MGG 499: Bidding Farewell to the Four Hundreds

Dave and John, as promised, follow-up today on their SSD upgrade discussion, going through the issues and questions you've had since they introduced the topic a few weeks back. Answers and wisdom include the best data migration path, whether (and how) to enable TRIM support, SATA II vs. SATA II, […]

Dave and John, as promised, follow-up today on their SSD upgrade discussion, going through the issues and questions you've had since they introduced the topic a few weeks back. Answers and wisdom include the best data migration path, whether (and how) to enable TRIM support, SATA II vs. SATA II, quelling your fears about cracking open your Mac, how old is too old, and more. Then it's on to some Automator goodness (so easy truly anyone can do it!), as well as a very creative use for Mavericks' tags. All this and more in today's show!

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Stuff mentioned:

The Golden Age of Mac Upgrades is (Once Again) Upon Us (1:31)
SanDisk X110 SSD Drives
OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD
Crucial M500 SSD Drives
OWC Confirms Mac Pro 2013 Processor Upgradeable
AdaptaDrive
SAMSUNG SSD 840 EVO
Carbon Copy Cloner (10:57)
Wintec FileMate ExpressCard SSD
Trim (for SSD garbage collection) (19:08)
TRIM Enabler
Chameleon SSD Optimizer
Access System Profiler Information via Applescript
system_profiler Manual Page
Velocity Solo x2 – Extreme Performance SSD Upgrade Kit for Desktop PCs and Mac Pro (31:14)
OWC Macsales YouTube Channel (34:33)
iFixit Repair Manuals
Seagate Momentus XT (42:11)
Toshiba Solid State Hybrid Drive
OptiBay Drive Kit
5 Weird Ways To Release The iPhone’s Shutter (57:27)
myType Keyboard
OS X Mavericks: Tag files and folders with colors and labels (1:00:47)
Readdle Documents
Instashare
The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
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BackBeat Media Podcast Network
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