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, 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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