2014 Mac mini - replacing the hybrid drive with an SSD

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2014 Mac mini - replacing the hybrid drive with an SSD

Hello all,

2014 Mac mini - 2.8 GHz i5 - 8GB RAM - Hybrid drive (ssd + 1TB hdd)

Recently this machine has begun to show a spinning ball for just everything, despite regular use of Onyx and about 280GB free drive space. The SSD temperature goes up to 60°C - 65°C quite often (istat) during clone backup and other file copying. I'm just mentally making plans for a possible failing drive. OWC makes these drives, but thinking of general speed, I am also wondering about replacing both the SSD and HDD with a single 2TB SSD in the hard-drive bay and leaving the original SSD slot vacant.

It looks a simple job, but just checking - is there some reason why this is not a good idea? Very grateful for any contributions.

Thanks, Dave

Mac mini, macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 18, 2020 3:15 AM

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Answer 1

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HWTech

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Mar 18, 2020 4:52 PM in response to David Griffiths

The original Apple SSD is just a PCIe SATA SSD so replacing the original hard drive with a standard SATA SSD should retain the same performance you have now. Of course if you install an OWC Aura SSD in place of the Apple SSD, then you will get a performance improvement since the OWC Aura SSDs are much faster NVMe drives. The computer must already have macOS 10.13+ installed so the computer has the necessary system firmware to support the OWC Aura SSD (and you must always use macOS 10.13+ with it).

Chances are your hard drive is the part which is failing and not your Apple SSD. To check the health of the SSD and hard drive run DriveDX and post the health report for each drive here (two separate reports) using the "Additional Text" icon which looks like a piece of paper.

BTW, these SSDs can get very hot during long drive operations and it does not indicate the SSD is failing. When the SSD hits 70C or there abouts the SSD will throttle itself to lower the temperature of the drive.

If the drives are good, then you may want to check for possible software issues by running EtreCheck and posting the report here using the "Additional Text" icon.

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Answer 2

HWTech

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Mar 20, 2020 6:56 PM in response to David Griffiths

The "Load Cycle Count" on the hard drive is way past its maximum expected value which means the drive is wearing out. The SSD in the Fusion Drive setup is masking the drive's poor health and worn out state. The hard drive could very well be contributing to some of the problems. Even if the hard drive is working Ok now, it won't be for very much longer. I would suggest disabling "Put hard disk to sleep when possible" which is located in the Energy Saver System Preferences as it may help to extend the drive's life a bit.

The SSD appears to be Ok.

As far as the software you should uninstall Webroot, Clean My Mac, and Virus Barrier by following the developers' instructions. Anit-virus and cleaning apps are not needed on a Mac and usually cause more problems than they solve. Plus they impact system performance. Even if you want to use an anti-virus app you should only ever install one app since they will be competing with each other making the system even more slow and unstable. MalwareBytes is acceptable if you feel the need to use it as MalwareBytes is the only one which really works on a Mac.

Your computer is also running out of memory so uninstalling those items should help somewhat. I would suggest disabling the automatic launching of some other items to help free up some memory as well. There are some other apps I am unsure about, but uninstalling the AV & cleaning apps is a good start to see how much it improves your computer. If you still have problems, then run EtreCheck again after removing those items mentioned and post it here so that some other more knowledgeable contributors can comment on the report.

I would highly recommend re-enabling the Security updates to help keep your system safe. Security updates should rarely interfere with your system or apps.

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Answer 3

Mar 21, 2020 1:13 PM in response to HWTech

Thank-you very much for all the help I have received. It is way more than I was ever expecting when I posted the original question. I'll go out Monday and get a 1TB SSD to replace the original spinning disc. On the software side I'll also implement the recommendations. I don't use the AV software, but then logically it doesn't need to be there. Thanks also for the tip about the euro-store for OWC.

