It’s not consistent with anything I’ve read on the subject. I don’t think you computer’s behavior has anything to do with TRIM or any of the SandForce wear-leveling software. While the latter is the most likely and most beneficial to all, only time can tell. That raises the question: If (and, admittedly, that’s a mighty big “if”) Apple releases an update to enable/fix these SATA 3.0 issues, will it be in a 10.6.9 release, in a 10.7.x update, or in a combination of the two? Traditionally, updates for an OS stop after the new version is released, or shortly thereafter. Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is just around the corner. There are hacks out there that enable TRIM support for 10.6.x, but with the aforementioned advantages that the SandForce processor gives, we really don’t recommend using it with our SSDs we don’t need it. The wear-leveling, block management, and real-time data redundancies of the SandForce controller gives you the same (indeed, better) level of performance from your SSD that TRIM support provides to other drives. TRIM is nice if you’ve got a “lesser” solid state drive, but SandForce-based drives, like all OWC SSDs are, don’t need it. TRIM enabled for Apple SSDs, but not for anybody else.Īdmittedly, this one isn’t so bad. The SSD will work either way, but your speed will be limited if you’re one of the unfortunate ones who only got an optical bay with 3Gb/s capabilities. This makes installing a Mercury Electra 6G or Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD in your 2011 MacBook Pro’s optical bay somewhat of a Charlie Bucket finding the Golden Ticket proposition. There’s no rhyme or reason to which Intel 6 chipset you get and you won’t know until you run System Profiler and see if the Link Speed shows 3Gb/s or 6Gb/s. Oddly, some of the optical bays in the 2011 17″ MacBook Pros run at SATA 2.0 (3Gb/s) speeds, while others run at SATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) speeds. No Change for 2011 Optical Bays stuck at 3Gb/s. We’re keeping our fingers crossed that some sort of firmware-based solution is made available. Testing has shown that, even after the 10.6.8 update, the performance anomalies that weren’t resolved by our shielding kit still existed. Unfortunately, this doesn’t appear to be the case. If there were a software resolution to this problem, this would have been an ideal time for Apple to release it. This has been discussed quite extensively both here on the OWC Blog and elsewhere. 10.6.8 Doesn’t Resolve 6Gb/s SSD Problems. While it’s great to see that Apple is moving towards the future with many aspects of its OS, there are several items they have not addressed yet, specifically on the 2011 MacBook Pros. The other unannounced addition seems to be a boost in graphics performance nearly across the board. First is the enabling of TRIM support for Apple-branded SSDs. Identify and remove known variants of Mac DefenderĪccording to a post on MacRumors, there are a couple of other additions, as well.Resolve an issue that may cause Preview to unexpectedly quit.Enhance the Mac App Store to get your Mac ready to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion.The 10.6.8 update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that: According to the Knowledge Base article on this update: They helped in enabling the syncing feature much more reliable and easier to use.Apple released the OS X 10.6.8 update last week. Mac Sync is one of the most improved and tweaked versions of the iSync versions of the Mac operating systems.The iChat came along with the AV option that made the system much more easier and enabled the users to chat face to face.A full-time dictionary application is added based on the Oxford English dictionary is available with the update to the tiger OS.A new start-up Daemon will enable the system to boot much faster than usual called Launched.Grapher is a new graphing tool that will enable you to create 2-D and 3-D graph models like the graphing calculator existing in the previous versions.The first Mac OS to work on the Apple-Intel architecture processor. The support for addressing 64-bit on power mac G5s which was very much expected by the people who were avid users the Mac OS X line up.A unified theme that set the screen resolution apart and gave maximum performance to the output of the system.This improved the overall look and aesthetic appeal of the desktop. The dashboard was given a facelift from the dull and static interface to a more dynamic and interactive one.The new search system called spotlight search built-in to make your search much easier and more accessible.Now that we know the widespread personality of the Mac OS X Tiger, its high time we know the features that set the Mac OS X Tiger apart from the rest of the operating system line-up.
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