This has all been fixed up now, but back then it was the Crucial and OWC drives that kept working when other’s stopped working. You will need to format them to Macintosh format using the Macintosh OS X disk utility.īut… there have been problems in the past when Apple changed the way it did things (with TRIM) that meant some SSD drives did not work for a while. Technically any SSD drive will work on a Macintosh computer. Toshiba, OWC, Crucial, Samsung, Transcend, Sandisk.
If you have a macbook or a Mac Mini what you need is 2.5″ SATA Drive. What’s the best SSD drive for an Apple computer? It’s like having a very very fast very very big thumb drive. They store data on a chip rather than on a spinning disk. There are two problems with so many moving parts: (1) it slows everything down, and (2) eventually one of these parts will seize up or break and the drive will fail. There is also a ‘head’ that moves across the spinning disk to read the data (like an old record player).
Traditional hard drives have a spinning disk inside. Otherwise you can have a go at installing one yourself. If you have an older one that you’d like to upgrade you should be able to take your Macintosh computer to a local dealer and have them install an SSD drive. All MacBooks now come standard with an SSD drive. I can’t think of any reason why you should not be using one. Now SSD drives have dropped dramatically in price and you can just replace your existing drive with an SSD one. Back then SSD drives were expensive and the whole process I described was a bit complicated.
However if price isn't an issue for a 512GB: check this out.In 2015 I wrote this post about installing an SSD drive. But that is just scratching the surface.there is no easy answer. SanDisk Extreme SSDs also seem to be a good value, but you have to be careful as some models have had firmware issues. OCZ seems to have good performance, but also generally with higher power demands better suited to desktops. In my own research Samsung 830, 840, & 840 Pro series seem to be a top choice for notebooks due to their lower power demands while also providing good speeds, but they cost more. Each site has reviews and benchmarks on specific SSD models.īoth Crucial and OWC are great recommendations for notebook SSDs, but there are also other great brands such as Samsung, Kingston, Corsair, Intel, and more. Check out Storage Review as a good place to start and Tom's Hardware is another good resource to determine what to buy. What you've asked is very difficult to sufficiently answer without a specific price range and more specific performance expectations (what you use your computer for, etc) This is probably not what you want to hear, but you're going to have to do some research to find your own ideal price to performance ratio.
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