Upgrading a Mac with an SSD

[Rys]

I've finally got round to buying an SSD for my Mac. I've done a load of research online to make sure it's compatible (SATA3 disk on a SATA2 port) and works in my particular Mac. On top of it working at a basic level, is there anything else I need to do to make OS X play nice with an SSD? Does it support TRIM and all of that stuff OK, or do I need to worry about filling it up?

I'm new to the SSD thing and haven't really kept up to date with the state of the art in storage for a while now, so excuse the newbieness :runaway:

It's OS X Lion if that helps.

Cheers!

[Mize]

Afaik, Lion does TRIM automatically on ssds, but I'll poke around on the wife's MBA & see what I see.

[Pressure]

Yeah, Apple doesn't enable TRIM for 3rd party Solid State Drives by default.

But it can be enabled (http://digitaldj.net/2011/07/21/trim-enabler-for-lion/).

[Malo]

Why is it disabled for 3rd party? Is this the usual Apple wants to charge you 3 times as much "genuine" that they've done since forever?

[Pressure]

Why is it disabled for 3rd party? Is this the usual Apple wants to charge you 3 times as much "genuine" that they've done since forever?

Support.

If you thread outside the chosen path...

[Rys]

Thanks for the link, Pressure! I should finally get the missing screwdriver I need to have a go at the upgrade today, so I'll post. Knowing me I'll put the LCD back in upside down and my cats will leave footprints all over the interior of the glass.