I found that after years without cleaning, mine was full of dust. At this point, you might want to clean the inside of your Mac. When the cover comes off, touch a metal part to release the static electricity. Put them in a small container as you remove them they are easy to misplace.
Remove your MacBook's back cover by unscrewing the tiny screws. In case you missed it in the previous step, shut down your computer. When the process is complete, eject the SSD and shut down your computer. This could take anywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours, depending on how much you have stored on your hard drive. Then choose Backup All Files, and click Copy Now. If you gave it a new name in Disk Utility, it'll show up as such. Next, launch SuperDuper, and set it to clone your Mac's hard drive to the SSD. This will format the drive and prep it for the next step. No need to change any settings, unless you'd like to give it a new name. Then, click the Erase button at the top of the window and then click Erase. Once it's connected, launch Disk Utility (searchable through Spotlight), and select the SSD from the left sidebar. Start by connecting the SSD to your computer with a dock or cable.
Torx head screwdriver for disassembling the hard drive.A 2.5-inch SATA SSD (I used the Samsung 850 Evo).(I found them at my local Ace Hardware.)Īs you'll see in the video below, my colleague Sharon Profis resurrected her 2009 MacBook Pro with an SSD and agrees with me that the process is simple and straightforward. Really, the hardest part of the whole thing was tracking down a size 6T torx-head screwdriver for the four torx screws that help hold the hard drive in place. The whole procedure took less than an hour (not counting the half a day it took to clone my MacBook's hard drive to the SSD). I replaced my 2011-era MacBook Pro's 500GB hard drive with the 500GB Samsung 850 Evo. And they aren't nearly as costly per gigabyte as they once were. They are more energy efficient, more reliable and quieter than hard drives with magnetic, spinning disks. There's a reason that all modern MacBooks and the vast majority of all laptops sold today use SSDs. See our Terms & Conditions for details.If you have an old MacBook Pro with one foot in the grave, the single best thing you can do to breathe new life into it is replace its traditional spinning hard drive with a solid-state drive. If anything goes wrong, bring it back and we'll make it right. Our 90-Day GuaranteeĪll repairs performed by iFIX New York are guaranteed for parts and labor for 90 days. And we use only high quality parts-just like the manufacturer installed-ensuring a high quality repair that lasts the life of your device. Our experienced and highly trained technicians carefully troubleshoot and repair your device-normally while you wait. Our techs are trained and experienced in all MacBook storage upgrades, including: Older MacBooks with CD drives can also have a second hard drive installed in place of the CD effectively doubling (or more) your storage space. iFIX New York can test your MacBook storage and recommend replacement before you lose all your files. Both spinning hard disk drives and newer solid state drives have a limited lifetime. If you are suffering from data loss it may also be time to replace an aging drive.
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