500GB Hard drive!

MacBook Pro? So I can now get a 500GB hard drive for a MacBook. But the so called MacBook Pro only 320GB?? Come on apple! Does anyone know if they are going to update the Pro any time soon??
Many Thanks

So I can now get a 500GB hard drive for a MacBook.
Sure — but not from Apple:
http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MB467LL/A?mco=MTkzOTI0Mw
On the other hand, I dunno why anyone would want to pay Apple's price for one even if Apple offered it, and get Apple's short warranty on it instead of the drive manufacturer's longer warranty at a lower price.
Buy and install your own 500GB drive, and keep the original factory-installed 250GB or 320GB drive for external use (backup or data storage).
Anyone who knows when the MBP is due for an update is under a binding agreement not to disclose that information.

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So I've just purchased a mid 2011 Macbook Pro 13" used via eBay. Was advertised as having 500gb hard drive and 6gb ram. I checked the ram and it was all legit, checked the hd capacity and it was all correct as well. So I made a new login for myself and deleted the previous owner's. Now my hard drive shows up as 320gb. Even in disk utility and terminal.

One more place to look is SYSTEM PROFILER>HARDWARE>SERIAL-ATA. If it says 320, you have a 320GB HDD which I suspect it probably will. They are easy to replace.
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Can I replace 500GB hard drive in 1st generation time capsule?

I have a first gen Time Capsule with a 500GB hard drive. It is out of warranty but before I crack the case I would like to know if there is anything special about replacing the hard drive with a new 2 TB HD. Is there a preferred imaging software for a time capsule HD replacement?

I have avoided buying advanced format drives ever since i saw the issue..
But I should have also commented do a search for any drive you find and see if some other guinea pig has installed the particular drive you are looking at in a series 1.. note carefully the different series respond differently.. and actually series 1 seems to be more tolerant.. later series 2 and 3 can pose big problems when people have tried 3TB drives or advanced format drives.
IMHO you want to buy drives that you KNOW are going to work.. I know a drive will work because it is NOT advanced format.. which is just a way for the scum bag hard drive companies to get more capacity out of less disk space. It has no advantage to end users.
The series 4 TC uses advanced drive.. you can see it in all its glory sitting there smugly in the picture.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4577/airport-extreme-5th-gen-and-time-capsule-4th- gen-review-faster-wifi-/4
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Hi, Im new to Apple MacBook PRO. I have saved about 50GB files plus applications and message advises that my start up disk is almost full! My MacBook pro has a 500GB hard drive so don't know why this message is coming up. Please help.

Hi, Im new to Apple MacBook PRO. I have saved about 50GB files plus applications and message advises that my start up disk is almost full! My MacBook pro has a 500GB hard drive so don't know why this message is coming up. Please help.

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https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_v10.7_lion?view=discussi ons

Anybody got the 500GB Hard Drive?

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I'm buying a 24" iMac shortly but i was wondering if there is any kind of performance hit by opting for the 500gb HD?
I've heard of cases where bigger hard drives make machines run slower so i'd like some users experiences of the 24" imac with the 500gb hard drive if possible.
250gb is not big enough for me.
Thanks.

Mark... I recently took ownership of an imac 24 with the 500 GB HD. I considered holding to the 250, but wanted to be set for a long term relationship. I can't speak to the "speed comparison", but I'm certainly satisfied thus far with the performance of my 2GB mem system.

MacBook Pro Retina with a 500gb hard drive - 400gb storage space?

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You can buy Snow Leopard at:
Snow Leopard disc source - http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
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7200 rpm 500gb Hard Drive for T61p

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When is the iBUYPOWER - Desktop - 8GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive be available?

Hi I was wondering when is this iBUYPOWER - Desktop - 8GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive be available? I want to get this computer but seems like all of the ibuypower computer is all sold out. Is bestbuy discontinue selling Ibuypower?

richard203 wrote:
ya just called and they say new shipment here. Any1 know is this worth the buy for that price?
I know prices shouldn't really be discussed via the forums but here is my input
-the graphics card is about $50
-the cpu is about $100 ( when you can find it retail by itself )
-can get a cheap optical drive for about $20-30
-a cheapish motherboard that holds up to 32 gb ram that would be compatible is about $50
so...we are up to what?
about $230-250 rough estimating considering shipping and stuff?
The case is probably around $50-75 range. The power supply in such a low graphics card is probably super cheap as well ( like less than $40 )
Looking at about... $30-50 retail profit for the store if you bought it from BB compared to building it. THe windows and teh cpu is what kills you on this one really.
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Recently my keyboard on my macbook pro died. i backed up the machine to my Seagate 500GB hard drive, successfully, and sent the notebook in for repairs. Now that the macbook is repaired, i can read from the seagate, but not write to it. It says read only.

Recently my Macbook Pro's keyboard failed. Using my wireless keyboard, i managed to backup everything to my 500gb Seagate external hard drive. I sent the machine in, had the keyboard repaired, and now the machine is back, and i am loading my content back onto the macbook. My problem is that the drive is now read only, and i have searched for all the obvious fixes. The lock on the permissions secion of the info block on the drive. (not present). I have even tried disk utility, but all the options are greyed out.
I am a graphic designer, and so i use my external drive extensively to move artwork around, so it is important that i can make it writable. It worked perfectly on this very same machine, two weeks ago, and nothing has changed on the drive, so i can only assume it is a software issue on the operating system.
I have read through all the forums, etc, and can find nothing that works. I am loath to change anything on the drive, as it was working perfectly on this system before the system went in for its repair.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Every time I try to back up my Macbook Pro with an external hard drive using Time Machine, I receive the error of "the disk does not have enough space". I have a 500GB hard drive and only 120GB Macbook. It worked fine before the latest Maverick's

Every time I try to back up my Macbook Pro with an external hard drive using Time Machine, I receive the error of "the disk does not have enough space". I have a 500GB external hard drive and only 120GB Macbook. It worked fine before the latest Maverick's update. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

My guess would be it has created an entirely new backup of your drive when you upgraded to Mavericks.
See Here: http://pondini.org/TM/1.html
And here: http://pondini.org/TM/9.html
Peruse the whole site. There is a lot of information there.

