Fair, not overpriced and not underestimated. There should be prices on the Service website. Necessarily! without asterisks, clear and detailed, where technically possible - as accurate and concise as possible.
If spare parts are available, up to 85% of complex repairs can be completed in 1-2 days. Modular repairs require much less time. The website shows the approximate duration of any repair.
Warranty and responsibility
A guarantee must be given for any repairs. Everything is described on the website and in the documents. The guarantee is self-confidence and respect for you. A 3-6 month warranty is good and sufficient. It is needed to check quality and hidden defects that cannot be detected immediately. You see honest and realistic terms (not 3 years), you can be sure that they will help you.
Half the success in Apple repair is the quality and reliability of spare parts, so a good service works directly with suppliers, there are always several reliable channels and your own warehouse with proven spare parts for current models, so you don’t have to waste extra time.
This is very important and has already become a rule of good manners for the service center. Diagnostics is the most difficult and important part of the repair, but you don't have to pay a penny for it, even if you don't repair the device based on its results.
Service repairs and delivery
A good service values your time, so it offers free delivery. And for the same reason, repairs are carried out only in the workshop of a service center: correctly and according to technology can only be done in a prepared place.
Convenient schedule
If the Service works for you, and not for itself, then it is always open! absolutely. The schedule should be convenient to fit in before and after work. Good service works on weekends and holidays. We are waiting for you and working on your devices every day: 9:00 - 21:00
The reputation of professionals consists of several points
Company age and experience
Reliable and experienced service has been known for a long time.
If a company has been on the market for many years and has managed to establish itself as an expert, people turn to it, write about it, and recommend it. We know what we are talking about, since 98% of incoming devices in the service center are restored.
Other service centers trust us and refer complex cases to us.
How many masters in areas
If there are always several engineers waiting for you for each type of equipment, you can be sure:
1. there will be no queue (or it will be minimal) - your device will be taken care of right away.
2. you give your Macbook for repair to an expert in the field of Mac repairs. He knows all the secrets of these devices
Technical literacy
If you ask a question, a specialist should answer it as accurately as possible.
So that you can imagine what exactly you need.
They will try to solve the problem. In most cases, from the description you can understand what happened and how to fix the problem.
Fair, not overpriced and not underestimated. There should be prices on the Service website. Necessarily! without asterisks, clear and detailed, where technically possible - as accurate and concise as possible.
If spare parts are available, up to 85% of complex repairs can be completed in 1-2 days. Modular repairs require much less time. The website shows the approximate duration of any repair.
Warranty and responsibility
A guarantee must be given for any repairs. Everything is described on the website and in the documents. The guarantee is self-confidence and respect for you. A 3-6 month warranty is good and sufficient. It is needed to check quality and hidden defects that cannot be detected immediately. You see honest and realistic terms (not 3 years), you can be sure that they will help you.
Half the success in Apple repair is the quality and reliability of spare parts, so a good service works directly with suppliers, there are always several reliable channels and your own warehouse with proven spare parts for current models, so you don’t have to waste extra time.
Free diagnostics
This is very important and has already become a rule of good manners for the service center. Diagnostics is the most difficult and important part of the repair, but you don't have to pay a penny for it, even if you don't repair the device based on its results.
Service repairs and delivery
A good service values your time, so it offers free delivery. And for the same reason, repairs are carried out only in the workshop of a service center: correctly and according to technology can only be done in a prepared place.
Convenient schedule
If the Service works for you, and not for itself, then it is always open! absolutely. The schedule should be convenient to fit in before and after work. Good service works on weekends and holidays. We are waiting for you and working on your devices every day: 9:00 - 21:00
The reputation of professionals consists of several points
Company age and experience
Reliable and experienced service has been known for a long time.
If a company has been on the market for many years and has managed to establish itself as an expert, people turn to it, write about it, and recommend it. We know what we are talking about, since 98% of incoming devices in the service center are restored.
Other service centers trust us and refer complex cases to us.
How many masters in areas
If there are always several engineers waiting for you for each type of equipment, you can be sure:
1. there will be no queue (or it will be minimal) - your device will be taken care of right away.
2. you give your Macbook for repair to an expert in the field of Mac repairs. He knows all the secrets of these devices
Technical literacy
If you ask a question, a specialist should answer it as accurately as possible.
So that you can imagine what exactly you need.
They will try to solve the problem. In most cases, from the description you can understand what happened and how to fix the problem.
Solid state drives are making their way to replace hard drives in Mac computers. Today, Apple installs them not only in laptops and desktop computers.
Often, free space runs out not only on the iPhone or iPad, but also Mac computer- especially if you have a 128 GB SSD under the hood. Many people immediately run to third-party applications for help, but firstly, they are most often paid, and sometimes developers are disingenuous, forcing you to buy new version applications every time after a major OS update. And secondly, there are ways to clean your Mac standard means operating system, and they are available even in .
Thousands of experts and authors have been talking and writing about the fact that the previous file system was backward and worthless for ten years now. At the time she was already about thirty years old, she really didn’t shine with fashionable innovations, but, oddly enough, if her backwardness bothered anyone, it was very few. They didn’t notice her, that is, she coped with her duties perfectly. There were no problems with it, which cannot be said about the new file system - not bad, but still too young.
We can say that the times when we considered storage devices to be something very expensive and inaccessible are irrevocably gone. In a few years, classic HDDs will be a thing of the past, and we will all be using solid-state drives, which will become even cheaper. This has not happened yet, but good and inexpensive SSDs from different manufacturers can be purchased now.
