
I heard about something called TRIM and I cannot really get my head around that.It’s early 2016, and my employer comes up with a scheme that can help us purchase a laptop and spread the cost over 12 months. via Carbon Copy Cloner) of the HDD in addition to the Time Machine back up? If yes, can I make the copy into a new partition of an existing external hard drive (not the one that has the Time Machine back up on it)? Is it advisable to have a complete copy (e.g. to the SSD once it's installed in my MacBook and the OS is up and running, from the Time Machine back up? My main concern, however, is whether I will be able to migrate my Documents, Photos, Videos, etc. I have heard it is better to do a clean install of the OS, and I do not mind installing all 3rd party apps all over again.
I back up via Time Machine to an external hard drive.However, I do have a couple of questions before the upgrade, to which I could not find relevant answers to.
I will not be doing the upgrade myself - I'd be too stressed that something won't work out - so I decided for Apple Authorised Technician to do it for me (they have 3 options available: 1) install the SSD, 2) install the SSD and install the OS and 3) install the SSD, install the OS and copy all the data from the HDD). I have upgraded my RAM to 8GB a couple of years ago and thought it is about time to do the SSD upgrade as well. I am currently looking to upgrade the HDD in my MBP 13" Early 2011 (running OS X 10.9.5) to an SSD and I have settled on Crucial MX200 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal SSD.