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: Apple released the OS X 10.6.8 update last week.
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