I dont want to use the disk utility or a cloning tool to copy the content. Replace the clunky, spinning hard drive inside your macbook pro unibody mid 2012 with a lightning fast ssd. Sometimes infrequently but sometimes very frequently while my computer is charging. Fortunately, there is a quick way to increase the performance of an old mac upgrading the internal hard drive to ssd solidstate drive. The next step is to take the old hard drive out and prepare your macbook pro for replacement.
I was wondering if i could just put the hard drive from my white macbook into the macbook pro and boot off that. Lacie 4tb rugged raid pro usbc hard drive with builtin sd card reader previous gallery image. Use this guide to upgrade or replace the solidstate drive in a macbook pro 15 mid 2015. The reason being is that the macbook pro has a different hardware setup than the. Owc solid state drives for macbook pro with retina display late 20 2015 up to 3282mbs read speeds. Apr, 2015 earlier this year, i wrote several guides to boost the speeds of older macs by swapping their internal hard drives for superfast solid state drives ssds. I recently purchased a new core 2 duo macbook pro and wanted to share some of the intricacies of swapping out the hard drive. To do that, you want to start with your computer upside down on a solid, staticfree surface. This macbook pro uses a proprietary storage drive connector, and is therefore not compatible with common m. Or can i just immediately swap the hard drives and format from there. Mar 07, 2017 how to upgrade your macbook pro with an ssd. Connect the ssd to your mac using the satatousb cable.
Before you perform this repair, if at all possible, back up your existing ssd. On some mac models, upgrading the hard drive is easy. The drive in my current white macbook is a 320 gb hitachi drive that i bought, it has all my data, apps, etc. Macbook pro unibody mid 2009 hard drive replacement ifixit. The mac pro is designed to have its hard drive replaced easily, while an imac requires you to remove the entire screen. Swap hard drive between macbook and macbook pro with os. A repair will tell you which of the three above happened.
Apr 10, 2018 if your mac is more than a few years old, you can almost certainly upgrade the hard drive. Please remember the community rules when posting and try to be polite and inclusive. How to upgrade the ssd in your macbook pro with retina. Adding a second internal hard drive to my macbook pro. I have the latest version of mavericks installed on an ssd mounted in the disc drive bay and a 1tb data drive mounted in the usual hard drive bay. The speed of performance and the responsiveness of a mac equipped with an ssd may change almost drastically as compared to its usual. For this reason, i almost always connect the new hard drive externally over usb and make sure the old mac can boot from the new drive and work out any installation issues. Do i upgrade my white macbook with the new install discs and then downgrade the new macbook pro with my old install discs. I would recommend backing up your data on to an external drive, then put the hard drive into your new macbook pro, and reinstall os x.
If youre not sure you have the technical chops to do it right, you should consider asking a more qualified friend to help, or even going to the professionals. Shop for macbook pro internal hard drives at best buy. How to replace macbook pro s hard drive with an ssd how. Connect the ssd to the mac using the msata enclosure or adapter. This area is for discussion about djing in general. If youre on a tight hardware budget, or like me, youve acquired one of these old workhorses for cheap and youre willing to put a little bit of coin and some elbow grease to get it running. So after researching a bit about this i decided i would buy a new and swap the hard drives i installed a. How to replace your macbook pros hard drive with an ssd. Macbook pro inch a1278 model mb990 mb991 mc374 mc375 mc700 mc724 md3 md314 md101 md1022009, 2010, 2011, 2012, macbook inch mb466 mb4672008. The biggest speed increase comes from a macbook pro ssd upgrade.
May, 2012 how to change hard drives in macbook pro. The 17 macbook pro is the only apple laptop that will accept the larger 12mm drives. Jan 28, 20 how to replace your macbook pro s hard drive with an ssd. Next, launch superduper, and set it to clone your macs hard drive to the ssd. I have this macbook pro which has been working grand other than a terrible logic board issue. Kyle wiens explains how to swap in new drives on most recent macs. Install a 2nd hddssd by replacing the optical drive. Theres your insider secret for replacing the hard drive in the new macbook pro. Installing second hard drive,ssd and 16gb of ram into mac book pro.
