SSD drive in a Mac?

[Andy Ross]

Hi,

The hard drive in my MacBook Pro is giving out.l I'm really interested in replacing it with either a Solid State Drive, or one of the hybrid drives.

Does anybody here have any experience with that? Or know where I can get the new drive installed and my current software and data moved over? Anyone know who around town does that sort of work?

No, the Apple Store won't do it. They'll only replace like with like on the drives.

thanks,

Andy Ross

[Kyle Mulka]

Replacing the hard drive is pretty easy. Just need the right sized screwdriver(s). To move data I used Time Machine, but I've heard they make devices which will directly copy the data from one drive to the other. If you don't want to do it yourself, I wonder if Beagle Brain would do it for you. 

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[Adam Goodman]

ifixit.com tends to have really good guides on the actual disassembly process, if you decide to do it yourself.

If you get a USB enclosure for your old drive, and the new one is the same size or larger, you can use the built-in OSX Disk Utility to clone your data (e.g. http://eshop.macsales.com/tech_center/index.cfm?page=/manuals/mac/clon_data.html)

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[Andy Ross]

So I got an SSD, installed it myself, and everything is great! Vast improvement.

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