Apple has posted MacBook DIY hard drive replacement manual

topic says it,
Apple has posted the manual for diy hard drive replacement for the MacBook at <http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/MacBook13inch_HardDriveDIY.pdf>
guess that settles whether you would void your warranty, doesn't it?

Yes, that's the "official word" we've been waiting for. Installing a hard drive yourself will not void your warranty. However, just like the RAM, unless you are an Apple Authorized Service Provider, any damage you do to your MacBook in the process of changing the hard drive will not be covered by the warranty or AppleCare Protection Plan.
-Doug

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MacBook Pro Hard Drive Replacement

Is it possible to have Apple (at an Apple Retail Store) install a new hard drive I bough, in my MacBook Pro? For example, Western Digital's 320Gb HDD (WD3200BEKT)?

Welcome back to Apple Discussions!
While we can't discuss Apple policy according to Terms of Use, it has been the experience of many that third party internal hardware installation is not typically done by Apple Retail Stores. Authorized service centers are usually more likely to do it. Verify your MacBook Pro has the hard drive as a user installable option. If it doesn't you may need to discuss the matter of ensuring AppleCare does not get voided during the install from the place you choose to do the work.
Good luck!

MacBook Pro Hard drive replaced, now what?

Hi,
A couple of days ago we took our MacBook Pro to the Apple store to have it looked up. We had been getting the blinking question mark file folder. They told us the hard drive needed to be replaced. The lady said doing it ourselves was faster, easy, and cheaper. So we bought a new internal hard drive and put it in. We then talked to a man at Apple who gave us specific instructions on what to do from there. We opened up disk utility and started the partitioning. However, it froze midway and stayed there all night. The next morning I called Apple again. The lady told me to shut it down and start all over. So I shut it down and started internet recovery again. Then I tried to do the disk utility again. It didn't work. I was then told to erase the drive and try starting over, because there was something on it from the initial attempt at partitioning it. However, it is now frozen again and says that it is going to be another 4 hours, and the time continuously increases. What is going on? If I turn it off and try to start over what will happen? What should I do from here? Please help!! We need this computer for grad school classes that start tomorrow!!
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wbagnew,
which model MacBook Pro do you have?

MacBook Pro - Hard Drive replaced now external won't allow me to view any of my back ups from my previous hard drive that crashed folders have red circle with minus sign in them and says I don't have permission, how do I get around this?

My MacBook Pro's hard drive failed a little while back and the hard drive was replaced, however all my items on my external were linked to that hard drive apparently, now I can't get into my back up files for my business as I'm getting an error telling me I don't have permission to view the files, I can't figure out how to over ride this setting to get to my stuff for my business which is really NOT GOOD for my clients or the contracts I'm under, does anyone know how to get past this and get the external to work like it is supposed to?

Select the drive and Finder > Get info and at the bottom "ignore permissions on this volume"
You can copy the files, but the ownership on the files still belongs to the other user account, once your done copying, then perform a #6 Reset Users Permissions and that will set all the ownership to that account.
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Ok so i just replaced a hard drive in a macbook or 17" 2009 and it's fairly simple. I replaced it with a 500g seagate hybrid drive.
After fter doing that I put the old drive in an enclosure so the client could have all of their pictures, etc. I tried to install yosemite onto the new hard drive from the recovery option on the boot loader. It took four hours, but finnaly made it, and when it did it just sat at a grey screen forever. the mouse worked on this grey screen which was wierd, and it hovered there forever. I tried the same process again, this time leaving the grey screen overnight. Nothing. Still.
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Is the 640GB WD approved as an internal drive for your MBP? If it is, then the clean, formatted drive with no OSX should be installed in the MBP. Then start up (holding the "Option" key) from the OSX installation disc and install OSX. After a successful installation, the MBP will restart. Then run Software Update to get the latest version of OSX.

