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    OS X SSD To-Do's

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Asherek, Feb 20, 2011.

  1. Asherek

    Asherek Notebook Consultant

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    Hey Apple fans (and non-fans!),

    Just put an SSD into my Macbook Pro 13" 2010 Unibody, a Vertex 2. I'm wondering what tips people have for things that I should be doing in OS X for this SSD.

    Specifically, how to turn on noatime properly so that I can get rid of the last accessed stamp being applied on my files, as I heard this is unnecessary writes on the SSD.

    I've googled how to do this and even though I've followed every guide I've found to the T, I can't seem to get it to work; when I check the partition status in Terminal afterwards, it's still not enabled.

    Running the latest version of OS X, obviously. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
     
    Asherek, Feb 20, 2011
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  2. RogueMonk

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    No tweaks needed.
     
    RogueMonk, Feb 20, 2011
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  3. Asherek

    Asherek Notebook Consultant

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    Even disabling the last access timestamp from files isn't needed?
     
    Asherek, Feb 20, 2011
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    Its not needed.
     
    RogueMonk, Feb 21, 2011
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