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Answer 4

Mar 20, 2020 4:02 PM in response to HWTech

DriveDxReport_APPLE HDD

### SYSTEM INFORMATION ### Report Timestamp : 20 March 2020 22:30:17 GMT+1 Report Timestamp (ISO 8601 format) : 2020-03-20T22:30:17 Application Name : DriveDx Application Version : 1.9.1.670 Application SubBuild : 0 Application Edition : Standalone Application Website : https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx DriveDx Knowledge Base Revision : 11/11 Computer Name : SuperCool iMac Host Name : SuperCool-iMac Computer Model : Macmini7,1 OS Boot Time : 2020-03-16T22:04:21 Time Since Boot : 4 days 00h 25m 56s OS Name : macOS OS Version : 10.14.6 OS Build : 18G3020 OS Kernel Version : Darwin 18.7.0 SAT SMART Driver Version : N/A ATA Command Support Tolerance : verypermissive N of drives in report : 1 ### DRIVE 1 OF 1 ### Last Checked : 20 March 2020 22:26:58 GMT+1 Last Checked (ISO 8601 format) : 2020-03-20T22:26:58 Advanced SMART Status : OK Overall Health Rating : GOOD 79.6% Overall Performance Rating : GOOD 79.6% Issues found : 1 Serial Number : JD8002EZ06438D WWN Id : 5 000cca 79ac2c9a3 Volumes : Macintosh HD Device Path : /dev/disk1 Total Capacity : 1.0 TB (1,000,204,886,016 Bytes) Model : APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 Form Factor : 2.5 inches Firmware Version : JA0AB5D0 Drive Type : HDD 5400 rpm Power On Time : 24,618 hours (34 months 5 days 18 hours) Power Cycles Count : 28,699 Current Power Cycle Time : 96.4 hours === DEVICE CAPABILITIES === S.M.A.R.T. support enabled : yes DriveDx Active Diagnostic Config : Base config [hdd.default] Sector Logical Size : 512 Sector Physical Size : 4096 Physical Interconnect : SATA Logical Protocol : SATA Removable : no Ejectable : no ATA Version : ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 6 SATA Version : SATA 2.6, 3.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s) Bay # : 1 I/O Path : IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleIntelPchSeriesAHCI/PRT0@0/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice Attributes Data Structure Revision : 16 SMART Command Transport (SCT) flags : 0x3d SCT Status supported : yes SCT Feature Control supported : yes SCT Data Table supported : yes Error logging capabilities : 0x1 Self-tests supported : yes Offline Data Collection capabilities : 0x5b Offline Data Collection status : 0x0 Auto Offline Data Collection flags : 0x0 [Known device ]: no [Drive State Flags ]: 0x40000000 [Last State Change Timestamp ]: 2020-03-20T22:25:23 [Last State Change Flags ]: 0x40000000 [Last State Change Diff Flags ]: 0x1 Last Email Report Timestamp : 2020-03-20T22:25:23 Last Email Report Reason Flags : 0x40000000 Last Email Report State Change Flags : 0x1 === CURRENT POWER CYCLE STATISTICS === Data Read : 119.4 GB Data Written : 114.9 GB Data Read/Write Ratio : 1.04 Average Throughput (Read) : 