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• Note that TRIM support is disabled by updating Mac OS X, so you'll need to reapply the patch again. Make sure you back up your SSD before applying the patch, just in case – use Carbon Copy Cloner for this task. There's now a PRO version with additional features. The PRO costs $10. This is TRIM Support Enabler 3.2.2. Changes include.
• How to: Enable Trim for your SSD on Mac OS X Mountain LionSimply download TrimEnabler from the link provided and slide the slider to ON. That's IT!Link for T.
• TRIM Enabler is only available in Multibeast version 4 and above, which is designed for Lion and Mountain Lion. If you're running Mac OS X Snow Leopard, you can activate TRIM with the third-party tool Trim Enabler, which supports Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.7 and higher. Some SSDs, especially newer ones, no longer require TRIM to delete their files.

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TRIM technology has been put in place specifically for Solid State Drives. Without going into too much detail it is used to let your system know which part of the hard drive is actually empty, e.g. when you have deleted a file. Without TRIM, when your system tries to write to a part of a disk that was previously used by a file that was deleted, it has to go through a long-winded process that lasts considerably longer than if that part of your SSD was TRIMmed. If you're interested in the nitty-gritty, go ahead and read the Wikipedia article.

Apple started supporting TRIM since Mac OS X 10.6.8 and it's interesting that in Macs TRIM is only supported with Apple branded hard drives. Hence, even if you own an actual Mac and replace your hard drive for a non-Apple one, TRIM will not work. And in hackintosh computers we all use unsupported SSDs anyway.

Fortunately, we're not doomed forever in our DIY underworld. There is a free utility called Trim Enabler developed by Oscar Groth, that will replace the Mac OS X native TRIM functionality on your hackintosh (or your Mac with an unsupported SSD for that matter).

When to use TRIM?

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In many cases TRIM can considerably speed up your system especially if you work with large data files on a daily basis. Apparently, with time your SSD writing times are bound to lengthen if you don't use TRIM (boohoo).

TRIM comes at a price though since once the content of your Trash is removed you can never hope to get it back (boohoo again). Unlike with non-TRIM drives where the data isn't actually deleted and your system is simply being made aware what files should no longer show on your computer and may be overwritten should the space be needed for another file.

So to minimise the risks and increase the speed of your SSD you can actually run Trim Enabler periodically, say every two weeks or once a month. As far as my system goes, I've had my SSD for about two months now and have just installed Trim Enabler. I can't see any difference at all.

When not to use TRIM?

It turns out some SSDs don't appreciate TRIM and can actually slow down rather than speed up your hackintosh. A company called SandForce manufactures such SSDs (no, I'm not suggesting they're low quality).

In any case, as always with freeware software use it at your own risk. What works for one may be less useful for another. But knowing TRIM exists may be useful when one day you notice your SSD isn't as fast as it used to be. In which case TRIM can be your option before re-installing Mac OS X.

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If you bought a Mac with an SSD installed from the factory, then TRIM is enabled by default and you're all set—nothing to worry about. If, on the other hand, you later added a third-party SSD to your system, then TRIM will be disabled by default. If you aren't sure, the best thing to do is double-check. Step 1: Check TRIM Status. Feb 28, 2019 1) Why/How does Windows support trim on this particular SSD external drive (Samsung T5) over usb compared to Mac OS? Is the limitation of TRIM predominately based on the OS rather then the physical connection of the drive being used? 2) What if I am using Parallels (Windows 10) in conjunction with With Mac OS Sierra via USB-C. Would TRIM work.

The best way to expand your Mac's lifespan and obtain a significant speed boost is by replacing the hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD). You'll notice the huge performance improvement right from the first time you boot up and immediately praise yourself for making this investment. However, you shouldn't stop at installing a new SSD. There is one tiny command line you must type into Terminal to enable a feature meant to expand the lifespan of the newly installed drive; this feature is called TRIM.

What Is TRIM, and Why Do You Need It?

