Open a terminal window, then type sudo trimforce enable. Enter your password into the command line, trim will be turned on. Devices seen below will not work with TRIM commands. If you are unfamiliar with using the command line, I'd see the bottom of this post for guided images. Oct 07, 2017 TRIM is only for SSD. It spreads usage through all of the storage on the drive so it doesn't wear out parts earlier (SSD storage has a limited number of writes before a given cell won't change anymore; it's extremely high but does exist). My question is: How to natively enable TRIM in Sierra for a 3rd-party SSD? A solution I found involves installing an 'out of the App Store' app that will probably ask for admin credentials etc which I generally don't like. Is there a native way in OS Sierra to enable TRIM? Since many paid apps like the one I mentioned are just GUIs for basic.
Besides getting a speedy processor and as much RAM as you can afford, a Solid State Drive (SSD) also plays a very important role in making your PC fast. However, an SSD will stay on it best performance and last longer only if it's properly maintained.
TRIM is an ATA command set that was originally designed for the purpose of keeping a Solid State Drive at its optimal performance throughout its lifespan.
The TRIM feature allows Windows 10, or any supported operating system, to notify an SSD which blocks of data are no longer in use and can be safely wiped out to be writable again. Having this operation done ahead of time improves performance, as the drive won't have to spend time erasing a particular block when space is needed to store new data, ensuring the SSD reaches its advertised lifespan.
While the operating system should properly detect and enable TRIM automatically, sometimes this may not happen. In this Windows 10 guide, we'll show you the commands to make sure TRIM is configured and how to enable it when it's not.
How to check TRIM is enabled in your Windows 10 PC
Making sure that TRIM is enabled on Windows 10, you only need to use a command using the Command Prompt with administrator privileges.
Explanation: If after executing the
fsutil command with the DisableDeleteNotify you get a result of zero (0), then it means that TRIM is enabled, and no further action is required. However, if after running the command you see a result of one (1), then it means that TRIM is disabled.
How to enable TRIM on your Windows 10 PC
When TRIM isn't enabled on Windows 10, you need to do the following:
After running the command, you will notice the same DisableDeleteNotify = 0, which indicates that the feature is enabled.
How to disable TRIM
If at any time for any reason you need to disable TRIM, you need to do the following:
For TRIM to work, both the operating system and the Solid State Drive must support the feature, and it must be enabled in the operating system.
While we're focusing the guide for Windows 10, you can use the same commands on Windows 7 and Windows 8.x.
Was TRIM enabled on your computer? Let us know in the comments below.
Windows 10 resources
For more tips, coverage, and answers on Windows 10, you can visit the following resources:
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Some SSD drives are crashing in Yosemite do to an issue with something called ‘TRIM’. Thankfully if you followed the method in my article entitled “How to speed up your mac with a Solid State SSD Drive” you will not have this problem. But if you have used an SSD that needs TRIM, read on to find out about the problem and how to fix it.
What is TRIM?
Trim is a command your computer gives to your SSD hard disk to tell it to delete a very small amount of data.
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If you think of data as papers in a filing cabinet, to remove an empty page (if you were an old hard drive) you would need to take out an entire folder of papers, then find and remove one page, and then put back the entire folder. This is because spinning hard disks deal with huge chunks of data called blocks, which are like a folder, and they can’t deal with anything smaller than a block of data. They spin so fast and the blocks are so big that doing an entire folder at a time is the fastest way to do it.
With an SSD drive they are different and so it’s much faster to do it 1 page at a time. In fact it’s slow to deal with writing large chunks of data. TRIM is a command that allows an SSD drive to remove (delete) 1 page at a time instead of a whole folder at a time.
TRIM and no TRIM SSD’s
In order for TRIM to work the SSD must have ‘TRIM’ support, and the computer must have ‘TRIM’ support.
Some SDD’s are enabled to work with TRIM. Others have chosen to deal with deleting data in a different way. They have their own ‘filing’ system. So the computer says ‘delete this page’ and the SSD does it automatically. It’s a bit like having your own personal secretary to do your filing. For those SSD’s it’s actually better to keep TRIM turned off and leaving it all to the secretary, so to speak.
For example this is what OWC say about TRIM:
If you have an OWC SSD, though, you don’t need TRIM. The SandForce controller in our SSDs takes care of this “garbage collection”… In fact, enabling TRIM could actually hurt the performance and reliability of your OWC SSD, rather than help it.
Apple and TRIM
Apple have not allowed TRIM support unless you have an Apple installed SSD Drive. That means if you want to install your own SSD into a mac, you have 2 options.
(1) Install an SSD that doesn’t need TRIM.
Here are some SSD’s that work better without TRIM:
– any SSD with a Sandforce controller.
– All OWC Mercury Drives. (read this)
– Crucial M4
– Samsung 840
Using Ssd For Os
(2) Use an SSD that needs TRIM but run a hack that turns on trim support in OS X.
Here are 2 such hacks:
http://www.cindori.org/software/
http://chameleon.alessandroboschini.com
Disaster in Yosemite!
Many people chose option 2, to use an SSD with TRIM and run the hack, but in Yosemite all TRIM enablers/hacks were disabled by Apple. Anyone who did this now found their SSD would not boot in Yosemite. Nasty move by Apple. This was a disaster! (Thankfully, in my SSD article I recommended to use drives that did not need a TRIM enabler.)
Os X Turn On Trim For Ssd WindowsThe Fix
#1 PREVENTION is the best cure: use a drive that doesn’t need TRIM.
#2 If you have a TRIM drive already, and use the TRIM hack, the writers of the TRIM enablers are trying to get around this.
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#3 If you don’t yet have Yosemite, grab a non-TRIM SSD and copy your data across to it before you upgrade to Yosemite.
#4 if you have already upgraded to Yosemite and are now getting a grey screen, go to this article and scroll down to the section called “Recovering from stop sign on boot screen.” It has some steps to help.
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