Macbook Pro Hard Drive Replacment problem

Hello all- I was getting the flashing grey folder with a question mark. from what i've read it's an indication of startup disc or hard drive failure. I attempted all the suggesstions but was never capable of seeing the MAC HD in Disk Utility. So I decided to purchase a new internal hard drive. It was installed and zI am getting the same error. In Disk Utility the new Hard Drive is not visible in Disc Utility. Am I missing something here? or could the new hard drive be damaged? Please help!!

You probably have a defective cable inside your MBP. Take it to an Apple store and have it replaced. It should not be an expensive repair.
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Macbook pro Hard drive replacement issue, won't read new drive.

I have a Macbook pro Core 2 Duo. The 2nd generation Macbook pro. I am trying to install a 640GB Western Digital Scorpio Blue hard drive. I have formatted the new drive to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with the GUID table though an external USB enclosure. I have installed OSX from the CD's onto this new drive and can boot from it externally. When I install it internally and try to boot I get a gray screen with a stop sign (circle with a line through it). If I boot from the install CD and use disk utility the compter sees the drive as 4.6TB and can't format it.
Why would this drive work in an external enclosure but not internally?
I can boot from the drive so it should be good.
My original HDD works in the computer so the connections should all be good.
I am confused. Any help that can be offered would be appreciated.

Is the 640GB WD approved as an internal drive for your MBP? If it is, then the clean, formatted drive with no OSX should be installed in the MBP. Then start up (holding the "Option" key) from the OSX installation disc and install OSX. After a successful installation, the MBP will restart. Then run Software Update to get the latest version of OSX.

DIY hard drive replacement for MPB

Hello,
Has anyone actually replaced the HD in their MBP? I'm interested in upping the size of my drive to 200gb. Apple won't do the upgrade. There are outfits that will do the switch but the charge is around $450. I can score the same drive from Newegg for about half that and save the labor, assuming the job is reasonably doable.
I've built countless windows boxes but have never worked inside of a laptop. I've seen the procedure for the drive switch online, but I'm interested in learning if anyone here has actually done the switch and how it went. I'm aware of the warranty implications so that need not be addressed.
TIA,
ASW
MacBook Pro - 2.16 Intel Core Duo - 2 GB Ram Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I recently did exactly what you're describing, installing a 200GB disk in my early 15" MacBook Pro to replace the 100GB disk which it came with (2GB of free space just wasn't enough!)
Make sure that you have both the service manual, which has excellent instructions, and the necessary tools (described in the manual). I can't recall where I found the manual, but a search should locate it.
In addition to the tools described in the manual, get yourself a muffin tin and some masking tape, so that as you take the screws out you can place each size in a specific bin in the muffin tin and label that bin with the screw size - otherwise it can get really tough to tell a 2.3mm screw from a 2.6mm screw when you put it back together (I'm making those sizes up, since I don't have the manual in front of me right now, but they're not far off). If the muffin tin is white it makes finding the little buggers a bit easier, but that isn't as critical as having a way of keeping the different screw sizes separated. A pair of tweezers may also come in handy.
If you can handle a screwdriver, have the patience to deal with the relatively small clearances, and follow the instructions, you should have no problem.

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Lost iPhoto when Apple replaced damaged MacBook Pro hard drive

My son and daughter-in-law recently had to replace their MacBook Pro hard drive. Apple did the replacement, but they got it back without iPhoto. Isn't that standard software when you purchase a MacBook Pro? Shouldn't it be part of the replacement, too?

If your computer shipped with Lion, follow the directions here to redownload the iLife apps:
Restoring iLife applications after Internet Restore of OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion
If you erase install OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion on a new Mac that shipped with OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion installed, you can download iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand from the Mac App Store.
After installation, start (up) from OS X.
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Enter your Apple ID and password.
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Hi i bought a macbook pro 8 and half mounths ago. Today i had the hard drive replaced as it was faulty and on Monday i have to take it back to the Apple shop to have the Motherboard replaced. I feel that i should be asking for a new macbook, where do i st

Hi i bought a Macbook Pro 8 & a half mounths ago.Today i had the hard drive replaced as it was faulty and on Monday i have to take it back to the Apple shop to have the Motherboard replaced. I feel that i should be asking for a new macbook, where do i stand.