Feb 15, 2008 im planning on purchasing a 15 macbook pro soon. How to swap out the hard drive on an apple macbook pro. Ssds are silent, robust, smaller and lighter than regular hard disk drives. Otherwise if you dont want to do the drive swap, then use any external hard drive that you can erase, then partition it into two volumes one for computer a and one for computer b. Mar 12, 2016 i am starting to have issues with my mbp screen turning off randomly. Apples macbook air has always been a solid and reliable little laptop even more so when the company ditched the hard drive that was in the original for solid state storage. I already have a macbook pro retina of 2014 but with 250gb space, can i swap the two ssd hard drives. Installing second hard drive,ssd and 16gb of ram into mac book pro in 2012. Allows for hot swapping of drives in certain configurations. You may want to have little cups or a place with sides on it for the next few steps. Aug 10, 2015 when i wrote a series of howto guides showing how easy it was to swap old mac hard disks for new solid state drives ssds, i focused on raw upgrades slow mechanical drives for fast chip. This process would consist of cloning the original drive while still inside the computer to a separate external hard drive, then installing the new drive and cloning the external hard drive to that new drive.
Can i swap out hard drive from old macbook into new macbook. If you gave it a new name in disk utility, itll show up as such. Depending on the size of your drive bay, you may need to use a spacer to make your ssd fit properly. Best way to swap a hard drive from old macbook to new. Mar 25, 2016 how to replace and upgrade a macbook pro hard disk. It would be taking a big risk trying to shoehorn a taller drive into your 15 macbook pro, as i dont think it will fit if the hard drive is taller than 9. Remove the ten screws using the phillips screwdriver make sure that. So im jumping ship and wanting to set up a new, refurbished mid 2012 macbook pro. The hd on my mid2009 macbook pro died yesterday it was the original 160gb hd from 2009, so i cant complain, i guess and instead of shedding a few hundred euros to the apple geniuses, i saw this tutorial and thought i could give it a try. Mar 02, 2020 are you still using an old 2012 macbook pro. I could hear the disk making strange sounds whenever i would attempt to start up the computer.
Apr 30, 2018 fitting a solid state drive in your macbook pro is a quick and simple way to boost performance but an upgrade might not always be needed. Is it possible to just swap the drives on the two machines and have everything already set up on the mbp from the mb, or would i have to reinstall the os since it would. My macbook pro just died from liquid spill, but the 500 gb hard drive is unscathed, and all my data is intact. I currently have a first generation macbook pro and wanted to swap out my maxed out hard drive what are the steps to backup everything on to my new hard drive and any preferences on certain hard drives that are out there. Brian tong shows you what you need to install your own hard drive on the new macbook pro. Want to upgrade the ram, graphics card, processor, storage ssd or hard drive or even use an optical drive in a mac to add an ssd. Aug 29, 2018 the best external hard drives for mac. Installing second hard drive,ssd and 16gb of ram into mac book pro in. Swapping hard drives to another macbook pro macrumors forums. Switch between your mac os x and windows partitions dummies. They make data be written and read hundreds of times faster.
In this video, i swap the hard drive out in a mid2012 macbook pro. Swapping ssd hard drives between two macbook pro retina. We have found the optimal free space for an ssd to work with virtual and swap files is. When i get a new macbook, can i take out its 500 gb hard drive and replace it with the old one. Jan 24, 2014 inch macbook pro mid 2009 hard drivessd installation video.
It has everything you need to know, to make upgrading to an ssd easy. I love my macbook, but well, when its starting to show its age, its not that speedy anymore. Macbook pro unibody mid 2012 ssd installation crucial. Dec 29, 2015 even if youre not doing a lot of video or photo editing, the hard drive in your macbook pro can quickly get filled with files. For more information, including a complete demonstration and detailed, stepbystep instructions, and to get started replacing the hard disk drive in your own macbook, watch this handy homecomputing hardware howto from the folks at cnet tv. Unfortunately, if youve got a newer model, youre probably out of luck. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands.
