Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
Hello all,
Been looking for this info but have not found anything. Im looking to upgrade the SSD in my 2013 Mac Pro (trash can) with a 970 evo (via adapter) I've read that these have been a issue in some earlier macbooks but works fine with 2015 models and up. I know the Mac Pro was pretty future proof so I wanted to see if someone was using this or the 960 evo in their Mac Pro and how's its working out?
Mac Pro, iOS 12.1
I''ve being using this set up for about two weeks on my late 2013 Mac Pro: my initiation to get it done properly is as follows:
1- Save you data to start because you'll be removing the default Apple internal SSD.
2- just make sure BEFORE swapping the SSD that with High Sierra with all Security updaters or Mojave was installed on that computer before pulling the default SSD. You are trying to get the latest firmware update into that computer.
3- I used the Simtech with the Samsung 970 NVMe placed into it. Seat it properly then only install either High Sierra or Mojave onto that Samsung. Anything earlier is not going to work. Don't even use Disk Utility to try and make it an HFS disk. Not going to do the job.
4- the 2013 Mac Pro boots, sleeps and wakes properly.
5- ASP shows as TRIM = YES. amazing
6- ASP shows link width as 4 another amazing
7- HEAT I used Intel power gadget to measure and the heat difference between the Apple default and this Samsung was one degree, This was placing stress using Handbrake on one full encode. I have not used a heat sink on the Samsung. If you read the Samsung readme found online they spout off about their superior product to control heat. I'm pretty sure heat will not be a big issue especially not using a program such a Handbrake. But if over time it does then I'll just swap in my Apple default. Keep that default around in case you need to make any other firmware update.
Good luck for me so far so good.
ps I did try this on my late 2013 rMBPRO , it took my install but remained screen black but turned on and would not boot. So I pulled it and replaced the Apple default and got it back to normal. I'm thinking that I did not pull the battery connector and that might have caused an SMC problem which I could not clear. I'm going to try it again but I'm not hung up on this one.
Just finished Mojave restore and it's actually made the boot up time worse. I am now getting a switch on to desktop time of 50 seconds. Up from 34 seconds previously....
970 evo mac pro
