What is the largest hard drive I can upgrade to for MacBook Pro A1278 Early '11

What is the largest hard drive I can upgrade to for macbook pro A1278 Early 2011? I have seen 750GB on some websites, but I would like a 1TB I am looking for SATA 6.0GB, 1TB 7200. Is this dependant on the physical size of the hard drive? I have seen a height of 15mm and 9.5 mm. How do I know what will fit??

I have not seen any 7200 rpm 1 TB HDDs. They all are 5400 rpm. I would say that this HDD comes closest to your requirements. Tomorrow, there may be others.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145584
Ciao.

Similar Messages

What's the Biggest Hard Drive You Can Fit in a Macbook Pro?

I've got MacBook Pro 17' with 750gb HDD, need to upgrade the HDD to 2 or more TB. What is the biggest HDD I can fit my MacBook Pro?
How do I go about cloning my current HDD onto the NEW HDD.
Thanks.

The GB don't matter. All that matters is the physical size. It can't be higher than 9.5mm. The largest 9.5mm hard drive so far is 750gb.
To buy a hard drive try Newegg.com http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=380&name=Laptop-Hard-Dr ives or OWC http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/
Here's instructions on replacing the hard drive http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=45088

What is the largest hard drive that can be put in a Macbook Pro 17 MA897

I am looking to upgrade an existing Macbook Pro 17 model MA897 and am looking for the specifications as to the largest hard drive that can be installed and where is the best place to purchase drives.

The HDD makers have yet to breach the 1TB limit in the 2.5" formfactor. But there is hope, as one of the makers (Toshiba, IIRC) announced the discovery of a radical new way of magnetic encoding which will permit much denser packing of the magnetic domains in the rotating disk, and much higher capacities. Promised to come out with 3-4TB 2.5" devices before the year is out and maybe 10TB+ in the coming years. We'll have to wait and see.
BTW and since The Age of the Lion (and probably Mountain Lion too) has forsaken the need of an optical drive for system recovery, some users have decided to remove the no longer critical device and planting another HDD in its place. Might be looking into if you really need the capacity and don't care to lug even more weight above of what the 17" entails.

2008 15" MacBook Pro, what is the largest hard drive I can get?

I want to know what is the largest hard drive I an get:
5400rpm: GB
7200rpm: GB
Where can I purchase them.
Happy Father's Day,
Sebastian

I think the current answers are;
200 GB for 7200 RPM
500 GB for 5400 RMP
I looked at;
[Other World Computing 2.5 SATA Drives|http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/Search.cfm?Ne=5000&Ntt=2.5harddrive&Ntk=Primary&Ns=P_Price%7c0&N=6892]
Message was edited by: gbullman

What is the largest hard drive I can put into my time capsule?

I bought my 1TB Time Capsule in Oct, 2010, Part #MC343AM/A, and it is now just about full. I am looking at options for upgrading it, including a Stardom Safe Capsule with several TB of storage. Ideally I would like a single drive with 3-4TB of storage on it. Can I put a 3TB drive in my Time Capsule as it is? I run Lion on all the Macs at home, although my daughters (who backup when they visit) run Snow Leopard.

SolarEnthusiast wrote:
I bought my 1TB Time Capsule in Oct, 2010, Part #MC343AM/A, and it is now just about full. I am looking at options for upgrading it, including a Stardom Safe Capsule with several TB of storage. Ideally I would like a single drive with 3-4TB of storage on it. Can I put a 3TB drive in my Time Capsule as it is? I run Lion on all the Macs at home, although my daughters (who backup when they visit) run Snow Leopard.
If you google you will find the 3TB does not go well in series 3 TC you listed. Ironically it does seem to work ok in series 1. But as you buy a different drive you really may find it difficult. Normally you can fit the largest drive Apple fitted, if you find one of the ones they used.. eg series 3 will take 2TB. Otherwise look carefully for other people's experience.
In the end trying to use Stardom is highly NOT recommended. USB storage is slower than acceptable. Connected to the TC usb speeds are half that connected directly to your PC.
Please read the review for the very latest TC and see carefully the speed to USB.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4577/airport-extreme-5th-gen-and-time-capsule-4th- gen-review-faster-wifi-/7
For several TB buy a proper NAS.. the TC is not a NAS, it is an external wireless backup device intended particularly for Mac Laptops. Sure it can be used for other things, but in the main .. that is the intended use.
For several TB buy a proper NAS, QNAP, Synology, etc. which have proper backup and raid designs.. all missing from the TC.

What's the largest hard drive size my 8600 can support?

hi all,
Years ago,I noticed my 8100 Powermac couldn't support larger hard drives than 2GB so I had to partition. Now I have a 8600 Mac with a 4GB hard with no partition. What's the largest hard drive size my PowerMac 8600 can support?

Here's an 18GB SCSI HD on eBay that says it will work on a PM 8600. http://cgi.ebay.com/18-GB-IBM-SCSI-HARD-DRIVE-Apple-Power-Mac%7CG3%7CG4%7CG5-Wrt y_W0QQitemZ120360935737QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090109?IMSfp=TL090109111005r37358
You could also install an ATA PCI card and probably go larger.
 Cheers, Tom

I want to upgrade my Hard Drive to 1TB and more. What is the maximun Hard Drive I can install for a MacBook Pro 2009 Yesterday, I tried a SEAGATE SSHD but my screen was always a showing a QUESTION MARK (?). It's not the cable because when I put back

I want to upgrade my Hard Drive to 1TB and more.
What is the maximun Hard Drive I can install for a MacBook Pro 2009
Yesterday, I tried a SEAGATE SSHD but my screen was always a showing a QUESTION MARK (?). It's not the cable because when I put back the old original version, everything works...Any sugestion of brabnding or procédure to upgrade my hard drive?

