I have a mid 2009 macbook pro with a bad dvd drive. Can I use an external drive?

Is there an external CD/DVD drive that will work on a mid 2009 macbook pro with a bad SuperDrive?

Hi parrotdawg,
Please look at this post first:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/25385804#25385804
If that doesn't help, I have a Samsung SE-208AB/TSBS External DVD-Writer that works well with my mid-2007 MBP 15". Note this this drive requires 2 USB ports but doesn't use an external power adapter. Also, the above trick worked for me after I got this drive, so now I use it a Region 2 DVD player.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005KQ0S8S
Regards,
Ira

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You can install a 64-bit Windows 7 or Vista version in your Mac. Make sure you downloaded these drivers > http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1630 Also, if you have the Snow Leopard DVD you used to upgrade your Mac or the OS X DVD that came with your Mac, you can use it to install the Boot Camp drivers

I have a mid 2009 MacBook Pro 5,3 Unibody that won't run anything past Leopard.

I have a mid 2009 MacBook Pro 5,3 Unibody that suffered a minor liquid spill. After waiting for it to dry out, we found that it powers up (but the display doesn't work unless connected to an external monitor) just fine. For several months it worked like a tank running Snow Leopard. I upgraded to Lion with no problems. Once the 10.7.1 update came out, it completely flipped out and wouldn't finish the install. I was forced to take it all the way back to Leopard and now it won't upgrade past Leopard. I replaced the hard drive completely and tried a fresh install of Lion using the thumb drive and that didn't work either. I got the set of errors you will find below. (Sorry, I don't know how to hide them like you can in some forums.) Any ideas or suggestions on why it won't install Lion would be great. I'm not so concerned about the display as wondering why it worked for 4 months and then another month on Lion and then suddenly flipped out on me. I'm not knowledgeable enough to decipher the message below.
Jun 26 10:16:11 christine-cowens-macbook-pro mDNSResponder[22]: ERROR: getOptRdata - unknown opt 4
Jun 26 10:16:14: --- last message repeated 5 times ---
Jun 26 10:16:14 christine-cowens-macbook-pro authexec[158]: executing /Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/Install Mac OS X.app/Contents/Resources/InstallAssistantTool_10_5
Jun 26 10:16:17 christine-cowens-macbook-pro mDNSResponder[22]: ERROR: getOptRdata - unknown opt 4
Jun 26 10:16:18: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Jun 26 10:16:18 christine-cowens-macbook-pro [0x0-0xa00a].com.apple.systemuiserver[98]: Unexpected reply from backup server - ignored
Jun 26 10:16:18 christine-cowens-macbook-pro [0x0-0xb00b].com.apple.finder[99]: Unexpected reply from backup server - ignored
Jun 26 10:16:25 christine-cowens-macbook-pro mDNSResponder[22]: ERROR: getOptRdata - unknown opt 4
Jun 26 10:16:55: --- last message repeated 11 times ---
Jun 26 10:17:53 christine-cowens-macbook-pro mDNSResponder[22]: ERROR: getOptRdata - unknown opt 4
Jun 26 10:18:23: --- last message repeated 9 times ---
Jun 26 10:21:50 christine-cowens-macbook-pro mDNSResponder[22]: ERROR: getOptRdata - unknown opt 4
Jun 26 10:22:20: --- last message repeated 7 times ---
Jun 26 10:22:21 christine-cowens-macbook-pro com.apple.launchd[72] ([0x0-0x14014].com.apple.installassistant[150]): Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 158 PPID 1 InstallAssistant
Jun 26 10:22:22 christine-cowens-macbook-pro loginwindow[23]: DEAD_PROCESS: 0 console
Jun 26 10:22:22 christine-cowens-macbook-pro shutdown[170]: reboot by christinecowen:
Jun 26 10:22:22 christine-cowens-macbook-pro shutdown[170]: SHUTDOWN_TIME: 1340731342 279916
Jun 26 10:22:22 christine-cowens-macbook-pro mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-176.3 (Nov 3 2008 16:52:57)[22]: stopping
Jun 26 10:22:22 christine-cowens-macbook-pro com.apple.loginwindow[23]: Shutdown NOW!
Jun 26 10:22:22 christine-cowens-macbook-pro com.apple.loginwindow[23]: System shutdown time has arrived^G^G
Jun 26 10:31:05 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
Jun 26 10:31:05 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.RemoteDesktop.PrivilegeProxy): Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.usbmuxd): Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.x.privileged_startx): Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: npvhash=4095
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kextd[10]: 417 cached, 0 uncached personalities to catalog
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: PAE enabled
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: 64 bit mode enabled
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:55:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_I386
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: vm_page_bootstrap: 905993 free pages and 77047 wired pages
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: mig_table_max_displ = 79
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: 104 prelinked modules
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: Loading security extension com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpo_policy_init for TMSafetyNet
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Safety net for Time Machine (TMSafetyNet)
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: Loading security extension com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: Loading security extension com.apple.security.seatbelt
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpo_policy_init for mb
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: Seatbelt MACF policy initialized
