Boost your macs speed with a hybrid drive macworld. Macbook pro unibody mid 2012 hard drive cable put electrical tape on the bottom of the hard drive bay as. Tkd 2tb ssd hard drive replacement for macbook air pro 11 15 a1502 a98 a1465 a1466 late 20, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 mac pro a1481 mojave 5yr warranty. Bear in mind you have a 2011 mac which if a 15 or 17 will suffer from radeongate at some point the chips are crap, youd be better saving money by buying either 1 tb spinning drive. Refurbished macbook pro 15 late 2011 core i7 ram 4gb 500. Great macbook pro 2011, i love it, and i believe it is one of the better series of. Other than that it was a simple job using ifixit kit and took about 20 min.
Mar 07, 2017 i replaced my 2011 era macbook pro s 500gb hard drive with the 500gb samsung 850 evo. Machine is in perfect working condition and in nearperfect physical condition body may have a couple minor marks. The most common repairs with early 2011 model macbook pro 15 unibody laptops are replacing a dead battery, replacing a malfunctioning left or right fan, and upgrading the hard drive or ram. Ask different is a question and answer site for power users of apple hardware and software. Put your hybrid or ssd into an external usb 3 case and find a good deal on a used but newer macbook air or pro. Refurbished macbook pro 17inch 2011 core i7 4gb hdd. Powernap only works in newer macbook air and macbook pro. I just got another year or two before replacing this mbpro. Jun 21, 2011 extending macbook pro speed and capacity with dual drive upgrades.
Macbook pro 15 late 2011 seagate 1tb hybrid drive upgrade. How to choose the right hard disk for your mac the mac. Sell the 2010 with the original 250 or 320 hd or even spring 49 bucks for a replacement drive. The general approach is to install ssds where the current boot drive resides and install the hdd where th dvd drive. Apples macbook pro has only one harddrive slot, but you can. Late 2011 15 macbook pro ssd vs hybrid ssd i have a macbook pro 15inch, late 2011, 2. Drive formatted and partitioned via a caddy and then cloned using ccc. Hightech macbook pro at the best prices, and including.
To answer my own question on post, the bto 7200rpm hard drive on the early 2011 mbp is not the seagate momentus xt hybrid drive. Macbook pro unibody early 2011 hard drive replacement. Internal hard drives free delivery possible on eligible purchases. You will see better performance from that high capacity drive. Internal solid state drives free delivery possible on eligible purchases. I replaced my 2011 era macbook pro s 500gb hard drive with the 500gb samsung 850 evo. Lastly, anybody have any opinions about a hybrid drive vs ssd. Wd 1tb hdd on a macbook pro im considering upgrading the hard drive on my 2. Jul 27, 2011 the system boots faster and the environment responds instantly. The macbook on the left has the standard 320gb hard drive and the macbook on the right has a 120gb solid state drive. Can i put a 2tb hybrid ssd into an early 2011 macbook pro. And if you cant boot your machine with the cd you may be able to resolve the problem by plugging the hitachi drive. Macbook pro with upgrading 8 gb ram and 500gb sshd youtube.
Wd blue 3d nand 500gb internal pc ssd sata iii 6 gbs, 2. I recently purchased a new macbook pro a mid2010 2. The macbook pro unibody for late 2011 requires a tripoint y0. The whole procedure took less than an hour not counting the half a day it took to clone my macbook.
No, the new macbook pro s do not feature the seagate momentus xt hard drive as a bto option. Refurbished macbook pro 15 late 2011 core i7 ram 4gb 500 gb hdd lowpriced apple macbook pro like new up to 71% cheaper. Trying to put a bigger seagate momentus xt 750 hybrid drive in my early 2011 mbp. Oct 23, 2012 apples new fusion drive not a typical hybrid drive tuesday october 23, 2012 7. New 8gb memory new 500gb sshd fast solid state hybrid drive excellent battery passed apple hardware test fresh installation of os x 10.
