Some drive bays have a height of 7 mm, while others have a height of 9. Remove the following 10 screws securing the lower case to the macbook pro unibody. Replacing a macs 500gb or 1tb hard drive with a samesized ssd required at least. Owcs stepbystep videos of how to install memory, hard drive or ssd, optical drive, and battery in the apple macbook pro 15inch mid 2010 unibody. Right now it is constantly making a clicking sound about every 5 seconds. Macbook pro 15 unibody mid 2010 hard drive replacement. Tkd 1tb ssd hard drive replacement for macbook air pro 11 15 a1502 a98 a1465 a1466 late 20, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 mac pro a1481 mojave 5yr warranty. Depending on the size of your drive bay, you may need to. Best ssd ram for mid 2010 macbook pro macrumors forums. How to install an ssd drive on your mac mini, macbook, macbook pro or imac with our useful installation guides. Then open disk utility and make sure that the ssd is visible to the macbook. Im looking at these 2 ssd, but wasnt sure which is compatible.
My macbook pro mid 2010 model is on its last leg in terms of its hard drive. Padarsey replacement hdd hard drive hd cable wirsleephd cable with bracket 8210814a for macbook pro a1278 2009 2010notice. Ssd compatible with mid 2010 macbook pro apple community. Can i upgrade my mbp mid 2010 with samsung 850 pro ssd ifixit. If you have a lot of programs running, getting ram first is best to. Slightly lift the lower case and push it toward the rear of the. Plug and play installation no extra power cables needed. If your mac is more than a few years old, you can almost certainly upgrade the hard drive. Ssd upgrades for your apple macbook pro inch, mid 2010 2. Indmem 512gb ssd nvme pcie gen3x4 3d tlc nand flash hard drive 512g upgrade for macbook pro retina late 20 mid 2015, macbook air mid 202017, imac late 202017, mac pro late 20. Macbook pro 15 unibody mid 2010 hard drive replacement to replace your current drive.
Next, launch superduper, and set it to clone your macs hard drive to the ssd. How to install a hard drive or ssd into a macbook pro 15. Optical to sata drive converter bracket solutionadd up to 2. Ssd shootout ssd vs hdd in a 2010 macbook pro youtube. Macbook and macbook pro nonretina ssd upgrade bundle. Macbook pro 15 unibody mid 2010 ssd installation replace your hard drive. Macbook pro unibody mid 2010 hard drive replacement ifixit. The new hard drive didnt show up so i called ifixit and talked to scott. I use a 2010 macbook, and if you want speed, get and ssd first. Installing macbook pro 15 unibody mid 2010 dual hard drive. I bought it to do music and video production, and it. Upgrade your macbook to an ssd pictures a solid state drive can seriously boost an old macbooks performance, speeding up the time it takes to launch programs, complete tasks, and render large. Builttoorder options included a 500 gb 7200 rpm hard drive, a 128, 256, or 512 gb solidstate drive, a 1680x1050 glossy or antiglare display, and up to 8 gb of ram.
Update to ssd on mid2010 macbook pro apple community. How to install an ssd upgrade your hard drive on a 2010. However, there are many ssds out there that knowing the best one on your macbook pro may be hard. Im thinking about updating a bit my macbook pro mid 2010 adding to it 8gb of ram and maybe a new hard drive, a solid one ssd of probably 240gb. How to upgrade macbook pro hard drive unibody, 20092012. If you gave it a new name in disk utility, itll show up as such. Step 7 remove the hard drive cable by pulling its connector straight away from the hard drive. In this article, you will find details on all the things you need to know about choosing a hard drive. Brittany mccrigler installing macbook pro 15 unibody mid 2010 dual hard drive guide id. Works great with my 2018 macbook proi bought this to install certain games for xbox on to it because its a solid state hard drive load times are. I have not installed the hard drive yet but the warranty and reputation of the black western digital hard drives is why i bought it.
Use this guide to install one using an optical bay hard drive enclosure. How to add a fast new ssd to your old mac or macbook for only. Step by step how to clone an ssd with mac book pro in 20092012 duration. Owcs fastest ssd ever with over 6,000mbs real world speed.
Installing macbook pro 15 unibody mid 2010 dual hard drive use this guide to install a second hard drive in place of the optical drive. When the mid2009 macbook pro models first were released, systems configured with a hard drive only had 1. Dozuki system macbook pro 15 unibody mid 2010 ssd installation guide id. What would be a good ssd drive for a macbook pro mid 2010. How do you upgrade the hard drive in the mid2010 inch, 15inch, and 17inch macbook pro core 2 duo models.
A sata iii ssd will work with the sata ii on the macbook. Installing an ssd in a macbook pro mid 2010 but os x is on. How to add a fast new ssd to your old mac or macbook for. Unfortunately, if youve got a newer model, youre probably out of luck. Step 8 ssd installation remove the two t6 torx screws from each side of the hard drive four screws total. Afterwards i booted up my macbook pro off of my system software cd.
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