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Seatbelt Policy (mb)
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: MAC Framework successfully initialized
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: using 16384 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x11 Vectors 64:87
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: mbinit: done
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: CFA77CDA-F33D-3F25-97CF-9E5EE113C739
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: wl0: Broadcom BCM432b 802.11 Wireless Controller
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: 5.10.91.21
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5901 built-in now active, GUID 0025bcfffee5710e; max speed s800.
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Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: unknown-dev: journal replay done.
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: [HCIController][configurePM] power parent ready after 1 tries
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Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: GFX0: family specific matching fails
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: IGPU: family specific matching fails
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 2
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4
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Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 5
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Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: IGPU: family specific matching fails
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Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: AGC: 2.8.15, HW version=1.8.8, flags:0, features:1
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Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: IGPU: family specific matching fails
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: GFX0: family specific matching fails
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: IGPU: family specific matching fails
Jun 26 10:31:07 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Jun 26 10:31:09 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: initialization complete
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Jun 26 10:31:11 localhost rpc.statd[18]: statd.notify - no notifications needed
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Jun 26 10:31:12 localhost fseventsd[27]: bumping event counter to: 0x25d156 (current 0x0) from log file '000000000025c40a'
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Jun 26 10:31:13 localhost kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx: Ethernet address 00:26:08:e3:43:79
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Jun 26 10:31:16 christine-cowens-macbook-pro kernel[0]: jnl: disk0s2: journal replay done.
Jun 26 10:31:17 christine-cowens-macbook-pro kernel[0]: en1: 802.11d country code set to 'CN'.
Jun 26 10:31:17 christine-cowens-macbook-pro kernel[0]: en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 149 153 157 161 165 153 161 149 157
Jun 26 10:31:19 christine-cowens-macbook-pro org.ntp.ntpd[14]: Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
Jun 26 10:31:19 christine-cowens-macbook-pro ntpdate[72]: can't find host time.apple.com
Jun 26 10:31:19 christine-cowens-macbook-pro ntpdate[72]: no servers can be used, exiting
Jun 26 10:31:20 christine-cowens-macbook-pro kernel[0]: Auth result for: c8:3a:35:56:9b:80 MAC AUTH succeeded
Jun 26 10:31:20 christine-cowens-macbook-pro kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Up on en1
Jun 26 10:31:21 christine-cowens-macbook-pro kextd[10]: writing kernel link data to /var/run/mach.sym
Jun 26 10:31:25 christine-cowens-macbook-pro loginwindow[23]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Jun 26 10:31:25 christine-cowens-macbook-pro authorizationhost[85]: MechanismInvoke 0x129e00 retainCount 2
Jun 26 10:31:25 christine-cowens-macbook-pro SecurityAgent[86]: MechanismInvoke 0x1015f0 retainCount 1
Jun 26 10:31:25 christine-cowens-macbook-pro loginwindow[23]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
Jun 26 10:31:25 christine-cowens-macbook-pro SecurityAgent[86]: MechanismDestroy 0x1015f0 retainCount 1
Jun 26 10:31:25 christine-cowens-macbook-pro authorizationhost[85]: MechanismDestroy 0x129e00 retainCount 2
Jun 26 10:31:25 christine-cowens-macbook-pro loginwindow[23]: USER_PROCESS: 23 console
Jun 26 10:31:25 christine-cowens-macbook-pro com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[82]): Exited: Terminated
Jun 26 10:31:25 christine-cowens-macbook-pro com.apple.launchd[76] (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent): Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
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Might have a hardware issue that was caused by the minor liquid spill.
Take it to Apple to have them look at it. I think they do a free diagnostics. That way you can find out what's wrong with your MB.
Good luck....Hope you get it sorted out.

I have a mid 2007 MacBook Pro with 2GB of RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M graphics. Is it possible to upgrade the RAM and the graphics card?

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The RAM can be upgraded as indicated below. The Graphics card can not be upgraded.
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I have a mid 2009 Macbook Pro and i know the Mini-display port does not support audio out but does it support HDMI out? or do i have to buy a Mini-display to DVI and then a DVI to HDMI adapters?

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Run MDP to HDMI for picture. Use a cable like this to run sound from your audio out on your Mac to your TV's audio in. That's about all you can do.

