It’s a feature of T2-equipped Macs which ensures that they start up from a certified copy of macOS, and is separate from the option to boot from an external drive. Secure Boot isn’t so much of a loss now, perhaps. In fairness, this is mentioned in the release notes for version 5.8, which are installed alongside the app. The moment that I restart with Secure Boot turned on, SoftRAID can’t find the required kernel extensions, tries to install them but can’t, so I have to force quit the app, restart in Recovery Mode, disable Secure Boot, then restart before I can use the app again. What I then discovered, the hard way, is that on my iMac Pro running 10.15.3, I can only run with Secure Boot turned off. This was starting to become a bit more messy than I had expected, but hey ho. SoftRAID 5.8.1 is stated as being “compatible with macOS Catalina 10.15”, but its support pages warn that “Catalina prevents the SoftRAID driver from being installed or updated when Secure Boot, (System Startup Security) is enabled.” So I knew that once I had installed SoftRAID, I’d have to restart with Secure Boot disabled so that the kernel extensions could be installed correctly. Once I had the SSDs and enclosure, it was just a few minutes work to install the drives and get ready to shut my old Pegasus down, ready for replacement. I opted to turn three of those SSDs into a single striped array (RAID level 0) using SoftRAID XT, a product which I had already relied on in the past. The current model seems pretty omnivorous. I did have one heart-stopping moment just after I’d ordered the enclosure: I downloaded the ThunderBay user guide, only to read there that it was incompatible with Samsung 860 EVO SSDs, but a little investigation showed that had only applied to early versions which had shipped in 2018. Then I ordered the enclosure and another two SSDs, with the fourth due on Monday. In a bid to fool myself into believing that this wasn’t really going to cost me $/€/£ 1500, I quietly bought the first SSD late last year. Indeed, what should have been a seamless transition has turned into a bit of a mess: it’s still not really up and running in the way I had intended.Īfter mulling this over and discussing it here, I decided to move my backups onto an OWC ThunderBay 4 (Thunderbolt 3) containing 2 TB Samsung 860 EVO SSDs. I’ve sort of replaced it with an SSD RAID, but it’s only sort of as Time Machine has now stopped working. We check phone and e-mail messages throughout the day and, in most cases we respond within minutes of receiving them. Please feel free to contact our Customer Service Department with any questions at 03 9329 4343 Mon-Fri, 10am to 5.30pm (Melbourme, Victoria Time), or e-mail us under this link.Last week I finally retired my 8 year-old Promise Pegasus RAID system, which has steadfastly stored my Time Machine backups on a succession of hard disks over those years. Check out our Google Trusted Stores Reviews here.Īt Macfixit Australia) we’re 100% committed to serving our customers. We are part of the Google Trusted Store program for your security and verification of our service. Every McAfee SECURE certified site is tested and certified to be free of malware, viruses, phishing attacks. Our website is also scanned by McAfee Secure daily. We use Symantec Norton as our SSL (Secure Socket Layer) digital certificate provider, allowing our customers the strongest certificate services available. Security is provided by the best internet commerce technology available. We never rent, sell or trade your contact information such as your name, address, phone# or e-mail address.Īll items on this website can be purchased safely online using our secure shopping cart. Macfixit Australia respects your privacy. We do NOT sell or trade our customer information If for some reason you are not happy with any item you purchase from us you may return it for a refund (see Return Policy). Orders received after 11:00 AM are shipped the following business day. All in-stock orders are shipped the same day if received by 10.30 AM (Eastern Time Victoria). Express Options are available in cart/checkout. Shipping cost is $9.90 (flat rate) for any size order. Macfixit Australia is an Australian owned and operated business based in Melbourne, Victoria and we've been operating since 2005.
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