491.5 KB/s Average Throughput (Write) : 6.0 MB/s Operations (Read) : 8,202,054 Operations (Write) : 2,262,143 Operations Read/Write Ratio : 4 Throughput per operation (Read) : 15.3 KB/Op Throughput per operation (Write) : 53.3 KB/Op Latency Time (Read) : 0 ns Latency Time (Write) : 0 ns Retries (Read) : 0 Retries (Write) : 0 Errors (Read) : 0 Errors (Write) : 0 === PROBLEMS SUMMARY === Failed Indicators (life-span / pre-fail) : 0 (0 / 0) Failing Indicators (life-span / pre-fail) : 0 (0 / 0) Warnings (life-span / pre-fail) : 1 (1 / 0) Recently failed Self-tests (Short / Full) : 0 (0 / 0) I/O Error Count : 0 (0 / 0) Time in Under temperature : 0 minutes Time in Over temperature : 0 minutes === IMPORTANT HEALTH INDICATORS === ID NAME RAW VALUE STATUS 5 Reallocated Sector Count 0 100% OK 197 Current Pending Sector Count 0 100% OK 198 Offline Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 100% OK 199 UDMA CRC Error Count 0 100% OK === TEMPERATURE INFORMATION (CELSIUS) === Current Temperature : 38 Power Cycle Min Temperature : 20 Power Cycle Max Temperature : 47 Lifetime Min Temperature : 12 Lifetime Max Temperature : 54 Recommended Min Temperature : 0 Recommended Max Temperature : 60 Temperature Min Limit : -40 Temperature Max Limit : 65 === DRIVE HEALTH INDICATORS === ID | NAME | TYPE | UPDATE | RAW VALUE | VALUE | THRESHOLD | WORST | LAST MODIFIED | STATUS 1 Raw Read Error Rate Pre-fail online 0x0 100 62 100 - 100% OK 2 Throughput Performance Pre-fail offline 0 100 40 100 - 100% OK 3 Spin Up Time Pre-fail online 1 166 33 166 - 79.6% OK 4 Start Stop Count Life-span online 32,395 80 0 80 - 80.0% OK 5 Reallocated Sector Count Pre-fail online 0 100 5 100 - 100% OK 7 Seek Error Rate Pre-fail online 0x0 100 67 100 - 100% OK 8 Seek Time Performance Pre-fail offline 0 100 40 100 - 100% OK 9 Power On Hours Life-span online 24,618 44 0 44 - 44.0% OK 10 Spin Retry Count Pre-fail online 0 100 60 100 - 100% OK 12 Power Cycle Count Life-span online 28,699 82 0 82 - 82.0% OK 160 Vendor Specific Life-span online 0x0 100 0 100 - 100% OK 191 G-Sense Error Rate Life-span online 0 100 0 100 - 100% OK 192 Power-Off Retract Count Life-span online 0x100000065 100 0 100 - 100% OK 193 Load Cycle Count Life-span online 1,803,988 1 0 1 - 1.0% Warning 194 Temperature (Celsius) Life-span online 38 157 0 157 - 78.5% OK 195 Hardware ECC Recovered Life-span online 0x0 100 0 100 - 100% OK 196 Reallocated Event Count Life-span online 0 100 0 100 - 100% OK 197 Current Pending Sector Count Life-span online 0 100 0 100 - 100% OK 198 Offline Uncorrectable Sector Count Life-span offline 0 100 0 100 - 100% OK 199 UDMA CRC Error Count Life-span online 0 200 0 200 - 100% OK 223 Load Retry Count Life-span online 0 100 0 100 - 100% OK 254 Free Fall Sensor Life-span online 19 100 0 100 - 100% OK === DRIVE ERROR LOG === error log is empty === DRIVE SELF-TEST LOG === self-test log is empty

