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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1943960" data-attributes="member: 190607">It isn't choosing a brand that is the hard part.&nbsp; Purchasing in internal SSD for a particular model of Macintosh is a quagmire, because Apple has changed their (often proprietary) interface a number of times.&nbsp; Have a look at:Apple Proprietary SSDs: Ultimate Guide to Specs &amp; Upgrades <a href="https://beetstech.com/blog/apple-proprietary-ssd-ultimate-guide-to-specs-and-upgrades" target="_blank">https://beetstech.com/blog/apple-proprietary-ssd-ultimate-guide-to-specs-and-upgrades</a>and it's vitally important to ascertain if the SSD in question supports TRIM (particularly, Apple's implementation of TRIM in the OS):<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trim_(computing)" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trim_(computing)</a><a href="http://www.thessdreview.com/daily-news/latest-buzz/garbage-collection-and-trim-in-ssds-explained-an-ssd-primer/" target="_blank">http://www.thessdreview.com/daily-news/latest-buzz/garbage-collection-and-trim-in-ssds-explained-an-ssd-primer/</a>Some third party hard drives have claimed to handle TRIM without software support from the host OS, but what is offered isn't always as good as a full implementation of TRIM.&nbsp; And there have been third party kludges to make Mac OS's TRIM work with third party hard drives, but the results haven't always been ideal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1943960, member: 190607"] It isn't choosing a brand that is the hard part. Purchasing in internal SSD for a particular model of Macintosh is a quagmire, because Apple has changed their (often proprietary) interface a number of times. Have a look at: Apple Proprietary SSDs: Ultimate Guide to Specs & Upgrades [URL code="true"]https://beetstech.com/blog/apple-proprietary-ssd-ultimate-guide-to-specs-and-upgrades[/URL] and it's vitally important to ascertain if the SSD in question supports TRIM (particularly, Apple's implementation of TRIM in the OS): [URL code="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trim_(computing)[/URL] [URL code="true"]http://www.thessdreview.com/daily-news/latest-buzz/garbage-collection-and-trim-in-ssds-explained-an-ssd-primer/[/URL] Some third party hard drives have claimed to handle TRIM without software support from the host OS, but what is offered isn't always as good as a full implementation of TRIM. And there have been third party kludges to make Mac OS's TRIM work with third party hard drives, but the results haven't always been ideal. [/QUOTE]

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