Geek Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/enable-trim-mac-os-x.jpg" alt="enable-trim-mac-os-x" title="enable-trim-mac-os-x" width="614" height="385" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-14342" /></p> <p>You probably know that <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/25/mac-os-x-lion-supports-trim-for-ssds/">Mac OS X Lion will add TRIM support for SSD’s</a>, but what can you do right now if you’re on 10.6? If you’re brave, you can use this unsupported hack that enables TRIM for most SSD devices under Mac OS X 10.6.7. </p> <p>The app is called TRIM Enabler and it works by loading a kernel extension from MacBook Pro 2011 models (with TRIM support) into your Mac OS X kernel, this forces TRIM to be enabled. All you have to do is click on “Patch” to enable TRIM, but the current version does not support one-click disabling, so if something goes wrong, you’ll have to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/04/20/using-safe-boot-mode-in-mac-os-x/">boot into Safe Mode</a> to disable the extension manually.</p> <p><strong>WARNING:</strong> This is completely unsupported software. We are not responsible for any damage or data loss that may result from enabling this feature. Always have a backup of your data, and proceed with caution and at your own risk!</p> <p>You can <a href="http://groths.org/zeus/TRIMEnabler.zip">download it directly here</a> or <a href="http://www.groths.org/?p=308">visit the developers site</a>. </p> <p>I have an SSD in a new MacBook Air and I have not tested this, nor do I have plans to test it. Personally, I’m going to wait for official support from Apple, there’s likely a good reason they left it out of 10.6.7.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ezMX22lg2PXdVvUZDlRgOHx10D8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ezMX22lg2PXdVvUZDlRgOHx10D8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ezMX22lg2PXdVvUZDlRgOHx10D8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ezMX22lg2PXdVvUZDlRgOHx10D8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=cNjCaWLTGlk:V-wk8xFcHPM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=cNjCaWLTGlk:V-wk8xFcHPM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=cNjCaWLTGlk:V-wk8xFcHPM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=cNjCaWLTGlk:V-wk8xFcHPM:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=cNjCaWLTGlk:V-wk8xFcHPM:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=cNjCaWLTGlk:V-wk8xFcHPM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=cNjCaWLTGlk:V-wk8xFcHPM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/cNjCaWLTGlk" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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