Speed test.
The Patriot Torqx was the fastest of these drives, and scored 5 stars in the Speed test, and so did the Crucial M225, OCZ Agility, and Transcend Ultra.
Overall Ratings:
4 Stars - Crucial M225
3.5 Stars - Kingston Now V Series, Patriot Torqx
3 Stars - Imation M-Class
2.5 Stars - Intel X25-M Mainstream, OCZ Agility, Transcend, and Transcend Ultra
As far as "Speed" goes the OWC Mercury Extreme would have blown all the above away!
"Extras" really shouldn't have been a consideration in the review as far as I am concerned. None of them would have been of any use to me!
"Value" is something which can only be determined by the individual purchaser's requirements and judgement. Personally, I would not even consider buying an SSD which scored 5 Stars for Value, but only 1 Star for Speed. I would sooner spend more money per GB to obtain 5 Stars for Speed.
In my opinion the OWC Mercury Extreme is fantastic value for money, particularly when you take into account its read and write speeds, and let's face it, the reason most of us buy SSDs is for increased performance!

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