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My SSD's were getting full once more and I could get a good deal on an Intel 760 1TB NVME SSD.
Here's what I did(using OSX10.13.1):
0. Reorder PCIe stuff, lower PCIe x4 slot shares PCIe lanes with M2 slot. Moved UAD card to x1 slot, moved WIFI/BT card to x1 slot next to GFX card. Put NVME bar in M2 slot. (fixing screw is on the mobo)
1. Find NVME in Disk Utility, it wasn't immediately visible though MacOS warned about an unformatted disk.
2. Format/initialize as GUID/HFS+(I consider APFS immature, I may be paranoid)
3. Tested with BM Speed Disk: it's working(and fast)
Used CCC to clone my boot SATA SSD to the NVME drive, plus I ran the install/copy efi shell script. Rebooted from my NVME.
Worked for 5 seconds, then kernel panic and reboot. Wiped caches. Reboot.
Tested for 48 hours, also without former boot disk (disconnected)
All is fine, works as advertised. Don't see much of a speed increase(with DAW use and Adobe Photo apps mostly), though.
Rebooted from my old SSD once more to make room on the NVME disk for the standard emergency boot partition, CCC doesn't do that automatically. This makes it possible to remove stuff easily when I botch my install. I don't have spare SATA slots for another MacOS boot disk, and booting from USB is sometimes iffy. Used CCC to add the emergency partition.
All in all, easy. Just as easy as upgrading to an ordinary SSD. No extra kexts or Clover patches needed. Nice.
No way to read the temps on this thing, though.
Here's what I did(using OSX10.13.1):
0. Reorder PCIe stuff, lower PCIe x4 slot shares PCIe lanes with M2 slot. Moved UAD card to x1 slot, moved WIFI/BT card to x1 slot next to GFX card. Put NVME bar in M2 slot. (fixing screw is on the mobo)
1. Find NVME in Disk Utility, it wasn't immediately visible though MacOS warned about an unformatted disk.
2. Format/initialize as GUID/HFS+(I consider APFS immature, I may be paranoid)
3. Tested with BM Speed Disk: it's working(and fast)
Used CCC to clone my boot SATA SSD to the NVME drive, plus I ran the install/copy efi shell script. Rebooted from my NVME.
Worked for 5 seconds, then kernel panic and reboot. Wiped caches. Reboot.
Tested for 48 hours, also without former boot disk (disconnected)
All is fine, works as advertised. Don't see much of a speed increase(with DAW use and Adobe Photo apps mostly), though.
Rebooted from my old SSD once more to make room on the NVME disk for the standard emergency boot partition, CCC doesn't do that automatically. This makes it possible to remove stuff easily when I botch my install. I don't have spare SATA slots for another MacOS boot disk, and booting from USB is sometimes iffy. Used CCC to add the emergency partition.
All in all, easy. Just as easy as upgrading to an ordinary SSD. No extra kexts or Clover patches needed. Nice.
No way to read the temps on this thing, though.
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