What is TRIM? TRIM is an important part of keeping your solid-state drives (SSDs) healthy. And in our first update to SoftRAID for Windows, we’ve added several TRIM features that keep your drives running faster and longer. SSDs handle data differently...
As we’ve written in the past on the Rocket Yard, with or without TRIM, OWC SSDs are built to perform over the long haul. OWC Founder and CEO Larry O’Connor recently wrote a guest article for hardware.itbusinessnet.com to shed some...
On Wednesday, we reported that Apple released the latest OS X version with 10.10.4, which adds the support of TRIM for third-party SSDs. OWC SSDs are built to run at optimal speed and provide peak performance throughout their lives without...
On Tuesday, Apple released the latest update to OS X with version 10.10.4, which among other improvements adds the support of TRIM for third-party SSDs. The new “Trimforce” command can be executed from the OS X terminal and allows users...
We’ve talked on the Rocket Yard about using TRIM with OWC SSDs before. Essentially, if you are using an OWC SSD, there is no need for TRIM. However, if you are running a system with TRIM Enabler and you upgrade...
If you’ve researched using an SSD before, you may have heard how they can slow down over time. Most manufacturers go out of their way to avoid this by suggesting users run TRIM, a command for cleaning up “garbage” files....
Before we get started talking about TRIM and why you should or should not enable it, let’s just grab a little background, so everybody is roughly on the same page. When you simply “delete” a file on a traditional hard...
ScreenFloat is an excellent Mac app that takes screenshot capture, organization, and data extraction to a whole new level.
The built-in screenshot utility in macOS Sonoma provides on-screen controls for easy access to every screenshot option and new video recording capabilities. Here’s how to get started.