The largest 2.5" dia SATA drives available are 2 TB in capacity.
Have you tried the Seagate SSHD connected externally to the MBP via USB? The drive itself may be faulty.
Ciao.
Here is a good place to start looking for a replacement drive:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/

What is the maximum hard drive size can I install into my MacBook Pro 15 "late 2008 ?

Hello community, I play with the thought in my MacBook Pro 15 "late 2008 equipped with an SSD hard drive. What is the maximum hard drive size can I install? Thank you in advance
Dirk

mende1, greetings:
mende1 wrote:
I don't recommend you to install a hard drive bigger than 2 TB if you are going to install Windows in Boot Camp or you may have problems
The largest 2.5" SATA HDDs of 9.5 mm thickness that I am aware of are 1 TB in capacity. There is a 12.5 mm thick HDD that will fit some MBPs. But I have not seen any of larger capacity.
Are there now 2 TB HDDs available for MBPs? If so, I am interested.
Ciao.
Both OWC and Crucial have SSDs of about 1 TB capacity.
Message was edited by: OGELTHORPE

What's the best hard drive I can put in my mac book 6,1?

What's the best hard drive I can put in my mac book 6,1? Is there a solid state hard drive available? I've been through two hard drives in the last 3 years, which i primarily blaim on how much I have to move my computer around at work while the drive is spinning.

Yes there is and SSD for your Mac. I just ordered an SSD for a MacBook 6,1 from OWC. http://www.macsales.com/
Also check Crucial and Kingston.
I ordered the DIY Upgrade Bundle: Mercury Electa 3G SSD.
That MacBook is only capable of 3 GB/s so the 6G SSDs are overkill.
I recently upgraded the memory from 2 GB to 8 GB. It cut the boot time by a factor of three. That is only a $100 upgrade.

What is the biggest hard drive I can place in my mac book pro?

I have a late 2011 mac book pro 15". I need a bigger hard drive in the laptop because this one is just way too small. What is the biggest hard drive i can put in the laptop. I'm asking this because i can't find any real info on types of hard drives i can get and what not.

If you're going to trust your internal drive up to 1TB, which is indeed possible, I would recommend buying a backup drive of 2-3TBs. Personally, I'd rather have a 512GB SSD with a 2TB backup and a 2TB 'working' external than try to cram 1TB into my portable computer...
...that's just me...
Clinton

What is the largest hard drive 15-inch macbook pro late 2008

I have a 300gig one but it's nearly full with stuff that isn't great being somewhere else (aperture library, iPhoto library, apps).
What's the largest internal hard drive I can instal on my 15-inch MacBook Pro (late 2008)?

1.0TB.
http://eshop.macsales.com/

What is the biggest hard drive I can install on the aluminium iMac 24in EMC 2134 model

I'm trying to upgrade my intel iMac 24" after an HD failure by installing the biggest drive I can using ifixit.com for guidance. I've not done this before but trust the guide and now have the necessary tools. Need advice on best make and size to maximise performance. Also want to upgrade memory to at least 4GB. Is there any advantage in installing 4GB +2GB?

The largest capacity hdd you can install is the one with the most storage capacity you can find that will fit into your mac physically. Here's how to see if you need more ram: http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/answers/how_to_tell_if_your_mac_needs_more_ram/

The external hard drive is not recognized by my macbook pro (yosemite).

The external hard drive that was recognized by my older iMac (snow lion), is not recognized by my new macbook pro (yosemite).
Can anyone help me with this? Thank you!

Can you see the drive in Disk Utility?
See mount section in 1st linked article.
Disk Unmount Using Terminal
Disk Utility – Force Mount Disk

What's the largest hard drive the macbook mobo can support?

its from august 2007 if that makes any difference
and once i get a new HD is there anyway to clone my hard drive for free?

I just installed this drive. It will work on yours also.
Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BEVT 320GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive - OEM
I also bought a USB enclosure to put my old drive in. No sense wasting a drive. I used Carbon Copy Cloner to clone it from the external drive onto my newly installed internal drive. If you don't want to buy an enclosure you can use an external drive to do the same thing. I use my old drive from my MacBook for storage space now.
OWC Hard Drive Enclosures
These are good sources for drives.
OWC MacBook Ram and Hard drives
NewEgg.com LapTop Hard Drives

What is the largest hard drive for a Xraid

I want to get some more size out of my existing Xraid. Can I put 7 x 2 gb harddrives into one side of my Xraid

Camelot is quite correct in that 750gb is the limit for PATA drives and officially supported drives in the Xserve RAID. You can get a PATA to SATA adaptor like this one http://www.c3-xtech.com/ or something from StarTech that will fit in the caddy and allow you to go up to 1TB per drive. Thing is although they are great bits of kit the Xserve RAID is long in the tooth now and the cost of doing this might make it a bit uneconomical.
If you do decide to go for anything above 500gb in the RAID you'll need the last firmaware, I think it's 1.51c for the higher capacity drives to be recognised.
Hope that helps
Beatle

What is the largest hard drive I can upgrade to for MacBook Pro A1278 Early '11

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for