Update your old macbook, mac mini, or mac pro hard. Ive done the disc drive to 2nd hard drive swap out. The easiest way to swap out the optical drive with a second hard drive or an ssd is to use a bracket like the data doubler from site sponsor other world computing. For this, you can use a utility such as carbon copy cloner, but were going to show you how to do it with apples own disk utility program. Mac secret trick how to clone mac hard drive with disk utility hdd. I want to know if i can buy a macbook pro of the same model, mid 2012, and simply hook the hdd in and get it running as it was in the original mac. How do you upgrade the hard drive in the mid2009 through mid2012 unibody macbook pro models. The first step is to clone your macs hard drive onto the ssd. Get the best deals on macbook pro ssd hard drive when you shop the largest online selection at. Easeus data recovery wizard for mac is a professional mac hard drive data recovery program that can recover lost photos, audio, music, documents, emails from failedcrasheddead macbook pro effectively by running easeus mac data recovery bootable media. Either the mac is now broken or the drive now is broken or the cabling is now broken. And while the various cloning apps have a lot more features, if you dont have access to thirdparty apps, using disk utility will create a perfectly usable clone, although it may require a few more steps and lacks some nice features, such as automation and scheduling.
Macbook pro 15 retina display mid 2015 ssd replacement. Heres just a quick tutorial on how to install a second hard drive or solid state drive to your old macbook pro by replacing the optical drive with a ssdhdd in case you need any extra storage. Swapping ssd from one macbook to another lets you migrate all your important data easily, as well as save all settings in your os x or macos, keep all bookmarks and logins in your browser, etc. The 2011 macbooks used slower ddr3 33 ram than the 2012 macbooks which use ddr3 1600mhz ram. If you are using the boot camp utility or another windows emulator on your macbook, you will need to switch between your mac os x and windows systems. Nov 30, 2019 disk utility is free and included with every copy of the mac os. Macbook upgrade can i simply swap my old hard drive into. I show in detail how to change upgrade your macbook pros hard drive. Lacie 4tb rugged raid pro usbc hard drive lacie 2tb dji copilot boss hard drive previous gallery image. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. How to upgrade macbook pro hard drive unibody, 20092012. Adding an ssd will make your mac boot faster, copy files in the blink. Both the standard apple 20062012 macbook and macbook pro hard drive are an industry standard 2.
How do you upgrade the hard drive in the 15inch late 2008unibody macbook pro. A while back, i mentioned that id be testing out a number of possible upgrades for the macbook pro. Clone each computers drive to the appropriate volume on the external drive. How to upgrade macbook pro hard disk, late 2008, 15inch. Fortunately, replacing the ssd in the notebook is fairly easy to do. Ill soon be upgrading to the latest version of macbook pro. Go to applications utilities and open the disk utility. In those cases using an external hard drive as an intermediate is recommended.
In this clip, youll learn how to remove and replace the hard drive in an apple macbook pro. My white macbook has a 320gb hard drive that i would want to put into my new macbook pro. Owc provides stepbystep instructional videos for each compatible model. Its not really, we know you dont believe us, so we created this guide.
How to replace macbook pros hard drive with an ssd how. If you only really use your mac to browse the web and do some word processing, your current hard drive is probably fine. Swap your imac, mac mini or macbook cddvd drive for. How to recover data from dead macbook pro without backup. Some drive bays have a height of 7 mm, while others have a height of 9.
Transferring hard drive from an old to a new macbook pro. Shop for hard drive enclosure for macbook at best buy. Click on the ssd icon, followed by the partition tab and select partition 1 from the partition layout. Using an ssd drive is more than just a simple way to upgrade the performance of your mac. If the new mac starts with the old hard drive, then you can safely swap it. Details about 2nd hdd ssd sata hard drive caddy to swap macbook pro mbp unibody superdrive dvd. There are three methods of switching back and forth between your mac os x partition and your windows partition. How to upgrade your macbook pro with an ssd 2019 updated. How to replace and upgrade a macbook pro hard disk. The first 1 tb hard drive i received from this company wouldnt format with my 2010 macbook pro, so i exchanged it for a new one quite easily and i was pleased with the new hard drive for the first 4 months. How to replace macbook pro s hard drive with an ssd how to transfer files from old hdd to new ssd. One of the best performance upgrades you can give your macbook pro is to replace the stock hard disk drive with an ssd. How to upgrade your macbook pro with an ssd 2019 updated the definitive guide.