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Replacing the optical drive with a SSD
Posted on: 01.12.2012 by Luciano Hyppolite
not sure if in the right section.

I want to swap my optical drive of my macbook pro with a solid state drive
i need information on what exactly i need to buy to make this
i own a early 2011 macbook pro 13

anyone has done this change?
how did it work?
thanks!
Luciano Hyppolite
01.12.2012
Originally Posted by fullenglishpint
You need to buy an SSD and an MCE optibay caddy. Then follow this guide: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installi...acement/5122/1

Install the optibay as if it were a replacement optical drive. Your best option is to backup to an external drive using time machine, replace the hard drive with the SSD then restore the time machine backup to the SSD. Once that's done, install the old hard drive in the optibay and use disk utility to format it.

awesome thanks a lot!
Luciano Hyppolite
01.12.2012		not sure if in the right section.

I want to swap my optical drive of my macbook pro with a solid state drive
i need information on what exactly i need to buy to make this
i own a early 2011 macbook pro 13

anyone has done this change?
how did it work?
thanks!
Luciano Hyppolite
01.12.2012
Originally Posted by fullenglishpint
You need to buy an SSD and an MCE optibay caddy. Then follow this guide: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installi...acement/5122/1

Install the optibay as if it were a replacement optical drive. Your best option is to backup to an external drive using time machine, replace the hard drive with the SSD then restore the time machine backup to the SSD. Once that's done, install the old hard drive in the optibay and use disk utility to format it.

awesome thanks a lot!
Judi Sissel
01.12.2012		Awesome you want regret it!
Tatum Ansaldo
01.12.2012		You need to buy an SSD and an MCE optibay caddy. Then follow this guide: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installi...acement/5122/1

Install the optibay as if it were a replacement optical drive. Your best option is to backup to an external drive using time machine, replace the hard drive with the SSD then restore the time machine backup to the SSD. Once that's done, install the old hard drive in the optibay and use disk utility to format it.
Estrella Rozzo
01.12.2012		I don't own a Macbook, but I'm sure there's lots & lots of tutorials on Youtube on what to get & where to put it.

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