“TRIM is a service that runs in your operating system and works with SSD hardware to track what blocks on the drive are unused, and then prepares them for writing,” Topher Kessler writes for MacIssues.
“When put in use, TRIM can optimize SSD performance, especially on drives that are relatively full or used for storing and deleting large amounts of data,” Kessler writes. “Until now TRIM support in OS X was reserved for Apple-supplied hard drives, but with the release of OS X 10.10.4, Apple has included a tool that allows for TRIM on third-party SSD devices.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews readers too numerous to mention individually for the heads up.]
Watch out for the TRIM-bug! First research if the TRIM-bug affects your SSD. If it does, you may lose data!
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/samsung-ssd-bug-wiping-data/
https://blog.algolia.com/when-solid-state-drives-are-not-that-solid/
And BTW, there are other issues with other brands as well, the LINUX scene is full of it.
Thank you readers too numerous to mention.
Other World Computing sells SSDs that many of us have installed. I contacted them and was told that TRIM is not necessary on their SSDs, but it would be OK to enable it if we choose to.
They also linked this article from their blog:
http://blog.macsales.com/21641-with-an-owc-ssd-theres-no-need-for-trim
Hope this helps those of you with OWC SSDs in Macs.
Just remember, before doing anything, backup your data.