DriveDxReport_APPLE SSD

### SYSTEM INFORMATION ### Report Timestamp : 20 March 2020 22:30:30 GMT+1 Report Timestamp (ISO 8601 format) : 2020-03-20T22:30:30 Application Name : DriveDx Application Version : 1.9.1.670 Application SubBuild : 0 Application Edition : Standalone Application Website : https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx DriveDx Knowledge Base Revision : 11/11 Computer Name : SuperCool iMac Host Name : SuperCool-iMac Computer Model : Macmini7,1 OS Boot Time : 2020-03-16T22:04:21 Time Since Boot : 4 days 00h 26m 09s OS Name : macOS OS Version : 10.14.6 OS Build : 18G3020 OS Kernel Version : Darwin 18.7.0 SAT SMART Driver Version : N/A ATA Command Support Tolerance : verypermissive N of drives in report : 1 ### DRIVE 1 OF 1 ### Last Checked : 20 March 2020 22:26:58 GMT+1 Last Checked (ISO 8601 format) : 2020-03-20T22:26:58 Advanced SMART Status : OK Overall Health Rating : GOOD 100% SSD Lifetime Left Indicator : GOOD 100% Issues found : 0 Serial Number : S1K3NYAF909860 WWN Id : 5 002538 655584d30 Volumes : Macintosh HD Device Path : /dev/disk0 Total Capacity : 121.3 GB (121,332,826,112 Bytes) Model Family : Apple (Samsung-based) SSDs Model : APPLE SSD SM0128F Firmware Version : UXM2JA1Q Drive Type : SSD Power On Time : 23,933 hours (33 months 7 days 5 hours) Power Cycles Count : 29,062 Current Power Cycle Time : 96.4 hours === DEVICE CAPABILITIES === S.M.A.R.T. support enabled : yes DriveDx Active Diagnostic Config : Apple (Samsung-based) e/f-series SSDs config [ssd.apple.samsung.ef] Sector Logical Size : 512 Sector Physical Size : 4096 Physical Interconnect : PCI Logical Protocol : SATA Removable : no Ejectable : no ATA Version : ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4c SATA Version : SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) I/O Path : IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP06@1C,5/IOPP/SSD0@0/AppleAHCI/PRT0@0/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice Attributes Data Structure Revision : 40 SMART Command Transport (SCT) flags : 0x0 SCT Status supported : no SCT Feature Control supported : no SCT Data Table supported : no Error logging capabilities : 0x1 Self-tests supported : yes Offline Data Collection capabilities : 0x5f Offline Data Collection status : 0x0 Auto Offline Data Collection flags : 0x0 [Known device ]: yes [Drive State Flags ]: 0x0 === CURRENT POWER CYCLE STATISTICS === Data Read : 593.0 GB Data Written : 253.5 GB Data Read/Write Ratio : 2.34 Average Throughput (Read) : 39.3 MB/s Average Throughput (Write) : 87.0 MB/s Operations (Read) : 38,125,075 Operations (Write) : 10,775,735 Operations Read/Write Ratio : 4 Throughput per operation (Read) : 16.3 KB/Op Throughput per operation (Write) : 24.7 KB/Op Latency Time (Read) : 0 ns Latency Time (Write) : 0 ns Retries (Read) : 0 Retries (Write) : 0 Errors (Read) : 0 Errors (Write) : 0 === PROBLEMS SUMMARY === Failed Indicators (life-span / pre-fail) : 0 (0 / 0) Failing Indicators (life-span / pre-fail) : 0 (0 / 0) Warnings (life-span / pre-fail) : 0 (0 / 0) Recently failed Self-tests (Short / Full) : 0 (0 / 0) I/O Error Count : 0 (0 / 0) === IMPORTANT HEALTH INDICATORS === ID NAME RAW VALUE STATUS 5 Retired Block Count 0 100% OK 173 Wear Leveling Count 0x340048303DF 62.0% OK 175 Host Writes MiB 48,642,499 (46.4 TB) 99.0% OK 192 Unsafe Shutdown Count 304 99.0% OK 197 Current Pending Block Count 0 100% OK 199 UDMA CRC Error Count 0 100% OK === TEMPERATURE INFORMATION (CELSIUS) === Current Temperature : 50 Power Cycle Min Temperature : 50 Power Cycle Max Temperature : 51 Lifetime Min Temperature : 50 Lifetime Max Temperature : 51 Recommended Min Temperature : 5 Recommended Max Temperature : 65 Temperature Min Limit : 5 Temperature Max Limit : 70 === DRIVE HEALTH INDICATORS === ID | NAME | TYPE | UPDATE | RAW VALUE | VALUE | THRESHOLD | WORST | LAST MODIFIED | STATUS 1 Raw Read Error Rate Life-span online 0x0 200 0 200 - 100% OK 5 Retired Block Count Pre-fail online 0 100 0 100 - 100% OK 9 Power On Hours Life-span online 23,933 95 0 95 - 95.0% OK 12 Power Cycle Count Life-span online 29,062 71 0 71 - 71.0% OK 169 Total Bad Block Count Pre-fail online 0xC50A400780 253 10 253 - 100% OK 173 Wear Leveling Count Life-span online 0x340048303DF 162 100 162 - 62.0% OK 174 Host Reads MiB Life-span online 79,117,113 (75.5 TB) 99 0 99 - 99.0% OK 175 Host Writes MiB Life-span online 48,642,499 (46.4 TB) 99 0 99 - 99.0% OK 192 Unsafe Shutdown Count Life-span online 304 99 0 99 - 99.0% OK 194 Temperature (Celsius) Life-span online 50 50 30 50 - 50.0% OK 197 Current Pending Block Count Life-span online 0 100 0 100 - 100% OK 199 UDMA CRC Error Count Life-span online 0 200 0 200 - 100% OK 240 Vendor Specific Life-span online 0x0 100 0 100 - 100% OK === DRIVE ERROR LOG === error log is empty === DRIVE SELF-TEST LOG === self-test log is empty === DEVICE STATISTICS === [0x01] General Statistics (revision 2) 0x08 Lifetime Power-on Resets : 29,062 0x10 Power-on Hours : 23,933 hours 0x18 Logical Sectors Written : 99,619,839,513 (46.4 TB) 0x20 Number of Write Commands : 1,582,393,640 0x28 Logical Sectors Read : 162,031,849,345 (75.5 TB) 0x30 Number of Read Commands : 5,103,465,697 [0x04] General Errors Statistics (revision 1) 0x08 Number of Reported Uncorrectable Errors : 0 0x10 Resets Between Cmd Accept. and Compl. : 0 [0x06] Transport Statistics (revision 1) 0x08 Number of Hardware Resets : 0 0x10 Number of ASR Events : 0 0x18 Number of Interface CRC Errors : 0 [0x07] Solid State Drive Statistics (revision 1) 0x08 Percentage Used Endurance Indicator : 0 %

