Upgrading MacBook Hard Drive, Will this work?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136072
Will that work?

That drive should be fine - there's even a review on Newegg from a user who installed it in a MacBook. He liked it, but says it vibrates more than the original drive.
I'll be installing the 160G WD Scorpio in my MacBook later this week, from Newegg. If it vibrates too much, it will go into an external enclosure, and I'll try something else for internal.

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Hey guys, just found this stuff, will this work in my 2.0 white macbook? Just wondering, thanks!
http://welovemacs.com/sata160gb.html
Also, to be compatible with my setup, what are the requirements? Just 2.5 and 9mm? thanks!

nope, i'm pretty sure that the macbook harddrive is 2.5 and that one says that it is 3.5

My Hybrid 1TB Seagate Hard Drive will not work in my data doubler caddy installed in the optical bay

My Hybrid 1TB Seagate Hard Drive will not work in my data doubler caddy installed in the optical bay of my MacBook Pro

Thanks for all the advice. It looks like I have finally got my MBP working again (after two weeks of pain).
The WD HD works fine internally, but restoring from TM introduced a whole load more of issues/incompatabilities (see above). Eventually the only thing left was to re-build rather than restore:
i) mount the WD disk internally and install Snow Lepoard from the orginial installation disks
ii) get online, and after much trying download Lion (previously purchased). Perfrom all update.
iii) Connect my Time Capsule, identify my data, photo and music files and then copy them accross by hand
iv) install all the other applications (e.g. MS Office:mac, etc) from scratch.
This exercise has shown me that even though tools and procedures exist to address separate issues, when the complexity of inter-dependence is introduced there are a raft of problems that crop up.
Now I am back in business I will be using TM and CCC to take full and regular copies. I did this previously, which has saved me from losing my data and cherished pictures, but hopefully next time (and I'm sure there will be a next time) the recovery will be less infuriating.
BTW I got a refund on the Seagate Momentus XT. They guy in the shop said it wasn't the first time he'd heard of this issue with MBPs. Great.

Upgrade MacBook Hard Drive

While it is obvious that I can upgrade a hard drive, I would like to do so without reinstalling software and, as importantly, changing an identifier (such as a serial number) so that my online backup software will not balk when trying to back up. I hope that this is clearer than it sounds but essentially, I want the new, larger hard drive that I install, to be identified as the same as the smaller that I had after the upgrade. (Do not want iTunes to consider this a new device, don't want Carbonite to think its a different drive and make me reupload everything, etc.) How would this work?

Ahsley is correct. Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper are two most common and most recommended options. You put your new drive in an external enclosure and clone your internal drive to the external one. Reboot the machine holding down the Option key and select the external drive just to make sure it is working properly (it will be much slower as it will be running over the firewire or USB port... both of which are slower than the internal SATA). After you're convinced everything is working properly, just swap the drives.
To the best of my knowledge, nothing is based off of a drive serial number... but rather the logic board serial. Using a drive serial number for any sort of verification would be a bad idea considering how often they fail or are upgraded.

Upgrade MacBook Hard Drive - Restore System from Time Machine Backup?

I have a MacBook that I want to upgrade the hard drive of. Am I right in thinking, all I need to do is:
Run Time Machine one last time, to make a recent backup of the MacBook
Install the new hard drive in the MacBook
Insert the Snow Leopard DVD, and start a clean installation
During installation, select the option to Restore System From Backup...
Will this copy across ALL of the contents of the old MacBook's hard drive, to the new MacBook's hard drive? A perfect clone? Because that's what I want to do.

I performed the installation, restoring a Time Machine backup from the external hard drive to the new blank internal one I put inside the MacBook. Everything went fine, except for one problem.
Now, whenever I try to open Safari, it immediately crashes with the error message:
"Safari quit unexpectedly
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)"
What's going on? How can I stop Safari from doing this? I've repaired permissions using Disk Utility, and Spotlight has finished re-indexing everything.

OS X lion USB Thumb Drive - will this work on new Mac Mini or MBA (2011)?

