#Nvme ssd in mac pro how to

The issue is now friends who own video and photographic studios have bailed on Mac, the power just isnвЂ™t there, and confidence in Apple as a provider of Pro level creative equipment has evaporated. There are rumours of the modular MacPro 2019, but as yet nothing. To be honest I had been expecting a MacPro update in early 2019 but it shouldnвЂ™t have been a surprise when nothing materialised.

#Nvme ssd in mac pro how to

How to boot your Mac Pro 5,1 from a Nvme SSD bootДЄ fast and furious update to the Nvme WD Black SSD in the MacPro 5,1. ThatвЂ™s a huge increase in speed and now means that your machine should be able to handle editing 4K video without too much issue. You should see the Read/Write speeds leap to around 1500MB/s. Now check out the speed with Black Magic Disk Speed Test. ThatвЂ™s it, probably the easiest and fastest upgrade going.

Once finished you should be able to see the drive on your desktop.

Select APFS, if not available select Mac OS Journaled.

On the left select the new drive and then select Delete to reformat.

Once booted a pop should appear telling you that an unregonised drive has been installed.

Reinstall the clamp and the side of the Mac.

In the Mac release the secring bracket and pop in the card.

Install the Nvme SSD in to the PCIe card.

Open the side and check the top PCIe slot is free.

The SSD IвЂ™ve selected is the WD Black as this has sequential Read speeds of up to 2,050 MB/s. Once installed the card with SSD simply slots into the top X4 / RAID PCIe slot in the Mac Pro.

This is relatively cheap and enables you to mount the Nvme module directly on. Star Tech x4 PCI Express to M.2 PCIe SSD Adapter

Just one issue, the old Mac ProвЂ™s donвЂ™t have the right type of port to connect one of these superfast drives directly so youвЂ™ll also need an adapter.