[Leica] OT: Mac OS Upgrades

[Philip Leeson]

Yes, SSD is solid state drive; Apple uses them in most MacBooks nowadays.

Sometimes, in desktop models, a smallish SSD is combined with a large standard optical hard drive and is known as a Fusion drive.

There is a concern about how a SSD manages old garbage files, TRIM is supposed to clean things up better than the OEM guys do.
FWIW, Apple says you don’t need it, and OWC, a maker of aftermarket SSDs also says you don’t need it.
It would be something a geek would have to install after the fact, so not an issue for most folks.

Phil


> On Jun 21, 2015, at 8:27 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> By SSD I assume you are referring to a Solid State Drive, but I am often
> wrong about such things.  I do have a solid state drive in my MacBookAir
> but surely that's not a problem because it was installed by Apple when they
> made it.....
> 
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 5:30 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote:
> 
>> Keeps track of SSDs, if you are not running SSD software then no issues ;-)
>> 
>> john
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 
>> I don't recognize the term 'TRIM software' so I'lll assume I don't have
>> any.
>> :-)
>> 
>> --Bob
>> 
>> On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 4:39 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> If you have loaded any TRIM software then uninstall it before upgrading.
>>> Apple changed things and third party TRIM tools crash Yosemite....
>>> Also C1 needs the latest version.
>>> 
>>> john
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> 
>>> I've been using Mavericks on my iMac and MacbookAir.  I see there will
>>> be an upgrade to Yosemite this fall so I'm thinking about finally
>>> doing the upgrade from Mavericks to Yosemite now.
>>> 
>>> Are there any of you who have had a bad experience with the usual
>>> photo software after doing this upgrade?
>>> 
>> 
> 
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