So, if you have a mid2012 macbook pro and are having similar issues it could very well be the same issue as with the 2011 mbps. Getting such a drive from someone other than apple is often a money saver. I just upgraded the hard drive in my new macbook pro with the seagate momentus xt. I bought this to install certain games for xbox on to it because its a solid state hard drive load times are almost non existent im 99% of the time the first person to load into a game which is nice for games like overwatch so i get to pick my character first. The software on the drive learns what programs you use the most and stores the most accessed files on the ssd part of the drive. The macbook pro 15 unibody early 2011 memory maxxer ram upgrade kit includes all the parts and tools you need to upgrade to 16 gb of ram. Hybrid hard drives are a very good upgrade for your apple mac pro or apple imac if you want some of the performance of a solid state drive, but want the capacity of a regular hard drive at a more reasonable price. I cant say its very different, but he should notice a speed. Extending macbook pro speed and capacity with dual drive. The whole procedure took less than an hour not counting the half a day it took to clone my macbook s hard. Recently i had problems with it gray screen no logo and.
Macbook pro 15 unibody early 2011 hard drives sata ifixit. Internally most apple laptops use torx screws see our torx screwdriver set. Mar 19, 2020 macbook pro introduced in 2011 through 2015. The late2011 macbook pro supports sata iiibut apple included only a sata ii hard drive hdd, which may have been for cost reasons, but also should have been a clue. Ive had a look at all the different products available from different manufacturers, and ive decided that a seagate 1 tb sshd hybrid drive would be best for me, as i need lots of storage but need a little more speed. Find great deals on sshd solid state hybrid drive apple macbook pro 8gb apple laptops. Apples fusion drive has a 24 gb ssd in the 1 tb model, but the 2 tb and 3 tb drives have 128 gb ssd.
How to replace the hard drive in the new 2011 macbook pro line duration. The macbook pro unibody late 2011 memory maxxer ram upgrade kit includes all the parts and tools you need to upgrade to 16 gb of ram. Seagate 1tb firecuda gaming sshd solid state hybrid drive. The easiest way to get it to work is to reinstall win 10 in legacybios hybrid mbr mode that bootcamp offers. The momentus xt flexes its fast hybrid muscles by racing against an ssd, a stock macbook pro ssd, and a 5400rpm drive. Money back guarantee minimum 1year warranty 2 day shipping secure payments back market is rated 4. First, replacing the drive was easy, took less than an hour after cloning. Although i do recommend using an ssd if money is not an issue. The most common repairs with the macbook pro unibody for late 2011 are replacing a dead battery or upgrading the hard drive or ram. What is the best internal hard drive for a macbook pro.
The old hdd is installed as a backup drive and the new ssd is installed as main boot drive. Maybe even check the comments at section 8 to make sure you dont mess your equipment up. Their marketing speak says its an ssd hybrid drive, whatever that means i dont know because its still a spinning drive at 7200rpm, but one. If you have enough ram and cores to support vitualization, sure, but as the primary operating system, nope. Upgrading to hybrid hard drive sshd, hhdd apple community. Extending macbook pro speed and capacity with dual drive upgrades. I have a 2010 macbook pro running lion with the standard 320gb 5400rpm drive installed, has anyone repleaced their drive with a hybrid and had any issues. Installing macbook pro 15 unibody early 2011 dual hard drive. Im also curious if i upgrade to a ssd, will the os10. Mar 23, 2011 id love to increase the speed of the stock 750gig drive that came with the 2011 macbook pro but i love the size. Seagate momentus xt hybrid notebooks hard drive is fast. Because price may be a limiting factor for upgrading, one option is to create a hybrid ssd environment to give yourself the best. Macbook pro unibody late 2011 hard drives sata ifixit.
As upgrades go, this one change radically improves using my 2011 15. Its time to give james mac a bit of a boost with this new drive. They have the same shape, but use different symbols on the cable and port. Then, i upgraded it with a momentus xt hybrid hard drive and thought that was a nice speed bump. This video is about the boot of a macbook pro inch early 2011 with upgrading 8 gb ram and 500gb sshd solid state hybrid drive. Id also change out the hard drive ir cable to the 2012 cable when doing this. There is another kind of drive that combines the two technologies. Ssds solidstate drives designed for the macbook pro.