# # Original version by Grant Parnell is offline (http://digitaldj.net/2011/07/21/trim-enabler-for-lion/) # Update July 2014: no longer offline, see https://digitaldj.net/blog/2011/11/17/trim-enabler-for-os-x-lion-mountain-lion-mavericks/ # # Looks for "Apple" string in HD kext, changes it to a wildcard match for anything # # Alternative to http://www.groths.org/trim-enabler-3-0-released/ # Method behind this madness described: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1409151&page=4 # See discussion in comments here: https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/39654/lion-tweaks # And here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1410459 # And here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1480302 # # Yosemite: for recovering from stop sign on boot screen, please see http://www.cindori.org/update-on-trim-in-yosemite/ # backup patched file sudo cp /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage.original # For Yosemite you have to disable driver signature check sudo nvram boot-args="kext-dev-mode=1" # !for Yosemite only! please reboot after settings the boot-args! sudo shutdown -r now # for Yosemite, Mavericks 10.9.5 and 10.9.4 (thanks Tobi) sudo perl -pi -e 's|(^\x00{1,20})[^\x00]{9}(\x00{1,20}\x54)|$1\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00$2|sg' /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage # !for Yosemite only! rebuild kext cache manually (could take a while) sudo kextcache -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions # for Mavericks and Mountain Lion from 10.8.3 to 10.9.3 #sudo perl -pi -e 's|(\x52\x6F\x74\x61\x74\x69\x6F\x6E\x61\x6C\x00{1,20})[^\x00]{9}(\x00{1,20}\x54)|$1\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00$2|sg' /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage # for Mountain Lion from 10.8.1 to 10.8.2 and Lion 10.7.5 #sudo perl -pi -e 's|(\x52\x6F\x74\x61\x74\x69\x6F\x6E\x61\x6C\x00{1,20})[^\x00]{9}(\x00{1,20}\x4D)|$1\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00$2|sg' /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage # for Mountain Lion 10.8.0 and Lion 10.7.4 BELOW #sudo perl -pi -e 's|(\x52\x6F\x74\x61\x74\x69\x6F\x6E\x61\x6C\x00{1,20})[^\x00]{9}(\x00{1,20}\x51)|$1\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00$2|sg' /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/ # now reboot! sudo shutdown -r now