Hi i bought a new 500gb hard drive on my 2011 macbook pro, it is a blank hardrive and i forgot to save my other files on an external hard drive , i have a usb stick with mavericks installed on it. can i just go ahead and do a straight install by using it?

hi i have a macbook pro 2011 model, i decided to upgrade my hardrive and bought a 500gb blank hardrive, my query is because i wasnt able to save most of my files and my operating system to an external hard drive, i have a usb stick with a mavericks os installed on it. will i be able to do a straight install by just doing this method? i will be grateful for any tips or help u might offer, thanks.

Is it just bootable or does it have the Mavericks installation files on it? If so, yes. If not, no. You might consider getting an external enclosure. Put your old drive in it and boot to its Recovery partition. You can install from there. As a matter of fact, you can run Migration Assistant and get all your stuff over too.
http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-2-5-Inch-Aluminum-Enclosure-EC-TB4P/dp/B005EIGUD4/ ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1396656137&sr=8-3&keywords=2.5+enclosure

500GB Hard drive failure - for the 4th time

Ok, So i bought a macbook pro from Apple in about may 2010. It is a 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 2.66GHz Intel Core i7 GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRM SuperDrive 8X DL.
Since then the hard drive has failed 3 times and now it has failed for the 4th time this morning.
I've complained to Apple and other than being made to feel like I'm the one causing a nuisance - Apple have told me repeatedly that my experience is unique and there are no known issues with their 500GB drive.
Has anyone else experienced drive failures?
Jason
I'd be interested in hearing from you: [email protected]

This sounds to me more like the problem may be with the interface between the motherboard and the HD.
I'd be strongly inclined to insist on a replacement MBP as you're still in warranty.
At the very least, get the complaint escalated beyond the shoploor level.

Question and confirmation on upgrading to 500gb hard drive

First of all, I'm sorry to post another HD upgrade thread. I just thought I should post a new thread instead of stealing the other...
I am considering upgrading my hard drive. I currently have 160GB, but it is just not cutting it. I have been doing alot of researching and studying to eventually do the upgrade myself. This is what I have found out so far and please correct me if I'm wrong anywhere.
1. I am planning to buy this http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD5000BEVTU4/ which includes the external enclosure.
2. I would also need #00 philips screwdriver and T6 Torx screw driver (of course, I will follow the exact instructions from here http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/MacBook-Pro-17-Inch-Core-Duo/Hard-Drive-Replacem ent/87/8/Page-1
3. I just wanted to verify one thing. What about my current data? I guess I'll have to use either CCC or SD, but how do I exactly do that? Do I install the new drive into the enclosure and connect via firewire, and clone the old HD to the new HD? Then, take the new HD back out of the enclosure and replace with the old HD in my MBP? If you see the link for the HD and enclosure, it says this "Install the new hard drive into your computer, and put your old drive into the included OWC Mercury On-The-Go external case! Transfer your data back to your new drive and you're all set!" What is this? Do I just disconnect the old HD without saving anything onto anywhere? What is the right way of swapping HDs?
Am I headed in the right direction? I'm quite confident that I could change the HD (read the instructions so many times...), but I just wasn't sure what I would have to be careful with when cloning the data since I haven't even seen either CC or SD yet...
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

You are on the right track. Good choice with OWC. Only suggestion I would make is to buy two 320GB HDDs unless you absolutely need a 500GB HDD. The cloning is very simple. What you can do is buy an enclosure from OWC with a drive in there already and clone directly from your 160GB to the external OR use time machine to make a backup to the external. Then put the separate drive in the computer and start up with the Leopard DVD and follow [these instructions|http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/time-machine-hdd-swap/the-secret-of-the -time-machine+assisted-hard-drive-swap-333319.php]. You are going to restore from a Time Machine backup.
Technically if you take the drive that comes in the OWC enclosure you void your warranty but it's fine. Depending if you buy the same HDDs for the internal and enclosure you can then just place what was just cloned into your computer and you would be ready to go. Then you can put the remaining drive in the enclosure, format it as GUID in disk utility, and set it up with time machine (if you are using Leopard).
The reason I say this is:
[OWC F800/400/USB enclosure containing a Hitachi 5k320 $129.99 after $10 MIR|http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MS8U5320HB8>
or
[OWC F800/400/USB enclosure containing a Hitachi 7k320 $147.99 after $20 MIR|http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MS8U7320GB16>
I don't know if you want 7200RPM or 5400RPM in your internal HDD, but I would recommend 7200 in the external. Buying the Combo 7k320 drive is cheaper than buying the enclosure without a drive preinstalled and then buying it separately (plus you get a few utilities in there).
As for your internal drive it is up to you. Only reason I'm suggesting buying two drives is one obviously for backup should be larger than your internal in most cases. Having a 500GB internal and 160GB external for backups doesn't make sense.
You may want to compare prices and take a look at [Newegg for 7200RPM/5400RPM drives that are 320GB/500GB|http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&Subc ategory=380&Description=&Type=&N=2010150380+1035915133&srchInDesc=&MinPrice=&Max Price=&PropertyCodeValue=359%3A15133&PropertyCodeValue=3097%3A33643&PropertyCode Value=3097%3A40009&PropertyCodeValue=355%3A7777&PropertyCodeValue=355%3A7776].
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