Hi All,
Not to be confused with the other similar posts, I am interesting in only clarification of what build comes with the USB Thumb Drive now available on Apple Store - will this work with new MBA and Mac Mini?
Thanks,

KeanuReeves wrote:
From what I have read about the usb installer, it is not intended for you to try booting from the stick after wiping your hard drive. You are to click on the installer
You may be correct, but this statement is quite confusing in that context:
Important Note
When you install OS X Lion using the USB thumb drive, you will not be able to reinstall OS X Lion from Lion Recovery. You will need to use the USB thumb drive to reinstall OS X Lion.
So, if the Thumb drive is supposed to take the part of the Recovery partition, it seems that it should be able to boot. However, the license agreement still requires an Apple computer running Snow Leopard, so maybe it isn't bootable.

External Hard Drive Will Not Work

I purchased the recommended 1TB WD hard drive. It worked for a couple of days, recorded some programs-- all of which froze after a few minutes, and now my DVR repeatedly shuts down and reboots when the external drive is plugged in. Here's the message I get:
the set-top box will reset because an external hard drive was improperly disconnected
The only way I have disconnected the drive is by going into settings and clicking on "EJECT" as recommended.
Would someone please tell me what is going on here? Thanks.

Prof_Ahab wrote:
I purchased the recommended 1TB WD hard drive. It worked for a couple of days, recorded some programs-- all of which froze after a few minutes, and now my DVR repeatedly shuts down and reboots when the external drive is plugged in. Here's the message I get:
the set-top box will reset because an external hard drive was improperly disconnected
The only way I have disconnected the drive is by going into settings and clicking on "EJECT" as recommended.
Would someone please tell me what is going on here? Thanks.
Sorry to hear about the troubles you are having with the drive. One thing you can do to try to correct the drive issue is to hold down the power button on the drive. You will get a pop up message that an unknown storage device has been found. Click to accept the new device. The drive should now be connected. Go to the main menu of the DVR box and select the option for DVR. Go to expanded storage and format the drive. Let us know if further assistance is needed.
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Upgrade MacBook - Hard Drive and RAM

I want to upgrade my daughter's early 2008 white MacBook - both internal drive and RAM. I know how to install both and have done so before. I have purchased the internal drive, the RAM and a large external drive for Time Machine backups now and for the future. I also want to install Lion. I'm not sure of the sequence... Here is what I propose:
1) format the new external hard drive and then back up the current internal drive using Time Machine.
2) install the new RAM.
3) install the new internal drive.
4) boot up using Snow Leopard DVD. Install OS 10.6
5) upgrade to 10.6.8
6) install Lion.
7) import all of her applications, files, etc. from the Time Machine backup.
8) done?
Is this correct - will all work?
9) back up the new internal drive using Time Machine.
Will step #9 work when I select "Back Up Now" from the Time Machine?
10) If yes, is her itunes account, etc. ready to use? Can she sync iphone as before?
Thanks.

I can make this easier for you:
1) Download and install SuperDuper.
2) Using SuperDuper, make a clone of the current internal drive to the large external.
3) Test the clone by booting to the external drive
4) If good, install the new internal drive.
5) Boot from external, and use SuperDuper in reverse (clone back to new internal).
6) When done, boot the mac normally. Upgrade to Lion, and all should be good.

Upgrading MacBook Hard Drive

I am upgrading my MacBook Pro hard drive (running Mountain Lion) what is the best method to transfer my old drive's content to my new drive?

External clone, which also doubles as a bootable emergency disk.
CarbonCopyClone ($40 download) will clone the main partition and the Recovery partition to an external drive.
Then you install the new drive, boot from the external clone, and clone it back into the internal.
Just takes time.
Here is some reading: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3045

Instructions for upgrading MacBook hard drive?