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I have a mid 2010 macbook pro with 4GB memory and need to purchase an additional 4 GB to. Do I need to purchase 8GB of memory to upgrade or can a 4GB upgrade be placed next to the existing memory?

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Aperture cannot burn slideshows to a DVD. It only can export a video of your slideshow.
In Aperture 3 you use the "Export" button in Aperture's slideshow project to render a video to a folder on your disk.
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When trying to view some youtube videos; a window would pop up saying "it needs adobe flash player is required for video play back get the latest flash player" but after downloading the file and during installation would have errors and will not installed.....tried to reboot and install again.....but still the same.
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The "restore disk" is built into the Mac. See About Recovery.
Need more specifics about what error messages you got while installing Adobe Flash.
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Click the Try something new! link at the bottom of the YouTube page.
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Your MacBook doesn't support SATA III, so if you install a SATA III HDD, it will work with SATA II speeds.
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Can I replace a failed hard drive on mid 2009 MacBook Pro with 1tb ssd +hdd?

Any help?

You might be able to.
Check either Macsales.com or iFixit.com for guides of how to add a second drive to your 2009 MBP.
I know that the SSD needs to be placed in current HDD bay and the HDD needs to be placed in the optical drive bay. So you would need a dual drive kit from either of the places mentioned above.

Can't install a stable Windows 7 on my Snow Leopard mid-2009 Macbook Pro via Botcamp

I just erased the whole disk with Disk Utility and re-installed a fresh version of Snow Leopard on my mid-2009 MacBook Pro with my original install disk and updated all the software.
I then created a 400GB partition via Bootcamp Assistant for Windows and successfully installed Vista.
I then successfully installed Windows 7 (not an upgrade) over Vista (I only have the official upgrade disk) and installed Bootcamp in Windows with the original OS X DVD.
I then upgraded Bootcamp from version 3.0 to 3.1 to 3.2 to 3.3 and then to 4.0.
None of these versions have resulted in a stable version of Windows 7 because the screen randomly turns one color (usually blue or white) with no cursor or interaction possible and I have to shut the computer down by holding the power button.
I've tried the whole process with 32 bit and 64 bit versions with the same results. The funny thing (not so funny, really) is that WIndows becomes increasingly unstable the higher I go with Bootcamp. I've even tried running the Vista to Windows 7 upgrade utility but Windows 7 is totally unusable. Once at Bootcamp 4 the system can't even get past the windows boot process.
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I suggest you start over with the install of Windows. You can use an Upgrade version of Win 7 to do a Clean install.
Basically you have to Not put in the license key when asked and also uncheck the option to Auto Activate Windows when the system gets online, mThen once it is installed and you are at the desktop go to the System applet in Control panel and Select Activate Windows. Then put the license key in.
If for some reason that doesn't work then you do a second install of Windows7 over the top of the current install and that make the installer think you are Upgrading and the Activation will go through.
It is all covered over at the Windows 7 forum.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/31402-clean-install-upgrade-windows-7-versi on.html

HT4241 What video settings will I need to change on my mid-2009 Macbook Pro?

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That being said, it's good practice to make sure you have a window to return it just in case.
Yeah what Bob said.
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I have a mid 2009 MacBook Pro 13". I use it every day for school since september of 2009. I have a HUGE iTunes library (around 150gb) and I use DAW software to create music. I'm looking to upgrade from my current 250GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive to a larger SSD. I want to do this for the speed of an SSD and I need more hard drive space. Is there anyway to upgrade my macbook to a SSD in the ballpark of 500GB-1TB?? On Apple's technical spesifications it says I cannot upgrade to an SDD with more than 256GB. Is this really true or is there any way around this?
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The tech specs list the upgrades that were available from Apple when that model was being sold new. They don't necessarily reflect the aftermarket-upgradabaility. I don't believe there'd be any reason you couldn't put a hard drive/SSD of whatever capacity you want in that MBP (of course it needs to be the right physical size).
That being said, it's good practice to make sure you have a window to return it just in case.
Yeah what Bob said.
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Upgrading Ram on mid 2009 MacBook Pro.

I have a mid 2009 Macbook pro. I currently have 2g of ram and am going to upgrade to 8g. What will i notice a difference in after installing the ram? If you need any info please let me know.
Thanks,
Thebigone716

Thebigone716 wrote:
What will i notice a difference in after installing the ram?
It depends. I would say you would definitely have a better user experience with 4gb as I see you are running Lion. However, 8gb may be unnecessary. See if you would even benefit from more ram:http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/answers/how_to_tell_if_your_mac_needs_more_ram/

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