Yes thats what i thought but i only have 77 days left on my garentee so its a worry, and have to drive 1 hour to get to closest Apple shop, spent the whole day there today when i should have been at work and have to make the drive again on Monday Then back again next Friday to pick it up. I paid over £1000 ponds for this computer so wouldnt expect it to have its insides replaced befor a year. Feel very let down, and no longer love my macbook pro.

MacBook Pro won't reboot. Get spinning circle even after hard drive replaced at Apple Store

MacBook Pro won't reboot. Have to reinstall OSX each time I shut down in order to get it to start up. What could be wrong? I had the hard drive replaced already.

You shouldn't be using the disc at all. I thought I had made that clear. Boot from your recovery partition and run Disc Utility. If you get the same result -- the internal drive can't be repaired -- then you should consider replacing it. No storage device can be trusted, in my opinion, after throwing an error like that. But whether you choose to replace it or erase it, you have to get the data out first.
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2. If you have a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire ports, boot the non-working Mac in target disk mode by holding down the key combination command-T at the startup chime. Connect the two Macs with a FireWire cable. The internal drive of the machine running in target mode will mount as an external drive on the other machine. Copy the data to another drive.
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3. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.

So I have just had my potentially duff hard drive replaced and uploaded my data from time machine to discover that pages is now speaking to me in a different language. The keyboard has been selected as UK during setup. How do I get back to qwerty?

So I have just had my potentially duff 1Tb hard drive replaced by apple and uploaded my data from time machine only to discover that pages is now speaking to me in a different language. The keyboard has been selected as UK during setup. Any idea how I can get back to qwerty?

roxandiv wrote:
pages is now speaking to me in a different language.
What exactly are you referring to? Are the menus or templates for Pages in a different language? Does something strange appear on the screen when you type?
Could you perhaps use the Camera icon here to post a screenshot of what you are seeing?
To make sure you have the right keyboard, go to system preferences/language & text/input sources and make sure that only the box for US or British is checked (and that the box for French or German or anything else is not checked).

My very expensive 2010 MacBook Pro hard drive died over a year ago (never bothered to fix it as the dvd drive had also failed so not worth it). Nevertheless, I finally decided to sync my iPhone to the replacement laptop pc and it wiped out all the music

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Okay, I finally got the couple of songs left on the phone to play by uninstalling and reinstalling itunes on the pc and re syncing. The last version I installed (just prior to my original post) failed to start due to some unspecified error?!?. Great!. But I still couldn't sync the itunes purchases from the PC to the iPhone. Then, after about an hour of googling and reading assorted posts mostly about using google to resolve the issue, I finally figured out that I have to actually download ALL the purchased albums from iCloud back onto the iPhone! There are hundreds of them, and some are not even available anymore.
Why do I have to do that when I originally purchased and downloaded all the music to the phone? Why are they all on the PC to begin with and why won't they go to the phone via the USB cable? Why didn't all the music get wiped out on the phone when I synced with the dodgy itunes I had to uninstall. never mind.
I accept that all my original music from cds and shared collections is gone on the failed mbp hard drive, but how come this once okay experience has become a trauma? Hundreds of songs to download all over again, sheesh, this has not exactlybeen a "That Was Easy" experience guys.

I had a new hard drive replaced in my imac. Now my 1st generation apple TV does not appear under devices in itunes. How do I get my apple tv to connect to my computer? My OS is 10.6.8

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Welcome to the Apple Community.
Navigate to Settings > Computers > Your Library on the Apple TV, you may be told you will lose all synced content, but you can't doing anything abouty this, you won't lose any purchased content that has yet to be transferred. Then select Settings > Computers > Connect To iTunes, note the passcode that appears on screen, click on the device in iTunes and enter the passcode when prompted.

Apple has posted MacBook DIY hard drive replacement manual

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