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Mojave incident involving a Do-It-Yourself fusion drive project

Mojave incident involving a Do-It-Yourself fusion drive project

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Flashwing006
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07-09-2016, 03:19 AM
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I recently upgraded my Late 2012 Mac Mini with a Crucial 240GB SSD and a WD Slim 1TB HDD into a single Fusion drive. After installing macOS Sierra (10.12.6) and applying the Mojave upgrade (10.14.2), I encountered several issues. The system would lock up during startup for about twenty minutes. Clearing the com.apple.Finder.plist file in /Library/Preferences and restarting resolved the problem. Keyboard input became unpredictable, sometimes ignoring keystrokes entirely—something that hadn’t occurred on my previous macOS version. Logic Pro X would crash repeatedly, followed by error messages when trying to open it, a behavior never seen before with 10.12. The same issue appeared with Firefox and Safari, which are native apps. A reboot temporarily fixed these glitches. I’m aware Mojave doesn’t support 32-bit applications, but none of my software does. Recently, the drive auto-rebooted when I left it on, launching the drive selection screen without anyone holding the Option key. I haven’t performed hardware diagnostics or booted into Safe Mode yet. I’d appreciate any advice on whether these symptoms match known problems and what steps might help. Given my hardware specs (2.5 GHz i5, 16GB RAM, 1600MHz DDR3, Fusion drive with 240GB SSD + 1TB HDD), I’m considering whether sticking with Mojave is worthwhile. My data is safely backed up, and reformatting with HFS+ or reinstalling macOS 10.12 seems like a viable option. Do others recognize these issues? Is there any guidance on the benefits of APFS for Fusion drives, or should I reconsider this setup?
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07-09-2016, 03:19 AM #1

I recently upgraded my Late 2012 Mac Mini with a Crucial 240GB SSD and a WD Slim 1TB HDD into a single Fusion drive. After installing macOS Sierra (10.12.6) and applying the Mojave upgrade (10.14.2), I encountered several issues. The system would lock up during startup for about twenty minutes. Clearing the com.apple.Finder.plist file in /Library/Preferences and restarting resolved the problem. Keyboard input became unpredictable, sometimes ignoring keystrokes entirely—something that hadn’t occurred on my previous macOS version. Logic Pro X would crash repeatedly, followed by error messages when trying to open it, a behavior never seen before with 10.12. The same issue appeared with Firefox and Safari, which are native apps. A reboot temporarily fixed these glitches. I’m aware Mojave doesn’t support 32-bit applications, but none of my software does. Recently, the drive auto-rebooted when I left it on, launching the drive selection screen without anyone holding the Option key. I haven’t performed hardware diagnostics or booted into Safe Mode yet. I’d appreciate any advice on whether these symptoms match known problems and what steps might help. Given my hardware specs (2.5 GHz i5, 16GB RAM, 1600MHz DDR3, Fusion drive with 240GB SSD + 1TB HDD), I’m considering whether sticking with Mojave is worthwhile. My data is safely backed up, and reformatting with HFS+ or reinstalling macOS 10.12 seems like a viable option. Do others recognize these issues? Is there any guidance on the benefits of APFS for Fusion drives, or should I reconsider this setup?

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