Upgrading Memory/HD/Software - Advice Please
Hello.
I have an original MacBook Pro 15" 1.83GHz, 80GB Hard Drive, Mac OS X 10.4.11 and two 512MB RAM
My Hard Drive is virtually full and I already use external storage for backup and large video and media content. I want to expand my internal Hard drive and whilst I'm at it, it seems wise to increase the memory and then upgrade my operating system.
Can someone please offer any advice as to
a) what i might be able to buy myself in terms of hardware
b) how then I get it fitted/who could do it for me in London and
c) How i then transfer content, software onto new drive, many thanks
Look for to any help, in layman's terms. Thanks
You can get up to a 500 GB drive, and your maximum RAM is 2 GB (you'd replace the 2 x 512 MB sticks with 2 x 1 GB sticks). An AASP can swap the HDD (and the RAM, too). Here's how to find one:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1434
Most will perform the data transfer for you - they'll clone your current internal drive onto the new drive in an external enclosure, boot from the new drive to make sure it works, then physically swap the drives.
If they don't do the transfer, clone your current drive onto an external drive (using SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner), test the clone by booting from the external (connect it, boot with the option key held, select the external drive), then when you get your computer back, boot it from the external clone and use the same software to clone the system back to the new internal drive.
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