EtreCheckPro report Mac Mini 2014

EtreCheck version: 6.2.2 (6C004) Report generated: 2020-03-20 23:43:40 Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com Runtime: 6:45 Performance: Good Problem: Beachballing Description: Beachballing every time software is opened or a window closed, or many other things Major Issues: Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention. Automatic updates disabled - Automatic updates are disabled. This computer is at risk of malware infection. Security updates disabled - Security updates are disabled. This computer is at risk of malware infection. Apple security disabled - Apple security software is disabled. This computer is at risk of malware infection. More than one antivirus app - This machine has multiple antivirus apps installed. Minor Issues: These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvement. Heavy RAM usage - Apps are using a large amount of RAM. Apps crashing - There have been numerous app crashes. Apps with heavy CPU usage - There have been numerous cases of apps with heavy CPU usage. Clean up - There are orphan files that could be removed. Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. Apple has said that unsigned software will not run by default in a future version of the operating system. System modifications - There are a large number of system modifications running in the background. 32-bit Apps - This machine has 32-bits apps will not work on macOS 10.15 "Catalina". Kernel extensions present - This machine has kernel extensions that may not work in the future. Sharing enabled - This machine has sharing services enabled that could be a security risk. Hardware Information: Mac mini (Late 2014) Mac mini Model: Macmini7,1 1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-4308U) CPU: 2-core 8 RAM - Not upgradeable BANK 0/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR3 1600 BANK 1/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR3 1600 Video Information: Intel Iris - VRAM: 1536 MB BenQ GW2765 2560 x 1440 Drives: disk0 - APPLE SSD SM0128F 121.33 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes) Internal PCI 5.0 GT/s x2 Serial ATA disk0s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB disk0s2 [APFS Fusion Drive] 121.12 GB disk2 [APFS Virtual drive] 1.12 TB (Shared by 4 volumes) disk2s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) (Shared - 882.23 GB used) disk2s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared - 43 MB used) disk2s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared - 510 MB used) disk2s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 4.30 GB used) disk1 - APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 1.00 TB (Mechanical - 5400 RPM) Internal SATA 3 Gigabit Serial ATA disk1s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB disk1s2 [APFS Fusion Drive] 1000.00 GB disk2 [APFS Virtual drive] 1.12 TB (Shared by 4 volumes) disk2s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) (Shared - 882.23 GB used) disk2s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared - 43 MB used) disk2s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared - 510 MB used) disk2s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 4.30 GB used) disk3 - JMicron Generic DISK00 4.00 TB External USB 5 Gbit/s USB disk3s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB disk3s2 - I******************b (Mac OS Extended) 4.00 TB (3.39 TB used) disk4 - JMicron Generic DISK01 4.00 TB External USB 5 Gbit/s USB disk4s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB disk4s2 - I********************2 (Journaled HFS+) 4.00 TB (2.05 TB used) disk5 - USB DISK 2.0 7.74 GB External USB 480 Mbit/s USB disk5s1 - B****R 210 MB (134 MB used) disk5s2 - URD 7.40 GB (5.26 GB used) disk6 - JMicron Generic DISK02 4.00 TB External USB 5 Gbit/s USB disk6s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB disk6s2 - I******************b (Journaled HFS+) 4.00 TB (2.02 TB used) disk7 - ST1000LM 024 HN-M101M 1.00 TB External USB 5 Gbit/s USB