Wanted to ask if anyone knew of a set of set-by-step instructions for upgrading a MacBook internal hard drive and migrating the data from the old drive to the new drive. Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere.....
I have a 15-inch late 2008 MacBook Pro (currently running OS X 10.9.5 [13F34]), and would like to replace the 250gb drive with a 1tb Seagate Momentus XT drive. I have been unable to find a single set of instructions for doing the replacement myself, particularly with respect to data migration.
From what I have read, the process should look like this:
1. Install the new hard drive in an external enclosure case, connect to MacBook and do a 'clean' OSX Yosemite install on the new hard drive [then boot MacBook from external drive to test installation]
2. Use Setup or Migration Assistant to transfer applications, preferences and user files from the old hard drive to the new hard drive
3. Shut down MacBook, disconnect new hard drive and remove new hard drive from enclosure
4. Open up MacBook, remove old hard drive and replace it with the new hard drive
Am I missing anything? Are there any other issues about which I should be aware?
Many thanks (in advance) for your assistance....
Bill

WJD2015 wrote:
I had read somewhere that Apple recommended doing a clean install. when upgrading to a new drive. A couple of years back, someone on the forums had all kinds of problems upgrading to (I think) a 750gb Seagate XT drive, and the closest thing they got to an answer was the suggestion that the problem stemmed from cloning their old drive and that they should have done a clean install.
Almost all of my macs (many) are clones, some more than one generation. They all run as fast as the few 'clean' installs (mainly new machines)
If you update a good installation, and check that you are not cloning (or migrating, either way has the same issue) incompatible software to the new drive/OS there is no difference. The key is getting rid of or updating the old stuff before upgrading the OS, often forgotten but it can bite when you don't.
If you use my method, you get to test the installation before committing it to an internal role.

UpGraded MacBook Hard Drive - but TERMINAL opens at StartUp!!!!

This one is really strange: I replaced a 160gb HD in my MacBook (May 2006 version) with a new Seagate 320 gb HD - by copying everything from the old 160 gb HD to the new 320 gb HD (in a Transcend SATA housing) using SuperDuper! and then put the 320 gb into the MB - perfect---
---except that when I startup I see two strange things: First- TERMINAL has started and I have a screen: hopefully this screenshot via the program InstantShot! shows:
/ScreenShots/SS-090214 at 201501-1.jpg and there is also a folder open: /ScreenShots/SS-090214 at 201514-1.jpg
If you cannot see the screenshots, then I need assistance on putting files/jpg's or other attachments in the Apple discussions --
And I don't think you're seeing anything - but basically the TERMINAL says a bunch of stuff, then WELCOME TO DARWIN and then a location to "security agent". Strange and beyond me, but when I had my 160gb HD I never had that!
Thanks for any comments including how to put a jpg file into an Apple Discussions post so that I can indicate what I'm really seeing.
Regards,
Steve Schulte
Saturday 14 February 2009 at 23:26

Thanks for the great eye-opening remarks -- I guess I didn't realize that computers / Macs / Unix / software etc. was just so complex / sophisticated. Again, an eye-opener ---
---but glad to say that my problem doesn't seem to need major work --(fortunately!) - it turned-out that when I now started using my MacBook with the 320 gb HD there were 3 things (2 UNIX files and 1 folder) that somehow appeared in the "LOGIN AT STARTUP" section of the ACCOUNTS preference! I removed them and all is back to 100% OK!
Again - I really appreciate your reply and this opens the door to me learning a lot more about computers!
Regards,
Steve
Wednesday 18 February 2009

Can I use the Macbook hard drive in a PC notebook?

I've decided to join the Apple community by getting the unibody Macbook very soon (probably after I see whats new at WWDC). I see that its cheaper to upgrade the hard drive and memory on a 3rd party website but I want to know if the 250gb macbook hard drive will work in a PC notebook? I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 with a Serial ATA connector for the hard drive and I see that the Macbook also uses a Serial ATA hard drive. Just wondering if this technique worked for anyone that tried it out.
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Yes, but you will need to reformat the drive for your PC which cannot read/write a Mac formatted drive. There's nothing special about the drives used in Macs. They come from the same manufacturers as any other notebook drive.

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2011 Macbook Pro - if i upgrade ram and Hard drive will it void my applecare ?

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I am buying a new macbook pro but i want to fit my own ram memory and solid state hard drive , will apple permit this without voiding the waranty.

i am buying a new macbook pro but i want to fit my own ram memory and solid state hard drive , will apple permit this without voiding the waranty.

yes you can do it and not void the warranty. Those are the only hardware changes that Apple permits. Instructions on how to upgrade the ram and remove and replace the hard drive are even included in the owners manuals for MacBook Pros.

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