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Upgrade Crucial C300 firmware on a MacBook Pro

    

I just got a Crucial C300 SSD to plug in my Mac. And it came in revision 02 ; but the latest bug free firmware is revision 07. To upgrade, just go to the Crucial website and get the “C300_FW0006.zip” archive. Unzip and burn the ISO file. Reboot, use ‘alt’ to drop to the boot selector and select the CD drive ; it appears as “Windows”. Let the process find your drive and upgrade the firmware to 06.

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Crucial RealSSD C300 has TRIM on Mac OS X

    

I had the opportunity to get a Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB at a really decent price. According to its specs, it features TRIM. This should make a perfect disk for my MacBook Pro 13". Indeed, after a clean OS X Lion installation and the use of the TRIM Enabler utility, I have TRIM enabled of the cat: Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5 (...) Boot ROM Version: MBP55.00AC.B03 SMC Version (system): 1.

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