Yes you can use a Samsung 850 EVO 2.5' SSD in your system swapping out your current HD. Follow this IFIXIT guide: To make this easy get either a USB or FireWire (being faster) external case to hold your new SSD so you can prep it up. Next you'll want to download from the App store the OS installer. Oct 9, 2015 - ssd, crucial, samsung, macbook pro, sata ii, sata iii. Samsung does offer a method to update the firmware for Mac users by creating a. SSD like the Crucial BX100 and put it side by side with a Samsung 850 PRO and be. First you'll want to use Disk Utility to create a GUID partition map and a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partition on your new SSD. Now run the OS installer and install the OS onto your new SSD. At the end of the OS install process the installer will ask you if you want to migrate your user accounts, apps & data over point to your current HD and all of your stuff will be copied over. The last step is to swap out your drives and thats it! I use the 2012 model's cable in the 2010 & 11 systems as it's the same part but a better design. If you had both cables you would see some design differences between the two cables (thickness) the extra effort was due to the higher data rate the SSD drives can put through Think like how a car runs on a dirt road Vs a paved highway. The car can run on either, but would be limited on how fast on the dirt road and would pickup a lot of dust in the process. HDD's data throughput is still less then what SSD's can put out so the design of the SATA cable needs to be optimized for the higher throughput which the newer designed cable offers. Even still I always apply some electricians tape onto the uppercase when the cable rests to help isolate it from the rough aluminum so it does not abrade. The limits of the systems SATA port is the issue so if you have a SATA III interface in your system it will run the Samsung at SSD SATA III (6.0 GB/s). The 2011 models do have an issue within the optical drive SATA port so it can mess things up if this port is the startup drive with a SATA III drive. Yes, you can use it. All SATA based systems can support a SATA SSD. The only issue you face is the systems SATA I/O speed and the speed of the SSD. In this case the Samsung 850 EVO SSD is an auto sense drive so it will match the systems SATA port's I/O speed! Not all SSD's do this so if you have a slower I/O speed system i.e. SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) a newer fixed speed drive i.e. SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) won't work. Bottomline: Review the drives spec sheet to make sure it supports the SATA speed of your system. As an example Note the Interface line, what ever drive you get needs to support what your system uses. For a Samsung 840 pro (Mac Mini 2011 primary boot with firmware DXM03B0Q.), I have tried the following, to upgrade to DXM04B0Q firmware (Dec 13, 2012). Create a USB boot from Samsung SSD Magician v3.2.1. Error - 'No HDD EBIOS'. VMs (like VMware Fusion) do not see the SSD, but just a volume. Cannot Update. Create a CD boot from Samsung Magician. Not recognised by the Mac Mini as bootable. Tried with Multiple CDs, which are perfectly readable in OS X and Linux. Tried 'Target Fire Wire Mode' as both Target and Host. Cannot see the SSD, but just the volume where OS X is installed. Cannot update. Using and building my own FreeDOS (1.0 and 1.1) which has issues with the DSRDGUI0.EXE not working. ![]() ![]() It generates an error. Bootcamp seems to be the best alternative, but requires a Windows install and Bootcamp does not make it easy. There is no support for external disks in ML and requires Windows 7. It has been a frustrating experience so far. Message was edited by: Loner T. The CD version fails/hangs. П˜Ÿ Intel 6 Series Chipset: Vendor: Intel Product: 6 Series Chipset Link Speed: 6 Gigabit Negotiated Link Speed: 6 Gigabit Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series: Capacity: 256.06 GB (256,060,514,304 bytes) Model: Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series Revision: DXM03B0Q Serial Number: X12RNEACB32050X Native Command Queuing: Yes Queue Depth: 32 Removable Media: No Detachable Drive: No BSD Name: disk1 Medium Type: Solid State TRIM Support: No Bay Name: Lower Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table) S.M.A.R.T.
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