Many users, when choosing a potential computer, prefer all-in-one PCs. Large, high-quality, high-resolution screen, excellent performance and a relatively compact body. All this combined makes the iMac a great choice for almost everyone. But Apple all-in-one PCs have one, very significant drawback. We'll talk about it today.
Remember the good old days when you changed the battery in a couple of minutes, added RAM and installed an additional drive? If you are a user, all this is a thing of the past for you, but upgrading your hard drive is still possible, and Apple developers still allow us to do it. In 2010, Apple introduced its proprietary solid-state drives - “blade” SSDs. The company touts their read/write speeds and reliability, but rarely explains the details of the technology used in SSDs, which are designed only for Apple computers.
If you suddenly have a Mac mini 2011 or 2012 or an old MacBook Air, do not rush to retire them ahead of time and run to buy a new generation of computer, which costs much more. The most affordable computer in Apple's lineup is pretty upgradable, and with an SSD you can give it a second life.
Good to know: about preparation and correct setting systems on SSD-equipped Apple computers.
Long live SSD
In the utility, you just need to unlock access by entering the system password and activate the TRIM switch. After this, the computer will reboot and we will no longer need the Chameleon SSD Optimizer program.
By the way, having rummaged through the utility settings, you can find disabling the Sudden Motion Sensor, disabling hibernation and prohibiting the creation of a RAM dump. Theoretically, these options extend the life of the drive, but it has long been proven that the impact of these processes on the disk is extremely small and will not greatly affect the overall resource of the solid-state SSD.
2. Connect an external drive
If 128 or 256 gigabytes SSD drive and it will not be enough for you, and this is really not enough for most active users, you should think about purchasing an external hard drive. A house will be enough, but there will be a financial issue.
You can stop at buying a simpler external drive or. The easiest option is to use a USB flash drive as storage for files that are not very necessary. Now models with 64 and even 128 gigabytes are cheaper than leather cases for iPhone 6. We recommend purchasing it, it won't get any worse.
3. Set up work with NTFS
When working with external drives, sooner or later you will have to face file system NTFS. By default in OS X, files on the NTFS system can be read, but not modified or added. It’s better to prepare for this in advance so that at the most inopportune moment the Mac does not refuse to work normally with an “unfriendly” flash drive created in the Windows ecosystem.
All ways to do this have already been collected and described in a separate section. There are free options.
4. Transfer backups to an external drive
It’s not for nothing that we suggested connecting an external drive or flash drive. Alternatively, you can place a system backup on them.
To do this, go to settings Time Machine and select a location for backups on removable media. That's it, no need to splurge on a Time Capsule.
5. Transfer Photos and iTunes Libraries
If the size of the connected disk allows, then following backup copy you should transfer your iTunes and Photos data there. Active users of these services sooner or later create a huge media library that takes up a decent amount of space on the hard drive.
To make the transfer correctly and not lose anything, follow our instructions for changing the location and .
6. Monitor free space
To prevent a small SSD drive from turning into a trash heap, you need to regularly clean it. Of course, you can manually open all dubious folders and delete everything unknown at your own peril and risk, but it is better to trust specialized applications.
The utility is perfect for visually displaying occupied space. At first glance, it will become clear what exactly is eating up the precious space.
7. Connect cloud storages
If the capacity of the SSD and external drive is still not enough, they will come to the rescue cloud storage. For some, their native iCloud will be enough, others will add Dropbox and Google Drive, and others will not stop and register in the Mail.ru and Yandex clouds.
Each service has a separate client for OS X with the ability to selectively synchronize. You can disable it altogether and only upload data to a remote server, and then delete it from the Mac. Send to the cloud those files that you need least often - if necessary, you can always download them back.
8. Keep an eye on your Downloads folder
This directory most often eats up precious space on the SSD drive. To prevent this from happening, we regularly sort out what we downloaded and put everything in the right place - on external drives or in the cloud. You can entrust this process to the utility.
In this simple way, you can get used to the small size of your hard drive and work comfortably with it. Remember the main principle - the less memory in your computer, the more order it has;)
Let us immediately note that the information will not be useful for owners of the most modern laptops, since, firstly, they come only with pre-installed solid-state drives, and secondly, the installed drives have an unconventional form factor and interface.
But for owners of laptops with a 2.5” form factor and a SATA interface, the presented instructions will help improve the performance of the laptop without significant costs.
You can, of course, contact an official Apple service center to replace the drive, but the service may turn out to be quite expensive, and besides, you will probably be offered some kind of Solit-State Drive Kit - “official, from the manufacturer,” the price of which, to put it mildly, is will not match performance.
We, in turn, invite you to replace the HDD with an excellent SSD yourself and are ready to provide.
In the photos below you can see the SanDisk SSD. It was this solid-state drive that ended up in our laboratory at the time of writing this article. This SSD instance is based on the SandForse SF-2281 controller, which has proven itself in other solid-state drives. They are distinguished by high read/write speeds and increased fault tolerance.
So what do we need?
This whole procedure will not take you even 30 minutes, but the performance of the laptop will increase quite seriously - operating system and applications will load almost instantly and in general the laptop will “respond” to your requests much faster. This is because the system will have instant access to data, and this is exactly what is simply necessary to increase the speed of operation.
In addition, it does not make any sounds even when actively working with data, so your MacBook will become even quieter.
In addition, due to the significantly lower power consumption of SSDs, compared to any 2.5" HDD, the MacBook will be able to work slightly longer on a single battery charge - this is another undeniable advantage of using solid-state drives in laptops.
The only thing that yours will lose is a couple of grams of weight, because an SSD is also a little lighter than a hard drive.