Writing to an SSD is totally different than writing to a traditional hard drive: the SSD first clears existing information from the flash memory cells and programs new data into them; hence, the writing process is often referred as program/erase cycles or P/E cycles. There is one thing to note, though, and that is that there are a limited number of P/E cycles an SSD can support. Writing to an SSD is like writing on a piece of paper with a pencil: if you erase the same space too many times, it can wear out. Manufacturers address this issue with so-called wear leveling, which prevents SSD memory cells (the pages) from wearing out.

SSDs contain memory cells organized into pages and blocks. What represents a challenge is that with an SSD you can write on a page any time, but you can erase only one block at a time. Each block contains a specified number of pages (from 32 to 256), which contain a specified amount of data (2 to 8KB). Unlike traditional hard drives, data on SSDs can't be directly overwritten. When data changes, it must be written again. The same data (and metadata) ends up being written over and over again in our daily use of computers generating a phenomenon called write amplification, which uses up the limited P/E cycles.

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TRIM can be considered a more efficient way of handling 'garbage' and was introduced shortly after SSDs became available. The TRIM command allows the operating system to inform the SSD about regions where the data marked for deletion are stored, and after trimming the SSD won't preserve the contents of the block when it writes new data to a page. This enables less write amplification and, as it doesn't use up the precious P/E cycles, the SSD's lifespan will be much longer.

Back Up Your Mac Before Enabling the TRIM Command

You need to enable trimming manually when installing a third party SSD. All Macs shipped with an SSD have TRIM enabled, however, and yours can be checked by clicking on the Apple logo > About This Mac > System Report > SATA/SATA Express and look for 'Trim Support'. Note that this won't work on Retina MacBook Pro (late 2016) units.

If the answer here is 'no' and you are running either macOS El Capitan 10.11.x or macOS Yosemite 10.10.4 or later versions, then TRIM can be enabled with one simple command in Terminal. Earlier versions of macOS don't support this command, but there are third party apps, such as TRIM Enabler ($14.99), that can enable it.

Before you enable TRIM on the freshly installed SSD, we highly recommend doing a manual backup with Time Machine (or the backup service of your preference). Do not skip this step, because – despite supporting it – Apple doesn't take any responsibility for data loss during the process. If anything goes wrong, the data will be lost and you won't be able to recover it, so a backup can save the day.

But you don't want to fill up your backup drive or the precious space on the SSD with all the junk files generated by apps as you use them: cookies, cache files, duplicates, erroneous downloads, iOS firmware downloads and much more should be wiped. For this reason, we strongly recommend performing a system cleanup using a Mac optimization app such as CleanMyMac, MacBooster or OnyX. After the cleaning process your Mac will be in its best shape for a backup and then to enable TRIM.

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1. Launch Terminal.
2. Type the command sudo trimforce enable, and press enter.
3. Type the admin password, and press enter.
4. Read the system notice, type 'y', and press enter.
5. macOS will require your consent to reboot after finishing the process, so type 'y' again, and press enter.

After finishing the process your Mac will reboot with TRIM enabled. Check again if TRIM support is now 'OK' by clicking on the Apple logo > About this Mac > System Report > SATA/SATA Express, or by typing the following command in terminal:

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system_profiler SPSerialATADataType grep ‘TRIM'.

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But you don't want to fill up your backup drive or the precious space on the SSD with all the junk files generated by apps as you use them: cookies, cache files, duplicates, erroneous downloads, iOS firmware downloads and much more should be wiped. For this reason, we strongly recommend performing a system cleanup using a Mac optimization app such as CleanMyMac, MacBooster or OnyX. After the cleaning process your Mac will be in its best shape for a backup and then to enable TRIM.

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How to Enable TRIM on macOS in Five Easy Steps

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1. Launch Terminal.
2. Type the command sudo trimforce enable, and press enter.
3. Type the admin password, and press enter.
4. Read the system notice, type 'y', and press enter.
5. macOS will require your consent to reboot after finishing the process, so type 'y' again, and press enter.

After finishing the process your Mac will reboot with TRIM enabled. Check again if TRIM support is now 'OK' by clicking on the Apple logo > About this Mac > System Report > SATA/SATA Express, or by typing the following command in terminal:

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system_profiler SPSerialATADataType grep ‘TRIM'.

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