disk7s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB disk7s2 - C*******************************d (Journaled HFS+) 999.21 GB (869.34 GB used) disk7s3 - Recovery HD (Journaled HFS+) [Recovery] 784 MB disk8 - WD My Book 1140 2.00 TB External USB 5 Gbit/s USB disk8s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB disk8s2 - L**e (Journaled HFS+) 2.00 TB (1.68 TB used) disk9 - Seagate Expansion 2.00 TB External USB 5 Gbit/s USB disk9s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB disk9s2 [APFS Container] 2.00 TB disk10 [APFS Virtual drive] 2.00 TB (Shared by 3 volumes) disk10s1 - V******e (APFS) (Shared - 930.43 GB used) disk10s2 - P*****t (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared - 42 MB used) disk10s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared - 518 MB used) Mounted Volumes: disk2s1 - Macintosh HD 1.12 TB (Shared - 882.23 GB used, 235.78 GB available, 225.15 GB free) APFS Mount point: / disk2s2 - Preboot [APFS Preboot] 1.12 TB (Shared - 43 MB used, 225.15 GB free) APFS Mount point: /Volumes/Preboot disk2s4 - VM [APFS VM] 1.12 TB (Shared - 4.30 GB used, 225.15 GB free) APFS Mount point: /private/var/vm disk3s2 - I******************b 4.00 TB (3.39 TB used, 610.60 GB available, 610.44 GB free) Mac OS Extended Mount point: /Volumes/I******************b Owners enabled: No disk4s2 - I********************2 4.00 TB (2.05 TB used, 1.95 TB free) Journaled HFS+ Mount point: /Volumes/I********************2 disk5s1 - B****R 210 MB (134 MB used, 226 MB available, 75 MB free) Mount point: /Volumes/B****R disk5s2 - URD 7.40 GB (5.26 GB used, 2.29 GB available, 2.14 GB free) Mount point: /Volumes/URD disk6s2 - I******************b 4.00 TB (2.02 TB used, 1.98 TB free) Journaled HFS+ Mount point: /Volumes/I******************b disk7s2 - C*******************************d 999.21 GB (869.34 GB used, 130.02 GB available, 129.87 GB free) Journaled HFS+ Mount point: /Volumes/C*******************************d disk8s2 - L**e 2.00 TB (1.68 TB used, 319.05 GB available, 318.90 GB free) Journaled HFS+ Mount point: /Volumes/L**e disk10s1 - V******e 2.00 TB (Shared - 930.43 GB used, 1.07 TB free) APFS Mount point: /Volumes/V******e Network: Interface en0: Ethernet Interface en7: 802.11ac NIC Interface en5: iPhone Interface en1: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Interface en4: Bluetooth PAN Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge iCloud Quota: 1019 MB available File sharing: Enabled System Software: macOS Mojave 10.14.6 (18G3020) Time since boot: About 4 days Notifications: Creative Cloud.app one notification Jotta.app 100 notifications DetectX Swift.app 2 notifications CCC User Agent.app 19 notifications DriveDx.app 2 notifications Safari.app 82 notifications MediaHuman Audio Converter.app 81 notifications Security: System Status Gatekeeper: App Store and identified developers System Integrity Protection: Enabled Automatic Updates: Disabled Security Updates: Disabled Antivirus software: Webroot, CleanMyMac, and Malwarebytes File sharing: Enabled Unsigned Files: Unsigned files are hidden. 160 unsigned apps 32-bit Applications: 806 32-bit apps Kernel Extensions: /Library/Extensions [Loaded] Soundflower.kext (2.0b2 - 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installed 2019-11-30) [Loaded] com.bjango.istatmenus.installerhelper.plist (Bjango Pty Ltd - installed 2019-11-30) [Running] com.bombich.ccchelper.plist (Bombich Software, Inc. - installed 2020-02-13) [Loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2020-03-11) [Loaded] com.malwarebytes.HelperTool.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2017-10-23) [Loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2020-03-18) [Loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (? 6d8cb30e - installed 2010-08-25) [Loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2016-01-09) [Loaded] com.prosofteng.DriveGenius.locum.plist (? d39b1525 - installed 2013-12-22) [Loaded] com.shinywhitebox.iShowUAudioDaemon.plist (Shiny White Box Limited - installed 2016-05-24) [Running] com.smithmicro.schedulerdaemon.plist (? efed0650 - installed 2010-01-22) [Running] com.webroot.security.mac.plist (Webroot Software, Inc. - installed 2017-10-30) [Loaded] de.appsolute.mampprohelper.plist (? 26ff81e4 - installed 2017-06-03) [Loaded] jp.co.canon.MasterInstaller.plist (? d0637166 - installed 2015-03-13) User Launch Agents: [Other] com.adobe.ARM.***.plist (? 0 - installed 2014-12-04) [Other] com.adobe.ARM.***.plist (? 0 - installed 2010-02-10) [Loaded] com.adobe.ARM.***.plist (? 0 - installed 2015-03-03) [Loaded] com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2019-10-22) [Loaded] com.adobe.ccxprocess.plist (Apple - installed 2019-08-21) [Running] com.c-command.SpamSieve.LaunchAgent.plist (C-Command Software, LLC - installed 2020-03-03) [Loaded] com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist (Dropbox, Inc. - installed 2019-08-22) [Loaded] com.dxo.PhotoLab3LaunchAgent.plist (DxO Labs - installed 2019-12-17) [Loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist (? 0 - installed 2010-02-25) [Loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist (? 0 - installed 2010-03-03) [Other] com.pia.pia_manager.plist (Apple - installed 2019-05-04) [Other] com.prosofteng.DGMonitor.plist (Apple - installed 2020-01-24) [Running] com.smithmicro.cleaning.schedulermailer.plist (? 0 - installed 2010-04-06) [Running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (Spotify - installed 2019-05-29) [Loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist (? 0 - installed 2016-06-10) User Login Items: [Loaded] AdobeResourceSynchronizer (? - installed 2015-03-03) Application /Applications/Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional/Adobe Acrobat Professional.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app [Loaded] Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector EX (Canon Inc. - installed 2019-10-20) Application /Applications/Canon Utilities/IJ Network Scanner Selector EX/Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector EX.app [Running] CIJSUAgent (Canon Inc. - installed 2015-03-13) Modern Login Item /Applications/Canon Utilities/IJ Scan Utility/Canon IJ Scan Utility2.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/CIJSUAgent.app [Running] CCC User Agent (Bombich Software, Inc. - installed 2020-02-13) Modern Login Item /Applications/Carbon Copy Cloner.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/CCC User Agent.app [Not Loaded] LaunchAtLoginHelper (App Store - installed 2020-01-10) Modern Login Item /Applications/CleanMyDrive 2.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/LaunchAtLoginHelper.app [Loaded] DiskWarriorStarter (Alsoft, Inc - installed 2018-09-28) Application /Applications/DiskWarrior.app/Contents/Helpers/DiskWarriorStarter.app [Running] Dropbox (Dropbox, Inc. - installed 2020-03-20) Application /Applications/Dropbox.app [Not Loaded] Evernote Helper (Evernote - installed 2020-01-03) Modern Login Item /Applications/Evernote.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/EvernoteHelper.app [Not Loaded] EvernoteLauncher (Evernote - installed 2020-01-03) Modern Login Item /Applications/Evernote.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/EvernoteLauncher.app [Running] Flux (Michael Herf - installed 2019-11-21) Application /Applications/Flux.app [Not Loaded] Garmin Express Service (Garmin International - installed 2019-06-28) Modern Login Item /Applications/Garmin Express.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Garmin Express Service.app [Running] OverSight Helper (Objective-See, LLC - installed 2017-09-25) Modern Login Item /Applications/OverSight.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/OverSight Helper.app [Loaded] Sync (Sync.com Inc. - installed 2019-08-12) Application /Applications/Sync.app [Not Loaded] VirusBarrier Scanner_Helper (App Store - installed 2020-01-26) Modern Login Item /Applications/VirusBarrier Scanner.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/VirusBarrier Scanner_Helper.app [Not Loaded] WhatsApp Login Helper (App Store - installed 2020-03-14) Modern Login Item /Applications/WhatsApp.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/WhatsApp Login Helper.app [Not Loaded] WunderlistHelper (App Store - installed 2019-09-05) Modern Login Item /Applications/Wunderlist.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/WunderlistHelper.app [Not Loaded] iPasteHelper (App Store - installed 2018-11-17) Modern Login Item /Applications/iPaste.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/iPasteHelper.app [Not Loaded] PhotoStreamAgent (App Store - installed 2038-01-19) Modern Login Item /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/PhotoStreamAgent.app [Loaded] System Events (Apple - installed 2019-05-29) Application /System/Library/CoreServices/System Events.app [Not Loaded] DriveDxLoginItemHelper (Kirill Luzanov - installed 2020-03-20) Modern Login Item ~/Downloads/DriveDx.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/DriveDxLoginItemHelper.app [Not Loaded] StartUpHelper (Spotify - 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installed 2020-02-08) 3rd Party Preference Panes: AppTrap (Kumaran Vijayan - installed 2014-11-14) Flash Player (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2020-02-25) Time Machine: Skip System Files: No Mobile backups: No Auto backup: Yes Volumes being backed up: Macintosh HD: Disk size: 1.12 TB - Disk used: 895.97 GB Destinations: L**e [Local] Total size: 2.00 TB Total number of backups: 78 Oldest backup: 2018-11-01 13:28:41 Last backup: 2020-03-20 21:13:24 I********************2 [Local] (Last used) Total size: 4.00 TB Total number of backups: 52 Oldest backup: 2018-11-05 05:39:47 Last backup: 2020-03-20 20:02:21 11 local snapshots Oldest local snapshot: 2020-03-19 22:55:33 Last local snapshot: 2020-03-20 22:01:01 Performance: System Load: 1.45 (1 min ago) 1.66 (5 min ago) 1.77 (15 min ago) Nominal I/O speed: 2.49 MB/s File system: 30.33 seconds Write speed: 230 MB/s Read speed: 711 MB/s CPU Usage Snapshot: Type Overall System: 3 % User: 4 % Idle: 93 % Top Processes Snapshot by CPU: Process (count) CPU (Source - Location) com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (42) 8.02 % (Apple) Extension 6.24 % (App Store) Safari 5.94 % (Apple) kernel_task 2.82 % (Apple) EtreCheckPro 2.68 % (Etresoft, Inc.) 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Thanks so much for the reply and kind offer of help. I've included DriveDX reports for the 2 drives and an EtreCheck Pro report too. As you suspected the SSD gets a good bill of health, while the HDD gets 79% - healthy but old. Etrecheck found a few things that I will try to address. And yes, the high SSD temperatures occur during cloning/backup and some other file transfer.

Thanks, Dave

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Answer 5

Ptaxey

Level 6

8,089 points

Mar 18, 2020 3:27 AM in response to David Griffiths

IMHO, there are no reasons not to do that. Overall performance will be faster than on Fusion (and significantly faster than on HDD).

The only concern is the price, but i guess 2 TB SSD is definitely worth it.

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Answer 6

Mar 18, 2020 6:44 AM in response to Ptaxey

Thanks so much for the answer. It helped a lot. Yes, I didn't mention the cost in the question. OWC sells the SSD (now 248GB) for $139, plus about $60 for freight/tax to where I am in Norway, or about $200 all up. A 2TB SSD here would cost me about $350, quite a bit more. However, I am hoping that it would make the computer snappy enough to be able to work with software like Photoshop and Premiere, which at the moment is total frustration. The alternative would be a new machine.

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Answer 7

rkaufmann87

Level 10

146,764 points

Mar 20, 2020 9:39 PM in response to David Griffiths

OWC has International distributors, many are in Europe. Please investigate their web page and you can find a list of them.

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